Lucette Cysique

A/Prof Lucette Cysique is a cross-disciplinary neuropsychologist with extensive neuroimaging training and long-term experience with neuro-, viral and immune biomarkers. She leads a research program into the neurocognitive complications in major infectious diseases (COVID-19, HIV) and their main comorbidities: brain pathological ageing, cardiovascular diseases, and depressive disorders. Her appointment in the Viral Immunology Systems Program at the Kirby Institute involves the overseeing the Australian Partnership for Preparedness Research on Infectious Disease Emergencies (APPRISE) Long COVID Initiative. Working in global epidemies, Dr. Cysique has extensive experience in cross-cultural neuropsychology. Dr. Cysique has held major international and national research responsibilities, with associated funding. She has led the research on more than 40 national and international cohort studies/trials.