Sharon Linda Naismith FASSA is an Australian clinical neuropsychologist who researches aging, dementia, and cognitive decline.[1] She is the Leonard P. Ullman Chair in Psychology at the University of Sydney School of Psychology.[1] Sharon founded the Healthy Brain Ageing Project in 2010, which focuses on modifiable risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia including depression, sleep disturbance and cardiovascular disease.[2] In 2023, Naismith was elected to the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.[3]
Naismith earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and a D.Psych. from Macquarie University.[4][5] Her 2004 dissertation was titled, Implicit Sequence Learning in Depression Relationship to Neuropsychological, Clinical, Vascular and Genetic Risk Factors.[5] Her dissertation supervisors were Ian Hickie and Edwin Arthur Shores.[5]
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[edit]- ^ a b "Staff Profile". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
- ^ "Academy Fellow". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ "The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia welcomes 21 new Fellows". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. 2023-11-08. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
- ^ "Sharon Naismith, neuropsychology researcher". www.abc.net.au. 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
- ^ a b c Naismith, Sharon Linda (2004). Implicit Sequence Learning in Depression Relationship to Neuropsychological, Clinical, Vascular and Genetic Risk Factors (D.Psych. thesis). Macquarie University. OCLC 926620418.