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Fleur Harrison

Fleur Harrison

Site Coordinator
Medicine & Health
Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing

Fleur is the Acting Study Coordinator for the Sydney Centenarian Study (SCS), which has been running at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) since 2007. Participants are aged 95 and older, and the aim of the study is to understand the factors that contribute to “successful ageing”. Fleur is also the Brain Trainer for the Maintain Your Brain randomised controlled trial, a multi-pronged online intervention designed to target modifiable risk factors for dementia.

Fleur has been employed in ageing and dementia research at UNSW Sydney since 2010, having worked on numerous large intervention studies at the Dementia Centres for Research Collaboration. She made substantial contributions to the HALT (Halting Antipsychotic use in Long-Term care) project, a single-arm longitudinal study of the impact of deprescribing antipsychotic medications in people with dementia.

Fleur is also a PhD candidate, co-funded by the Alzheimer’s Australia Dementia Research Foundation-Dementia Collaborative Research Centres Half-Funded PhD Scholarship and the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA). Fleur’s PhD research aims to improve understanding of apathy in community-dwelling persons by evaluating methods of assessment, investigating its association with immune markers, differentiating from depression and fatigue and modelling its longitudinal course.

Fleur has undertaken a Master of Psychology (Health) at Monash University. She previously completed undergraduate (Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Psychology and French Studies) and Honours level studies in Psychology (Graduate Diploma in Science (Psychology)) at the University of Sydney. During her training as a psychologist, she gained experience in undertaking individual and group cognitive behavioural therapy, conducting clinical interviews and biopsychosocial assessments, and has expertise in multivariate and multilevel statistical techniques.

Fleur’s diverse research interests include behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia, health behaviours, psychoneuroimmunology, personality – particularly perfectionism - and its association with physical health, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis.

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Email

f.harrison@unsw.edu.au

 

