3T Event: what proposed aged care means testing could mean for the ageing population
- Morning tea: 10–10:30am
- Presentation: 10:30–11:30am
- Q&A: 11:30am–12pm
- Morning tea and registration: Will take place on the grass alcove on University Drive side of Sir Llew Edwards Building.
- Presentation: Room 219, Sir Llew Edwards Building (14), University Drive and Campbell Road, UQ St Lucia
- Parking: Whilst being semester break, parking may be very limited on campus. We strongly encourage using public transport or rideshare where possible. Click here for more information on casual parking at St Lucia.
- Bus: Sir Llew Edwards Building is a 450 metre walk from Chancellors Place bus station and is a 700 metre walk from UQ Lakes station.
- Ferry: Sir Llew Edwards Building is a 800 metre walk from the UQ ferry terminal.
Professor Brenda Gannon is a Professor in the School of Economics and Affiliate Professor at the Mater Research Institute and the Centre for the Business and Economics of Health, The University of Queensland, and an affiliate member of CEPAR (ARC Centre for Research Excellence in Population Ageing Research). She was director of Research in the School of Economics from 2019-2023.
Professor Gannon is an international expert in the field of Health Economics of Ageing and has won over $30 million, as chief investigator, in collaborative research income, with economics, medicine and social science with academia and industry. She has developed a range of projects in Economics of Ageing on topics of physical activity and cognition, health conditions and health care utilization, and consumer directed care and home care and recently won new national research council funding for projects on economics of dementia care.
She has worked extensively on interdisciplinary research with gerontologists, clinicians and methodologists. Her work has been influential in the development of programs for falls preventions and informing policy on disability and social inclusion, and has positively impacted on the health of many older people across the world.
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