Dr. Fleur Harrison

Biography

Fleur Harrison is an academic at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, specializing in dementia and healthy brain ageing. She has been involved in significant research since she joined UNSW in 2010, contributing to major intervention studies at the Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration. Currently, Fleur serves as a Site Coordinator for the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) and is also the Acting Study Coordinator for the Sydney Centenarian Study, which focuses on understanding the factors that contribute to successful ageing in participants aged 95 and older. Additionally, she is a PhD candidate whose research is co-funded by the Alzheimer's Australia Dementia Research Foundation, emphasizing the evaluation of methods of assessment for apathy in people living in the community, as well as exploring the relationship between immune markers and mental health. Fleur has a Master of Psychology (Health) from Monash University and has a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Psychology and French Studies, along with a Graduate Diploma in Science (Psychology) from the University of Sydney. Her diverse research interests include behavioural psychological symptoms of dementia, health behaviours, psychoneuroimmunology, and the connections between personality traits such as perfectionism and physical health.

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