Dr Cindy Kersaitis

Qualifications
Biography
Research
Selected Publications
Grants/Current Projects
Teaching Interests

Qualifications

BSc, GradDipSc, MA, PhD

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Biography

Dr Cindy Kersaitis joined the University of Western Sydney in 1988. Prior to that, she was employed in multiple clinical settings as a Registered Nurse. After leaving nursing, Cindy completed a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences and her post graduate qualifications include a Master of Arts in the field of adult education, and a PhD in the field of neuropathology. Her extensive teaching background has spanned many disciplines including several clinical disciplines, Physiology, Clinical Pharmacology, Pathophysiology and Anatomy. Cindy’s current teaching responsibilities in Neuroanatomy and Pathology are more closely related to her area of research interest: the neuropathology of degenerative dementia. Cindy is currently the Head of Program for the Bachelor of Medical Science program.

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Research

Neuropathology of degenerative dementia

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Selected Publications

Kersaitis, C., Halliday, G.M., Xuereb, J.H., Pamphlett, R.S., Bak, T.H., Hodges, J.R., Kril, J,J. (2006). Ubiquitin-positive inclusions and progression of pathology in frontotemporal dementia and motor neuron disease identifies a group with mainly early pathology.  Neuropath Appl Neurobiol;32:83-91.

Halliday, G.M., Song, Y.J.C., Lepar, G., Brooks, W.S., Kwok, J.B., Kersaitis, C., Gregory, G., Shepherd, C.E., Rahimi, F., Schofield, P.R., Kril, J.J. (2005). Pick bodies in a family with presenilin-1 Alzheimer’s disease. Ann Neurol 2005:57:139-143.

Kersaitis, C., Halliday, G., Kril, J.J. (2004). Regional and cellular pathology in frontotemporal dementia: Relationship to stage of disease in cases with and without Pick bodies. Acta Neuropathol 2004;108:515-523.

Schofield, E., Kersaitis, C., Shepherd, C.E., Kril, J.J., Halliday, G.M. (2003). Severity of gliosis in Pick’s disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration: tau-positive glia differentiate these disorders. Brain; 26:827-840.

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Grants/Current Projects

• Inflammation in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
• Mechanisms in neurodegenerative dementia

Teaching Interests

Cindy teaches Neuroanatomy and Pathology

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