Associate Professor Yen Ying Lim is a clinical psychologist and researcher. Her primary research interests are in integrating and translating the effects of genetic, biological, and lifestyle factors on cognitive decline and clinical disease progression in Alzheimer’s disease. She is also interested in the development and validation of web-based cognitive tests for the early detection of cognitive dysfunction in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease.

Yen dedicates her dementia research work to people in their midlife (ages 40-70) who have a family history of dementia. She focuses on detecting early signs of Alzheimer's Disease, even in individuals who currently show no symptoms of dementia. This early detection presents a fascinating dilemma. While these individuals can't be officially classified as having early-onset Alzheimer's, they are intrig ...