Nicolas Cherbuin is working as an associate Professor at the Australian National University. He is heads the Centre for Research on Ageing, Health and Wellbeing (CRAHW). He was awarded a PhD in 2006 at ANU.

Professor Cherbuin is a chief investigator on the 2015 NHMRC Centre for Excellence in Cognitive Health and a senior chief investigator on a large NHMRC-funded longitudinal study of ageing and mental health, the PATH Through Life study, based at ANU.