Contact Details
| Organization: | Psychiatry |
| Position: | CHAIR OF AGEING & HEALTH |
| Email: | |
| Homepage: | http://www.psychiatry.unimelb.edu.au/dept/profiles/ames04.pdf |
| Work: | 83872305 |
| Fax: | 93874030 |
| Room: | 8-204 NARI |
| Level: | 01 |
| Building: | No Building |
| Campus: | Royal Melbourne Hospital |
Biography
David Ames qualified MB BS from the University of Melbourne in December 1978 with honours in Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynaecology, winning the Upjohn prize for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. After internship and junior resident medical officer experience at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (1979-1981) he trained in Psychiatry at the Royal Melbourne (1982-1984), Friern and Royal Free Hospitals (London UK) (1984-1987) completing research for an MD on depression in residential homes for the elderly under the supervision of Anthony Mann and Nori Graham (1989). After his return to Australia David Ames co-founded Victoria's first memory clinic with Leon Flicker (1988) and was appointed senior lecturer in psychiatry of old age and consultant psychiatrist at Royal Park/Royal Melbourne Hospitals (1989). He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1995 and moved from Royal Park to Broadmeadows Health service in 1999. In April 2005 David Ames took up the chair of psychiatry of old age for the University of Melbourne at St Vincent's Health, St George's Hospital Kew. He moved to become director of the National Ageing Research Institute Parkville and University of Melbourne Professor of Ageing and Health in September 2007 but retains clinical and research links with the academic unit for psychiatry of old age at St George's Hospital.
David Ames was secretary of the section of old age psychiatry Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 1990-1995, a member of the Board of directors of the International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA) 1995-2010, edited the IPA newsletter IPA Bulletin 1996-2002 and IPA's peer reviewed journal International Psychogeriatrics 2003-2011. He is a meber of the medical and scientific advisory panel of Alzheimer's Disease International.
David Ames' main research and clinical interests are detection and managment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and new therapies for AD and the care of the depressed elderly. He has published over 130 papers in peer reviewed jorunals and edited 15 books. Currently he leads the Australian Imaging Biomarkers and Lifetyle study of Ageing which is a $10M 3 year collaborative study of 1112 subjects.
David Ames chairs the University's Board of Studies for the teaching of rehabilitation, aged care, palliative care and psychiatry of old age to medical students in semesters 10 and 11 and directs the old age psychiatry component of the MMed (Psychiatry)/MPM postgraduate programme.
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards
Qualifications
| Title | Institution | Date Awarded | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery | University of Melbourne | 16-Dec-1978 | |
| Medical Doctorate | University of Melbourne | 29-Jul-1989 | |
| Bachelor of Arts | University of Melbourne | 06-Oct-1993 |
Fellowships
| Fellowship | Date Awarded |
|---|---|
| Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP) | 18-Aug-1989 |
| Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (FRCPSYCH) | 25-Feb-1997 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
- Preventive Medicine (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321206)
- Primary Health Care (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321208)
- Residential Client Care (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321211)
- Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified (OTHER MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES) (329999)
- Learning, Memory, Cognition and Language (PSYCHOLOGY) (380102)
- Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology) (PSYCHOLOGY) (380103)
- Developmental Psychology and Ageing (PSYCHOLOGY) (380106)
- Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology (PSYCHOLOGY) (380107)
- Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES) (320503)
- Central Nervous System (NEUROSCIENCES) (320702)
- Sensory Systems (NEUROSCIENCES) (320705)
- Neurosciences not elsewhere classified (NEUROSCIENCES) (320799)
- Anaesthesiology (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321001)
- Geriatrics and Gerontology (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321007)
- Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321013)
- Psychiatry (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321021)
- Radiology and Organ Imaging (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321022)
- Rehabilitation and Therapy: Occupational and Physical (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321024)
- Mental Health (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321204)
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
- Treatments (e.g. chemicals, anntibiotics) (HUMAN PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS) (670403)
- Nervous system and disorders (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730104)
- Cardiovascular system and diseases (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730106)
- Surgical methods and procedures (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730109)
- Health related to ageing (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730203)
- Occupational health (excl. economic development aspects) (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730208)
- Mental health (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730211)
- Preventive medicine (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730213)
- Health status (e.g. indicators of well-being) (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730217)
- Social structure and health (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730218)
- Behaviour and health (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730219)
- Public health not elsewhere classified (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730299)
- Palliative care (HEALTH AND SUPPORT SERVICES) (730304)
- Diagnostic methods (HEALTH AND SUPPORT SERVICES) (730305)
- Education and training not elsewhere classified (OTHER EDUCATION) (749999)
- Biological sciences (NON-ORIENTED RESEARCH) (780105)
- Behavioural and cognitive sciences (NON-ORIENTED RESEARCH) (780108)
Grants and Contracts
Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.
Grants
| Title | Role | Funding Source | Scheme | Award Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAIN AND SUFFERING IN PERSONS WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | Healthy Ageing Research Program | 01/01/2003 |
| The contribution of anxiety to recovery from physical illness in older adults | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | Public Health Postgraduate Scholarships | 01/01/2004 |
| New methods of pain assessment in demented older persons | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | Project Grants | 01/01/2004 |
| RESPONSE OF A SAMPLE POPULATION WITH THE DETERIOUS HD ALLELE RESPOND-HD | Chief Investigator | IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY - USE CUSTOMER 60254 | Research Project Grants (NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH) | 26/09/2005 |
| How anaesthesia effects mental function | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | Project Grants | 01/01/2007 |
| The effect of coronary interventions on cognitive function. | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | Project Grants | 01/01/2007 |
| GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION IN HEALTHY BRAIN AGEING AND AGE RELATED NEURODEGENERATION | Chief Investigator | UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES - DO NOT USE (636), NHMRC |
NHMRC/ARC Ageing Well Ageing Productively Research Program (NHMRC) | 01/01/2007 |
| DEMENTIA COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE 2 - UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE NODE | Chief Investigator | AUST NATIONAL UNIVERSITY | Dementia Research Grants Program (NHMRC) | 22/05/2007 |
| From rehabilitation to recovery after stroke : a model to optimise consumer and carer involvement. | Chief Investigator | AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL | Linkage Projects | 24/09/2007 |
| A MULTICENTRE RANDOMISED CLINICAL TRIAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ALZHEIMERS DISEASE | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | Project Grants | 01/01/2009 |
| From Suspicion to Intervention : Improving responsiveness to abuse of the elderly in acute and sub-acute health care. | Chief Investigator | AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL | Linkage Projects | 23/03/2009 |
| DETECTING AND PREVENTING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: TOWARDS DIET AND LIFESTYLE INTERVENTIONS | Chief Investigator | CSIRO FLAGSHIP COLLABORATIVE FUND, CSIRO |
Cluster Collaborative Research (CSIRO FLAGSHIP COLLABORATIVE FUND) |
Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.