The University of Queensland‘s (UQ) research efforts into dementia have received a $9 million shot in the arm, after the Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research (CADR) won the funding from the Queensland Government.

Based out of the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), CADR was established in 2011 with a  research-driven approach to dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

QBI Director Professor Perry Bartlett says both earlier (or improved) diagnosis and new treatment of the condition may result. 

The funds will help attract more of the world's brightest neuroscientists and advance diagnostic tools for early intervention and clinical trials of new therapeutic approaches currently being explored at CADR. 

"This is a fantastic boost to our capabilities of translating our discoveries into new diagnostics and therapeutic treatments of dementia," Professor Bartlett said. 

"In addition it will fast track our work, which aims to bolster the function of the ageing brain and offers the opportunity to improve learning and memory in an ageing population," he said.