1-5 October 2009 Sydney Convetion Centre

Professor Julie Byles is Director of the Research Centre for Gender, Health and Ageing – a Priority Research Centre at the University of Newcastle, and co-Director of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health. 

As a clinical epidemiologist, Professor Byles has interests in risk determination and assessment, and measurement of health outcomes.  As a Gerontologist and Fellow of the Australian Association of Gerontology, Professor Byles’ research interests in ageing include the role of health services, preventive activities, and treatments in maintaining quality of life for older people, and in determining physical, psychological and social factors associated with optimal physical and mental health of men and women as they age.