Mark Bouris

Professor Matthew Kiernan, welcome to Project 100 again, mate.

And we'll probably run this on Straight Talk as well, if you don't mind, because I think there's a lot of people who are in the Straight Talk audience who would like to hear what Project 100 has got to say about this.

So I appreciate your time.

The broad umbrella of dementia today is the number one cause of death in Australia.

And so therefore it's overtaken heart or coronary attacks or heart attacks or, yeah, heart failure.

First question to you is, is that just simply a result of us living longer and therefore if we got through cancer and heart problems that eventually our brain's going to get us?

Is that just that reason or are you seeing younger people getting it now?

Okay.

And part of that, of course, is in your role as CEO of Neura in the URA at UNSW.

Well, across the road from the English horse stable, whatever it is.

But now Neura is a...

As I understand it, as I recall, it's a joint venture between UNSW and the Prince of Wales Hospital, is that right?

And it's a new initiative, but it's sort of pretty big.

I mean, you've got a...

Big premises.

I've been out in the premises.

They're huge.

All brand new.

Is that the biggest undertaking in the country right now?

Yeah.