Professor EmeritusRobert Cumming
Professor Emeritus
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Orcid identifier0000-0002-0261-6103 (opens in a new tab)
- Professor EmeritusFaculty of Medicine and Health
RESEARCH INTERESTs
Bob has been doing research for over 30 years on the health problems of older people in Australia. In the last 10 years he has expanded his research to look at non-communicable diseases and ageing in developing countries in Asia and Africa.
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTMongolian Medicine: different modes of multispecies knowledge transmissionAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 May 2019People funded by this grant:
- Cumming R,
- Narangoa L
- GRANTDisclosing a diagnosis of dementia: do older people want to know and what are the psychosocial outcomesof knowing?Sydney Medical School Foundation1 Jan 2019People funded by this grant:
- Cumming R
- GRANTOur MOB (Mind Our Brain): Dementia prevention across the life course with Aboriginal AustraliansNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Sep 2018People funded by this grant:
- Fulham M,
- Cumming R,
- Wright D,
- Radford K,
- Piguet O
- GRANTBiobank Networks, Medical Research and the Challenge of GlobalisationNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 May 2015 - 31 Dec 2018People funded by this grant:
- Kerridge I,
- Marlton P,
- Critchley C,
- Anderson W,
- Kowal E
- GRANTStudy of the relationship of oral health and oral health service utilisation to the general health of older Australian menNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2016People funded by this grant:
- Blyth F,
- Wright F,
- Hirani V,
- Harford J,
- Cumming R
- GRANTThe impact of scholarships on strengthening the health system in Africa: an assessment of selection modelsAustralian Aid1 May 2013People funded by this grant:
- Negin J,
- Howie L,
- Cumming R
- GRANTDecision-making for improved health services in disadvantaged contexts: focusing on neurological/mental healthDVC Research1 Jan 2012People funded by this grant:
- Martiniuk A,
- Martiniuk A,
- Cumming R
- GRANTThe effectiveness of social dancing as a strategy to prevent falls in older people: a cluster randomised controlled trialNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2012People funded by this grant:
- Merom D,
- Rissel C,
- Anstey K,
- Cerin E,
- Cumming R
- GRANTThe effectiveness of social dancing as a strategy to prevent falls in older people: a cluster randomised controlled trialNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2015People funded by this grant:
- Rissel C,
- Cerin E,
- Anstey K,
- Merom D
- GRANTARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing ResearchAustralian Research Council (ARC)18 Mar 2011 - 31 Dec 2017People funded by this grant:
- Parker SK,
- Clarke P,
- Bateman H,
- Sherris M,
- Blyth F
- GRANTARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing ResearchAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2011 - 27 Sep 2024People funded by this grant:
- Anstey KJ,
- McDonald P,
- Kendig H,
- Piggott J,
- Keane M
- GRANTNational Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2015People funded by this grant:
- Draper B,
- Loy C,
- Quine S,
- Withall A,
- Trollor J
- GRANTAgeing, Nutrition and Geometric FrameworkNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2014People funded by this grant:
- GRANTBuilding Kenya's Capacity to Respond to Non-Communicable DiseasesDVC International1 Jan 2010People funded by this grant:
- Cumming R
- GRANTConcord hormones ageing in men projectMedical Foundation1 Sep 2009People funded by this grant:
- Cumming R
- GRANTSirtuins and the molecular epidemiology of frailty in older menNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2008 - 31 Dec 2009People funded by this grant:
- Kennerson M,
- Cumming R,
- De Cabo R,
- Naganathan V,
- Le Couteur D
- GRANTNational Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2008 - 31 Dec 2012People funded by this grant:
- Broe G,
- Cumming R,
- Grayson D,
- Chalkley S,
- Draper B
- GRANTBlue Mountains Cohort StudyNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2007People funded by this grant:
- Wang JJ,
- Cumming R,
- Mitchell P,
- Newall P,
- Leeder S
- GRANTNational Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2009People funded by this grant:
- Mitchell P,
- Newall P,
- Wang JJ,
- Cumming R,
- Leeder S
- GRANTMinimising disability and falls in older people through a post-hospital individualised exercise progNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2009People funded by this grant:
- Lord SR,
- Dean C,
- Close J,
- Cumming R,
- Vogler C
- GRANTExercise intervention to prevent falls, enhance mobility and increase physical activity in communityNSW Health1 Jan 2006People funded by this grant:
- Sharkey M,
- Cumming R,
- Rissel C,
- Sherrington C,
- Dean C
- GRANTLifestyle (LIFE) versus structured balance and strength training to reduce falls in the elderly: a randomized trialNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2008People funded by this grant:
- Fiatarone Singh MA,
- Clemson L,
- Cumming R,
- Bundy A
- GRANTNational Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2013People funded by this grant:
- Anstey K,
- Healy J,
- Booth H,
- Harding A,
- Browning C
