Sharon Naismith

Sharon Linda Naismith is an Australian clinical neuropsychologist who researches aging, dementia, and cognitive decline. She is the Leonard P. Ullman Chair in Psychology at the University of Sydney School of Psychology. In 2023, Naismith was elected to the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.

Naismith earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and a D.Psych. from Macquarie University. Her 2004 dissertation was titled, Implicit Sequence Learning in Depression Relationship to Neuropsychological, Clinical, Vascular and Genetic Risk Factors. Her dissertation supervisors were Ian Hickie and Edwin Arthur Shores.