Associate Professor, & Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin / Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, University of Tasmania. Researching neuroplasticity in ageing and neurodegenerative disease. Alison is Australian, usually living in Hobart Tasmania, at the bottom of the world, gazing up wondering what I can do to make it a better place. She loves to travel and connect with others, but spends most of her time with her young family, exploring the wilderness, beaches, insects, sticks and muddy puddles.