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Associate Professor Richard Beare
Richard is an Associate Professor in the Academic Unit, Medicine, Peninsula Clinical School, within the School of Translational Medicine, whos expertise in Bioinformatics and Imaging is used to conduct high quality translational research into chronic conditions affecting the ageing population.
Current Projects
1. Imaging and statistical methods for longitudinal brain imaging studies.
Brain imaging studies using MRI generate large volumes of raw data that needs to be transformed into forms amenable to statistical analysis. Different types of image and different studies require different approaches. This project develops software processing pipelines to process data from studies run by our group, such as the TASCOG, CDOT, METTS, and within international datasets (ADNI). The project also develops methods for analysis of images from preclinical studies.
2. Analysis methods for structural covariance.
Structural covariance is an approach to generating population level networks from brain structural MRI data. This differs from the typical source of brain network information such as diffusion weighted imaging or functional imaging. This project explores sparse methods for generation of structural covariance networks.
3. Health services planning and optimization using Google maps.
Travel time is an important part of many health services, such as ambulance transport to hospital emergency departments for acute stroke. This project uses Google maps queries to construct objective estimates travel time that vary with traffic conditions to allow various models of health service delivery to be evaluated and compared.
Current Funding
- Brain Research Foundation - Characterising structure-function relationships in childhood stroke using advanced brain imaging
- NHMRC 1063608 The role of Central Haemodynamics in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus-related brain disease.
Research area keywords
- Ageing
- Brain Research
- Bioinformatics
- Imaging
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Transforming opioid poisoning surveillance through novel technologies
Xia, T. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Dipnall, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hayman, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lam, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Nielsen, S. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Beare, R. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Dietze, P. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Scott, N. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Stoove, M. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Roxburgh, A. (Associate Investigator (AI))
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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National Integrated Stroke Data: Advanced Learning Health Systems
Cadilhac, D. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Kilkenny, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lum On, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kleinig, T. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Grimley, R. S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hill, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Dalli, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Beare, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lawley, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Nguyen, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Brown, H. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Thijs, V. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Andrew, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Adams, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kelly, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), James, N. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Srikanth, V. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Middleton, S. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Fox, J. (Partner Investigator (PI))
1/07/23 → 4/12/27
Project: Research
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Metabolic Phenotypes and Heterogeneity in Disease Burden Risk in Type 1 Diabetes
Beare, R. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
1/11/21 → 31/10/24
Project: Research
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RCHT1D30: Identifying lifelong factors that impact brain health and outcomes in type 1 diabetes: The Cognition and Longitudinal Assessments of Risk Factors over 30 Years (CLARiFY) Diabetes Complications Study
Feldman, E. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Cameron, F. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Beare, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lili, Z. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Northam, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Srikanth, V. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Moran, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Anderson, P. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Biessels, G. J. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Busui, R. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Callaghan, B. (Associate Investigator (AI)), McCrimmon, R. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Reiss, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Ryan, C. (Associate Investigator (AI))
NIH - National Institutes of Health (United States of America)
1/09/21 → 31/07/25
Project: Research
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Optimising health information exchange during aged care transfers
Andrew, N. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Long, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Srikanth, V. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Haines, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hill, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bell, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Olivier, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Beare, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Smith, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Blackberry, I. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Moran, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Barker, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Xie, J. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (Australia)
30/06/21 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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Natural environment and gestational diabetes risk in Australia: a spatiotemporal ecological regression approach
Takele, W. W. (Leading Author), Lim, S., Dalli, L. L., Beare, R., Adhinugraha, K., Taniar, D., Wang, S. & Boyle, J. A. (Leading Author), 14 Apr 2026, In: BMC Public Health. 26, 1, 16 p., 1206.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Transforming Opioid Poisoning Surveillance Through Novel Technologies: Rationale and Methodological Protocol for Applying Natural Language Processing to Emergency Department Data
Xia, T. (Leading Author), Lam, T., Dipnall, J. F., Hayman, J., Beare, R., Andrew, N. E., Roxburgh, A., Dietze, P. M. & Nielsen, S., Feb 2026, In: Drug and Alcohol Review. 45, 2, 9 p., e70117.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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Associations between physical activity and brain structure in a large community cohort
La Hood, A., Moran, C. (Leading Author), Than, S., Lu, A., Collyer, T. A., Beare, R. & Srikanth, V., Dec 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 9 p., 18896.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Dual-stream algorithms for dementia detection: Harnessing structured and unstructured electronic health record data, a novel approach to prevalence estimation
Collyer, T. A., Liu, M., Beare, R., Andrew, N. E., Ung, D., Carver, A., Ilomaki, J., Bell, J. S., Thrift, A. G., Rocca, W. A., St Sauver, J. L., Lu, A., Siostrom, K., Moran, C., Roberts, H., Chong, T. T. J., Murray, A., Ravipati, T., O'Bree, B. & Srikanth, V. K., May 2025, In: Alzheimer's & Dementia. 21, 5, 13 p., e70132.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Feasibility of implementing a codesigned patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) collection system for older adults in acute and sub-acute hospital settings
Snowdon, D. A., Marsh, L., Srikanth, V., Beare, R., Barnden, R., Parker, E. & Andrew, N. E., Jun 2025, In: Quality of Life Research. 34, 6, p. 1809–1822 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Prizes
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ITAC Innovation Award: Technology Transformation
Andrew, N. (Recipient), Long, K. (Recipient), Beare, R. (Recipient), Xie, J. (Recipient), Moran, C. (Recipient), Gillard, A. (Recipient), Parikh, S. (Recipient) & Ngondi, D. (Recipient), 2026
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 3 External HDR Supervision
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The thalamus in mTBI: Linking structure to cognition
Beare, R. (Fellow)
1 Jun 2023 → …Activity: External Academic Engagement › External HDR Supervision
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Post-traumatic headache in paediatric concussion: a biomarker approach
Beare, R. (Fellow)
4 Jul 0220 → 20 Jul 2024Activity: External Academic Engagement › External HDR Supervision