
JANE ALTY
Clinician (Neurologist) researcher
Hobart, Tasmania
Dementia Research Area
Diagnosis, Discovery, Clinical
Developing low-cost AI-powered computer tests to detect the earliest stages of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease
Developing low-cost AI-powered computer tests to detect the earliest stages of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease
Research Skills
Cognitive assessment
Clinician researcher, aiming to develop more precise methods to detect and track neurological disorders
Clinician researcher, aiming to develop more precise methods to detect and track neurological disorders
Biography
Jane Alty is an Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Tasmania and a Neurologist at the Royal Hobart Hospital. She sub-specialises in movement disorders and cognitive neurology. She is Co-Director of the ISLAND Clinic, a one-stop state-wide clinic that provides an interdisciplinary cognitive assessment and diagnosis and a lead investigator on the ISLAND Project, a 10-year public health initiative to reduce dementia risk, comprising ~14,000 participants. Her research investigates Artificial Intelligence methods to detect the preclinical stages of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, funded through the NHMRC. She qualified from the University of Cambridge and completed general medicine and neurology training in the UK. She completed a movement disorders fellowship at Monash Medical Centre and was awarded an MD by the University of York for research evaluating computer technologies in neurodegenerative disorders. Her research contributed to a new spin out company, ClearSky Medical Diagnostics, that produces precision tools for clinical trials.