Stephanie Wong

Dr Stephanie Wong is a Senior Research Fellow and Clinical Neuropsychologist at Flinders University, specializing in clinical dementia research with 10+ years of experience. She combines neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience, and neuroimaging to study neurobiological bases of cognitive decline in aging and dementia.

• PhD in Psychology
• Master of Clinical Neuropsychology
• BPsych(Hons)

Her research focuses on translating findings into clinical practice and interventions for dementia. Key areas include apathy mechanisms, financial capability assessments, spatial navigation deficits, and social cognition changes across neurodegenerative diseases. She employs neuroimaging and behavioral studies to uncover neural substrates of empathy, decision-making, and memory processing.

Recent publications analyze VR applications for aging well-being, hippocampal segmentation techniques, and reward processing in dementia. Her grants include MRFF Dementia Ageing Mission (2023–2026) and NHMRC Investigator Grant (2021–2025).

• 2023–2026: Medical Research Future Fund Dementia Ageing and Aged Care Mission
• 2021–2025: NHMRC Investigator Grant (EL1)
• 2021: Ecstra Foundation Financial Wellbeing and Ageing Well Grants
• 2019–2021: Dementia Australia Research Foundation Hazel Hawke Grant

Teaching interests span clinical neuropsychology, aging/dementia, and topic lecturing for PSYC3010 Mind, Brain and Behaviour. Professional roles include Australian Psychological Society membership, ADNeT EMCR Accelerator Group co-chair, and AS4SAN committee member.