Alexandra Wade

Dr Alexandra Wade

School of Allied Health and Human Performance

College of Health

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Dr Alexandra Wade is an emerging early career researcher. Her work bridges the fields of nutrition and psychology and explores how we can reduce our risk of dementia by changing our diets. Her doctoral research focused on the Mediterranean diet, and whether it can be modified to improve cardiovascular and cognitive health for older Australians. 
Dr Wade is a member of the Alliance for Research in Exercise Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), whose research vision is to develop targeted and sustainable physical interventions, to improve health, across the lifespan
Dr Wade is currently coordinating the ACTIVate Study, a multi-centre population-based study, designed to examine how we can optimise diet and physical activity compositions to prevent dementia. 

Year Citation
2025 Mellow, M. L., Blake, H. T., Ferguson, T., Robins, B., Dumuid, D., Olds, T., . . . Smith, A. E. (2025). ‘Small Steps’ towards improving 24-hour time-use behaviours to decrease the risk of dementia: protocol for a personalised, web-based randomised controlled trial in community-dwelling older adults. BMJ Open, 15(11), 14 pages.
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2025 Kałamała, P., Ware, N., Fabiani, M., Michie, P., Hunter, M., Wade, A., . . . Karayanidis, F. (2025). Cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiometabolic health are associated with distinct cognitive domains in cognitively healthy older adults. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 19 pages.
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2024 Mellow, M. L., Dumuid, D., Olds, T., Stanford, T., Dorrian, J., Wade, A. T., . . . Smith, A. E. (2024). Cross-sectional associations between 24-hour time-use composition, grey matter volume and cognitive function in healthy older adults. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 21(1), 11-1-11-17.
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2024 Simpson, F. M., Wade, A., Stanford, T., Mellow, M. L., Collins, C. E., Murphy, K. J., . . . Karayanidis, F. (2024). The Relationship Between Dietary Patterns, Cognition, and Cardiometabolic Health in Healthy, Older Adults. Nutrients, 16(22), 22 pages.
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2024 Mellow, M. L., Dumuid, D., Wade, A., Olds, T., Stanford, T., Keage, H., . . . Smith, A. E. (2024). Should We Work Smarter or Harder for Our Health? A Comparison of Intensity and Domain-Based Time-Use Compositions and Their Associations With Cognitive and Cardiometabolic Health. Journals of Gerontology Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 79(11), 10 pages.
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2023 Mellow, M. L., Dumuid, D., Wade, A. T., Stanford, T., Olds, T. S., Karayanidis, F., . . . Smith, A. E. (2023). Corrigendum: Twenty-four-hour time-use composition and cognitive function in older adults: cross-sectional findings of the ACTIVate study (Front. Hum. Neurosci., (2022), 16, (1051793), 10.3389/fnhum.2022.1051793). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 17, 1221303.
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2023 Choo, J. M., Murphy, K. J., Wade, A. T., Wang, Y., Bracci, E. L., Davis, C. R., . . . Rogers, G. B. (2023). Interactions between Mediterranean diet supplemented with dairy foods and the gut microbiota influence cardiovascular health in an Australian population. Nutrients, 15(16, article no. 3645), 1-16.
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2022 Dumuid, D., Mellow, M. L., Stanford, T. E., Chong, K. H., Sawyer, S. M., Smith, A. E., . . . Olds, T. (2022). Many different roads lead to Rome: equivalence of time-use for activity, sedentary and sleep behaviours and dietary intake profiles among adolescents. Journal Of Activity, Sedentary And Sleep Behaviors, 1(1, article no. 6), 1-11.
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2022 Olds, T. S., Dumuid, D., Mellow, M. L., Keage, H. A. D., Wade, A. T., Hunter, M., . . . Smith, A. E. (2022). The perceived mental effort of everyday activities in older adults. Experimental Gerontology, 169(article no. 111971), 8 pages.
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2022 Smith, A. E., Wade, A. T., Olds, T., Dumuid, D., Breakspear, M. J., Laver, K., . . . Karayanidis, F. (2022). Characterising activity and diet compositions for dementia prevention: protocol for the ACTIVate prospective longitudinal cohort study. BMJ Open, 12(1), 1-12.
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2022 Mellow, M. L., Crozier, A. J., Dumuid, D., Wade, A. T., Goldsworthy, M. R., Dorrian, J., & Smith, A. E. (2022). How are combinations of physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep related to cognitive function in older adults? A systematic review. Experimental Gerontology, 159(article no.111698), 111698-1-111698-17.
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2022 Marx, W., Veronese, N., Kelly, J., Collins, S., Trakman, G. L., Wade, A., . . . Jacka, F. (2022). Reply to V Gianfredi et al. Advances in Nutrition, 13(2), 685-686.