Phone

(02) 9385 0433

    • Dong C; Mather KA; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS; Trollor J; Harrison F; Bliuc D; Ivers R; Rhee J; Dai Z, 2025, 'The Role of Nutrition and Other Lifestyle Patterns in Mortality Risk in Older Adults with Multimorbidity.', Nutrients, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu17050796
    • Harrison F; Mortby ME; Guastella AJ; Trollor JN; Mather KA; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H, 2024, 'Clinical Manifestations', Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 20, pp. e093242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.093242
    • Chenoweth L; Burley C; Cook J; Cheah SL; Reyes P; Maiden G; McGuire J; McCade D; Brodaty H; Sukhapure M; Harrison F; Williams A, 2024, 'Improving Healthcare Quality and Clinical Outcomes for Persons with Dementia in the Sub-Acute Hospital Through Person-Centered Care Practice', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 98, pp. 619 - 628, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-231056
    • Harrison F; Mortby ME; Mather KA; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H, 2023, 'Apathy as a determinant of health behaviors in older adults: Implications for dementia risk reduction', Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring, 15, pp. e12505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12505
    • Michaelian JC; Mccade D; Hoyos CM; Brodaty H; Harrison F; Henry JD; Guastella AJ; Naismith SL, 2023, 'Pilot Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial Evaluating the Feasibility of an Intranasal Oxytocin in Improving Social Cognition in Individuals Living with Alzheimer's Disease', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Reports, 7, pp. 715 - 729, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/ADR-230013
    • Harrison F; Mortby ME; Guastella AJ; Trollor JN; Kochan NA; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H, 2023, 'Apathy, depression and risk of incident dementia in community‐dwelling older adults', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.075124
    • Michaelian JC; McCade D; Hoyos CM; Brodaty H; Harrison F; Henry JD; Guastella AJ; Naismith SL, 2022, 'Pilot Randomised, Double‐Blind, Placebo‐Controlled Crossover Trial Evaluating the Feasibility of an Intranasal Oxytocin in Improving Social Cognition in Individuals Living with Alzheimer’s Disease', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.064386
    • Liddle J; Ireland D; Krysinska K; Harrison F; Lamont R; Karunanithi M; Kang K; Reppermund S; Sachdev PS; Gustafsson L; Brauer S; Pachana NA; Brodaty H, 2021, 'Lifespace metrics of older adults with mild cognitive impairment and dementia recorded via geolocation data', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 40, pp. e341 - e346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13007
    • Weston SJ; Graham EK; Turiano NA; Aschwanden D; Booth T; Harrison F; James BD; Lewis NA; Makkar SR; Mueller S; Wisniewski KM; Yoneda T; Zhaoyang R; Spiro A; Drewelies J; Wagner GG; Steinhagen-Thiessen E; Demuth I; Willis S; Schaie KW; Sliwinski M; Lipton RA; Katz M; Deary IJ; Zelinski EM; Bennett DA; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Trollor JN; Ames D; Wright MJ; Gerstorf D; Allemand M; Muniz-Terrera G; Piccinin AM; Hofer SM; Mroczek DK, 2020, 'Is Healthy Neuroticism Associated with Chronic Conditions? A Coordinated Integrative Data Analysis', Collabra: Psychology, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/collabra.267
    • Turiano NA; Graham EK; Weston SJ; Booth T; Harrison F; James BD; Lewis NA; Makkar SR; Mueller S; Wisniewski KM; Zhaoyang R; Spiro A; Willis S; Warner Schaie K; Lipton RB; Katz M; Sliwinski M; Deary IJ; Zelinski EM; Bennett DA; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Trollor JN; Ames D; Wright MJ; Gerstorf D; Muniz-Terrera G; Piccinin AM; Hofer SM; Mroczek DK, 2020, 'Is Healthy Neuroticism Associated with Longevity? A Coordinated Integrative Data Analysis', Collabra: Psychology, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/collabra.268
    • Graham EK; Weston SJ; Turiano NA; Aschwanden D; Booth T; Harrison F; James BD; Lewis NA; Makkar SR; Mueller S; Wisniewski KM; Yoneda T; Zhaoyang R; Spiro A; Willis S; Schaie KW; Sliwinski M; Lipton RA; Katz MJ; Deary IJ; Zelinski EM; Bennett DA; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Trollor JN; Ames D; Wright MJ; Gerstorf D; Allemand M; Drewelies J; Wagner GG; Muniz-Terrera G; Piccinin AM; Hofer SM; Mroczek DK, 2020, 'Is Healthy Neuroticism Associated with Health Behaviors? A Coordinated Integrative Data Analysis', Collabra: Psychology, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/collabra.266
    • Harrison F; Cations M; Jessop T; Aerts L; Chenoweth L; Shell A; Sachdev P; Hilmer S; Draper B; Brodaty H, 2020, 'Prolonged use of antipsychotic medications in long-term aged care in Australia: a snapshot from the HALT project', International Psychogeriatrics, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610219002011
    • Cheng A; Leung Y; Crawford J; Harrison F; Sachdev P; Brodaty H, 2020, '339 - A psychological profile of near-centenarians and centenarians with and without dementia from the Sydney Centenarian Study', International Psychogeriatrics, 32, pp. 99 - 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610220002392
    • Cheng A; Leung Y; Harrison F; Brodaty H, 2019, 'The prevalence and predictors of anxiety and depression in near-centenarians and centenarians: A systematic review', International Psychogeriatrics, 31, pp. 1539 - 1558, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610219000802
    • Aerts L; Cations M; Harrison F; Jessop T; Shell A; Chenoweth L; Brodaty H, 2019, 'Why deprescribing antipsychotics in older people with dementia in long-term care is not always successful: Insights from the HALT study', International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 34, pp. 1572 - 1581, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gps.5167
