Professor Louise Sharpe
University of Sydney
Professor Louise Sharpe is Pro-Vice Chancellor (Researcher training) at the University of Sydney. She has been a member of the ACGR executive committee since 2024 and will be President in 2025 and 2026.
Louise has been an academic at the University of Sydney since 1999, after she finished her PhD at the University of London. She is a clinical psychologist, by training, and focuses on psychosocial interventions for people with chronic health conditions, like chronic pain and cancer. She has published more than 300 peer-reviewed publications, had more than 60 Higher Degree Research students and has had continuous funding from either NHMRC and/or ARC since 2001.
Her contributions have been recognised with Ian M. Campbell distinguished career award for contributions to Clinical Psychology (Australian Psychological Society, 2007) and the distinguished career award for contributions to cognitive behaviour therapy (Australian Association Cognitive Behavioural Therapy [AACBT], 2015).
She is a fellow of AACBT and the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.
