Monique Boord

Dr. Monique Boord is a Research Fellow at Flinders University and adjunct Research Associate at the University of South Australia's Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA). She specializes in cognitive neuroscience, focusing on neural vulnerability to delirium and its subtypes in older cardiac patients.

• Education: PhD and Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of South Australia

Her research includes:

• Developing and implementing a digital pharmacist service in residential aged care to detect and mitigate medicine-related problems (ADEPT feasibility study, 2024).
• Validating spatial navigation tests in older adults through the ACTIVate, ADNeT, and memory clinic cohorts.
• Systematic reviews on delirium pathophysiology, EEG associations, and cognitive outcomes after cardiac procedures.

Key article trends focus on:

• Delirium risk prediction via domain-specific cognitive testing (2020–2024).
• Neural mechanisms in postoperative delirium (2021–2022).
• Medication harms and digital health interventions in aged care (2023–2024).

Scientific awards:

• 2024 Robert Penhall Early Career Research Award
• 2024 Executive Dean Team Prize
• 2023 Best Presentation at UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences
• 2023 Best Platform Presentation from Australasian Delirium Association

She has extensive experience in:

• Teaching undergraduate psychology courses
• Supervising clinical research teams
• Conducting large-scale clinical trials (e.g., Royal Adelaide Hospital studies)