    • Cheng A; Leung Y; Crawford JD; Harrison F; Sachdev P; Brodaty H, 2019, 'The psychological health of 207 near-centenarians (95–99) and centenarians from the Sydney Centenarian Study', Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 53, pp. 976 - 988, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867419848831
    • Chenoweth L; Jessop T; Harrison F; Cations M; Cook J; Brodaty H, 2018, 'Critical Contextual Elements in Facilitating and Achieving Success with a Person-Centred Care Intervention to Support Antipsychotic Deprescribing for Older People in Long-Term Care', BioMed Research International, 2018, pp. 7148515, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7148515
    • Jessop T; Harrison F; Cations M; Draper B; Chenoweth L; Hilmer S; Westbury J; Low LF; Heffernan M; Sachdev P; Close J; Blennerhassett J; Marinkovich M; Shell A; Brodaty H, 2017, 'Halting Antipsychotic Use in Long-Term care (HALT): A single-arm longitudinal study aiming to reduce inappropriate antipsychotic use in long-term care residents with behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia', International Psychogeriatrics, 29, pp. 1391 - 1403, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610217000084
    • Harrison F; Cations M; Jessop T; Shell A; Brodaty H, 2017, 'INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING OF ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATIONS IN LONG TERM-CARE RESIDENTS: THE HALT PROJECT', Innovation in Aging, 1, pp. 968 - 968, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igx004.3495
    • Brodaty H; Jessop T; Harrison F; Cations M; Shell A; Chenoweth L, 2017, 'DEPRESCRIBING ANTIPSYCHOTICS IN LONG TERM CARE RESIDENTS WITH NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS AND DEMENTIA', Innovation in Aging, 1, pp. 1066 - 1066, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igx004.3903
    • Harrison F; Aerts L; Seeher KM; Lloyd A; Trollor JN; Guastella A; Brodaty H, 2017, '[P3–225]: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN BEHAVIORAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA AND CYTOKINES', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2017.06.1438
    • Harrison F; Aerts L; Brodaty H, 2016, 'Apathy in Dementia: Systematic Review of Recent Evidence on Pharmacological Treatments', Current Psychiatry Reports, 18, pp. 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11920-016-0737-7
    • Baker JR; Harrison F; Low LF, 2016, 'Development of two measures of client engagement for use in home aged care', Health and Social Care in the Community, 24, pp. 363 - 374, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12213
    • Harrison F; Craddock AE, 2016, 'How attempts to meet others unrealistic expectations affect health: Health-promoting behaviours as a mediator between perfectionism and physical health', Psychology, Health and Medicine, 21, pp. 386 - 400, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2015.1062524
    • Jessop T; Harrison F; Cations M; Shell A; Brodaty H, 2016, 'O2‐14‐01: Deprescribing Antipsychotics in Long‐Term Care Residents with Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2016.06.472
    • Low LF; Baker JR; Harrison F; Jeon YH; Haertsch M; Camp C; Skropeta M, 2015, 'The Lifestyle Engagement Activity Program (LEAP): Implementing Social and Recreational Activity into Case-Managed Home Care', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 16, pp. 1069 - 1076, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2015.07.002
    • Harrison F; Low LF; Barnett A; Gresham M; Brodaty H, 2014, 'What do clients expect of community care and what are their needs? The Community care for the Elderly: Needs and Service Use Study (CENSUS)', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 33, pp. 206 - 213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12118
    • Harrison F; Low L; Kochan N; Draper B; Slavin M; Reppermund S; Troller J; Sachdev P; Brodaty H, 2011, 'P3‐075: Mild cognitive impairment in older Australians from non‐English speaking backgrounds', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2011.05.1515
    • Craddock AE; Church W; Harrison F; Sands A, 2010, 'Family of Origin Qualities as Predictors of Religious Dysfunctional Perfectionism', Journal of Psychology and Theology, 38, pp. 205 - 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009164711003800305
    • Ireland D; Liddle J; Harrison F; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H, 2015, 'Low-energy Bluetooth beacons for lifespace assessment of people with neurological conditions [Paper #1570196221]', in IEEE, Hobart, TAS, Australia, pp. 1 - 3, presented at 2015 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP), Hobart, TAS, Australia, 09 November 2015 - 12 November 2015, http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/icp.jsp?arnumber=7447361
       
    • Harrison F; Brodaty H; Mortby ME; Aerts L; Guastella AJ, 2023, 'The link between apathy and depressive symptoms and healthy lifestyles in older community‐dwelling adults', Vol. 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.068270
       
    • Liddle J; Ireland D; Gustafsson L; Kang K; Reppermund S; McBride S; Lamont R; Harrison F; Pachana N; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H, 2015, 'Lifespace and people with dementia: what are the in home and community mobility issues for people with dementia? Can technology help us to understand? [Abstract A24]', in Australian Journal of Dementia, Sydney, Australia, Vol. 4, pp. 34 - 34, presented at 2015 DCRC 9th Annual Forum, Sydney, Australia
    • Low L; Camit M; Todaro ; Harrison F; Gollan C; Shen S, 2012, An Untapped Resource: Older CALD Volunteers – Understanding barriers and motivations to volunteering in NSW., Department of Family & Community Services, NSW