Heidi Welberry

Dr Heidi Welberry is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), University of New South Wales (UNSW), specializing in data science and biostatistics for dementia prevention and care research. She collaborates with the Centre for Big Data Research in Health and Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRa), focusing on population-level dementia risk factors, care transitions, and cost-effectiveness of online interventions.

• Key research themes: dementia prevention, aged care transitions, and health services analysis using large-scale datasets
• Current projects: Maintain Your Brain Trial (MYB), ADAPTOR project, and CogDrisk-ML algorithm development
• Methodological expertise: linked administrative data analysis, economic evaluations, longitudinal cohort studies

Her recent publications highlight multidomain online interventions, socioeconomic disparities in dementia risk, and policy implications for aged care. While no scientific awards are explicitly listed, her work appears in high-impact journals like Nature Medicine and Alzheimer's & Dementia. She has presented at global conferences including the 19th International Conference for Integrated Care and the International Population Data Linkage Network.