Karra Harrington BA, PhD

Karra Harrington is a research fellow in the Social Health and Wellbeing Laboratory, working with Dr Michelle Lim on projects aimed at reducing loneliness in vulnerable populations, including older adults. Her current research interests include understanding changes in psychological well-being and loneliness in older adults, as well as the role of loneliness and mental ill-health in the development of cognitive decline and dementia. Karra completed her PhD at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health. In her doctoral research, she explored the nature of the age-related cognitive decline in older adults and used neuroimaging techniques to differentiate normal age-related changes in cognitive performance from those associated with the early stage neurodegenerative disease. Karra is also a clinical psychology registrar. She obtained her Master of Clinical Psychology at Deakin University.