Adjunct Assoc. Prof. Tanya Petrovich is Business Innovation Manager, Dementia Australia.
Tanya completed studies Genetics at the University of Melbourne and Post-Doctoral studies at the Marie Curie Research Institute, UK. She has spent many years teaching in Science, and Health Science. She joined Dementia Australia in 2008.
Tanya leads the team in applying innovations in technology to improve the services that support the lives of people living with dementia. In 2013 the Virtual Dementia Experience was released and was the first VR experience to be used in Dementia Care Education. Most recently in 2022 BrainTrack an App to help self-monitor cognitive health and encourage help seeking won a Google 2023 award.