Anthony Harris has been working at BDC since its inception.  He graduated from the University of Sydney in Medicine in 1985 and completed training in Psychiatry in Australia in 1991 and after working in Britain and Germany, returned to Australia to head the inpatient unit at the Nepean Hospital in Western Sydney. In 1996 he returned to a joint clinical - research position. He finished his PhD in the area of psychophysiology in first episode psychosis in 2003 after developing a research project that enrolled 104 young people with their first episode of psychosis from across Western Sydney. Results from this project were published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry and the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry amongst other journals.  Since then he has developed research interests in cognitive remediation in schizophrenia, gamma synchrony and other aspects of psychophysiology in schizophrenia and major depression and medical education.  He has coathored 60 articles and 3 book chapters. At present he is the co-chair of the Neuroscience and Mental Health theme at the University of Sydney and is on the management committee of the Schizophrenia Fellowship of New South Wales.

• 1998 Neuroscience Institute for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders Grant in Aid Investigators: Dr A. Harris, Dr A. Bremner, Dr J. Brennan, Dr J. Anderson, Ms S. Meares, Ms D. Fitzgerald,  Assoc/Prof  W. Reid. The Western Sydney First Episode Psychosis Research Project - Amount - $8,000
• 2000 The effects of Risperdal on emotional wellbeing and clinical outcome in schizophrenia.  Investigators: Dr A. Harris, Dr L. Williams, Dr E. Gordon. Janssen - Cilag.  $62,298
• 2001 An evaluation of a community-based opportunistic intervention to reduce substance abuse among psychiatric patients CI - Mr T. Sitharthan, Dr J Currie, Dr A Harris, Dr P Tucker. NH&MRC National Illicit Drugs strategy research program $181,518 over three years
• 2001 Prospective study of volumetric brain changes in first episode psychosis.  CI - Dr Anthony Harris, Dr Lavier Gomes & Dr John Brennan.  Research Trust Fund of the Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW.  $12,500
• 2002 The treatment of cognitive deficits in young people recovering from psychosis and psychosis-like states. Dr A. Harris, Ms M.A. Redoblado-Hodge, Ms P. Rogers, Dr J. Brennan Perpetual Trustees – J.S. Love Trust  $10,000
• 2002 Remediation of cognitive deficits in individuals with chronic psychosis. Ms M.A. Redoblado-Hodge, Dr A. Harris, Dr J Brennan.  Eli Lilly Australia “Answers That Matter” grants $25,000
• 2004 A Randomised Controlled Trial of Cognitive Remediation in Schizophrenia. Dr Anthony Harris, Professor Chris Tennant, Ms Antoinette Redoblado-Hodge, Ms Daniella Toscano. Research Trust Fund of the Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW. $13,500
• 2005 Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Anxiety and Neuroscience NHMRC R. Byrant, L Williams, P Schofield, B Raphael, M Dadds, A Harris, P Boyce. $1.95 million
• 2006 Changes in Connectivity with alteration in clinical state in Schizophrenia. A. Harris, M Breakspear. University of Sydney. $50,000
• 2009 Gene-brain pathways in emotional brain stability and instability Williams L, Schofield P, Clark C, Harris A, Gatt J. ARC Linkage Projects ($670,000 over 2 years)
• 2010 Improving the Observed Clinical Interview in Psychological Medicine AWF Harris, Lisa Lampe, Gin Malhi University of Sydney $9900
• 2010 Does cognitive remediation improve employment prospects for people with a mental illness returning to work? AWF Harris, William Gye, Antoinette Redoblado-Hodge. Australian Rotary Health Grant  $71,092