Director - Craig Anderson

Neurological & Mental Health

Professor Craig Anderson is Director of the Neurological and Mental Health Division at The George Institute. He is also Professor of Stroke Medicine and Clinical Neuroscience in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney and the Institute of Neurosciences of Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Craig holds specialist qualifications in clinical neurology and geriatrics, and a PhD in medicine and epidemiology from The University of Western Australia. From 1997 to 2004, he was Professor of Gerontology and Co-Director of the Clinical Trials Research Unit at The University of Auckland.

Craig is a member of several specialist societies, is an Editor for the Cochrane Stroke Group, and is currently President of the Stroke Society of Australasia. He has published widely on the clinical and epidemiological aspects of stroke, cardiovascular disease and aged care, and is on the Steering Committee for several large-scale research projects including the Ongoing Telmisartan Alone and in Combination with Ramipril Global Endpoint Trial (ONTARGET) global trials program in cardiovascular prevention involving over 30,000 patients in 40 countries.

[List of recent journal articles in PubMed]