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ProfessorSharon Naismith

Leonard P Ullmann Chair in Psychology

Faculty of Science

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  • Leonard P Ullmann Chair in Psychology
    Faculty of Science

Research projects & supervision summary

Current PhD student opportunities

 

A range of opportunities are available in the following fields:

  • Post-diagnostic support in virtual memory clinics
  • Dementia stigma and awareness in regional and rural Australia
  • The neurobiology of sleep in people at risk for dementia
  • The use of digital technologies for Mild Cognitive Impairment
  • The use of blood based biomarkers for tracking early neurodegenerative disease
  • Sleep dependent memory
  • Climate Health and the Brain
  • Menopause and Cognitive Decline in at-risk older women

 

RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    APOE ε4 Sleep and Arterial Stiffness in Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease: A Dual Cohort Investigation
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Bidirectional Interaction Between Sleep Disorders and Neurodegeneration: The Key Role of Subcortical Neuromodulatory Nuclei.
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Brain-Heart Modulation of the Autonomic Nervous System in Older Adults 'at-risk' of Dementia: a Study of Heart Rate Variability During Sleep
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Characterising obstructive sleep apnoea in memory clinics: hypoxemia, memory, and structural brain changes
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Depressive symptoms in older adults at risk for dementia: exploring key modifiable risk factors, the importance of physical activity, and the effects of a home-based exercise and psycho-education intervention
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Exploring Alzheimer's Risk in Women: Impacts of The Menopause Transition
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Exploring modifiable dementia risk factors and their associations with sleep and sleep-dependent memory consolidation (SDMC) among older adults along the continuum of cognitive decline
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Exploring the relationship between sleep-wake disturbances, amyloid-beta co-pathology, and locus coeruleus dysfunction in prodromal Lewy body disease
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Fatigue and disordered sleep in children with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Functional change in older adults ‘at risk’ of dementia
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Implementation of an evidence-based, multifaceted cognitive training program within the clinical setting for older adults ‘at-risk’ of cognitive decline
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Implementing and evaluating contact strategies to reduce stigma towards people living with dementia
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Implementing Personalised Cognition-Oriented Treatments for Older People with Mild Cognitive Impairment: Translating Evidence into Practice
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Influences of Endogenous and Exogenous Melatonin in Older Adults at Risk of Dementia
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Music Making and Engagement for Older Adults at Risk for Dementia: Examining Neurobiological Relationships and Co-Designing a Music-Based Trial
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Neuroglial and systemic inflammation across the Alzheimer’s Disease continuum: Evidence from biofluid biomarkers
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Novel approaches to inform the conduct of clinical deprescribing trials in older adults
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    NREM sleep EEG oscillations and overnight memory: Investigating the impact of untreated obstructive sleep apnea and the effect of CPAP treatment
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Obstructive sleep apnoea in older adults: Predictors of cognitive decline and neurodegeneration
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Pupillometry Markers of Locus Coeruleus Function and Functional Outcomes in Adults At-Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Quantifying objective sleep measures and associations with memory in older adults with depression
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Sleep dependent memory consolidation in mild cognitive impairment subtypes
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Sleep-printing: unique sleep traits for predicting memory consolidation
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Sleep-wake disturbances and depression in older adults
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Social cognition in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia: neurobiological and psychosocial correlates and the potential role of an oxytocin treatment