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2022 Mellow, M. L., Dumuid, D., Wade, A. T., Stanford, T., Olds, T. S., Karayanidis, F., . . . Smith, A. E. (2022). Twenty-four-hour time-use composition and cognitive function in older adults: cross-sectional findings of the ACTIVate study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 16(1051793), 1-14.
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2021 Marx, W., Veronese, N., Kelly, J. T., Smith, L., Hockey, M., Collins, S., . . . Jacka, F. (2021). The dietary inflammatory index and human health: an umbrella review of meta-analyses of observational studies. Advances in Nutrition, 12(5), 1681-1690.
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2021 Gavelin, H. M., Dong, C., Minkov, R., Bahar Fuchs, A., Ellis, K. A., Lautenschlager, N. T., . . . Lampit, A. (2021). Combined physical and cognitive training for older adults with and without cognitive impairment: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Ageing Research Reviews, 66(101232), 1-15.
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2021 Wade, A. T., Elias, M. F., & Murphy, K. J. (2021). Adherence to a Mediterranean diet is associated with cognitive function in an older non-Mediterranean sample: findings from the Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal Study. Nutritional neuroscience, 24(7), 543-553.
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2021 Wade, A. T., Guenther, B. A., Ahmed, F. S., & Elias, M. F. (2021). Higher yogurt intake is associated with lower blood pressure in hypertensive individuals: cross-sectional findings from the Maine-Syracuse longitudinal study. International Dairy Journal, 122(105159), 1-7.
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2020 Ahmed, F. S., Wade, A. T., Guenther, B. A., Murphy, K. J., & Elias, M. F. (2020). Adherence to a Mediterranean diet associated with lower blood pressure in a US sample: findings from the Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal Study. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 22(12), 2276-2284.
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2020 Wade, A. T., Tregoweth, E., Greaves, D., Olds, T. S., Buckley, J. D., Keage, H. A. D., . . . Smith, A. E. (2020). Long-chain omega-3 fatty acid intake is associated with age but not cognitive performance in an older Australian sample. Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, 24(8), 857-864.
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2020 Wade, A. T., Davis, C. R., Dyer, K. A., Hodgson, J. M., Woodman, R. J., Keage, H. A. D., & Murphy, K. J. (2020). A Mediterranean diet supplemented with dairy foods improves mood and processing speed in an Australian sample: results from the MedDairy randomized controlled trial. Nutritional neuroscience, 23(8), 646-658.
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2019 Wade, A. T., Davis, C. R., Dyer, K. A., Hodgson, J. M., Woodman, R. J., Keage, H. A. D., & Murphy, K. J. (2019). A mediterranean diet with fresh, lean pork improves processing speed and mood: cognitive findings from the medpork randomised controlled trial. Nutrients, 11(7), 1521-1-1521-16.
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2019 Wade, A. T., Davis, C. R., Dyer, K. A., Hodgson, J. M., Woodman, R. J., & Murphy, K. J. (2019). Effects of Mediterranean diet supplemented with lean pork on blood pressure and markers of cardiovascular risk: findings from the MedPork trial. British journal of nutrition, 122(8), 873-883.
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2018 Elias, M. F., Wade, A. T., & Crichton, G. E. (2018). Yogurt intake and risk of cardiovascular disease among hypertensive individuals: is it time for a clinical trial?. American journal of hypertension, 31(9), 5-6.
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2018 Wade, A. T., Davis, C. R., Dyer, K. A., Hodgson, J. M., Woodman, R. J., & Murphy, K. J. (2018). A Mediterranean diet supplemented with dairy foods improves markers of cardiovascular risk: results from the MedDairy randomized controlled trial. American journal of clinical nutrition, 108(6), 1166-1182.
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2017 Wade, A. T., Davis, C. R., Dyer, K. A., Hodgson, J. M., Woodman, R. J., Keage, H. A. D., & Murphy, K. J. (2017). Including pork in the Mediterranean diet for an Australian population: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial assessing cardiovascular risk and cognitive function. Nutrition journal, 16(1, article no. 84), 1-19.
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2017 Wade, A. T., Davis, C. R., Dyer, K. A., Hodgson, J. M., Woodman, R. J., Keage, H. A. D., & Murphy, K. J. (2017). A Mediterranean diet to improve cardiovascular and cognitive health: protocol for a randomised controlled intervention study. Nutrients, 9(2, article no. 145), 1-29.
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  • Small Steps towards dementia prevention, Medical Research Future Fund, 01/01/2023 - 28/02/2027

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