Dr Cheryce Harrison is a Research Fellow within the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University. She has a PhD in reproductive women's health with a background and honours degree in exercise physiology. Her research to date focuses on lifestyle intervention and weight gain prevention in high-risk groups of young women, including the development and delivery of a large clinical trial focusing on optimising weight gain during pregnancy in women at high-risk of gestational diabetes mellitus. Additional experience includes development and implementation of large clinical trials, clinical trial management and coordination, public health lifestyle interventions, exercise intervention studies, contribution to National evidence based guidelines, evidence synthesis and translational research.

Dr Harrison has several publications, presenting her work locally, nationally and internationally at conferences and also through the media and she has received international recognition as an early career researcher for her women's public health research. Recent awards include the 2012 Victorian Public Healthcare Award for Optimising the Health Status of Victorians as part of the Healthy Lifestyles (HeLP-her) team within the school. With a particular interest in lifestyle intervention incorporating physical activity, Dr Harrision has a broad aim of optimising healthy lifestyle change as an effective strategy for the prevention of chronic disease in women.