Danny Eckert BAppl Sci, BSc (Hons), PhD, FAASM is a Matthew Flinders Professor at Flinders University, a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Leadership Fellow, and serves as Director of Sleep Health at Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute (FHMRI) where he leads a comprehensive basic sciences and translational clinical sleep research program comprised of >70 multidisciplinary researchers. His research focuses on identification of the causes of sleep apnoea, optimisation of existing therapies, and development of new targeted treatments.

Dr Mukherjee is Associate Professor of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at Flinders University who is a sleep physician and researcher in respiratory and sleep medicine at Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN) and Clinical Lead of Research at the Department of Respiratory and Sleep medicine at SA Health. Currently, her major fields of interest are sleep apnoea, sleep health, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma. A/Prof Mukherjee been successful in obtaining multiple grants in the US, Canada and Australia (over $14M AUD), and has published extensively (>100 articles, >9000 citations, Google scholar) in high impact journals. A/Prof Mukherjee is the Immediate Past President of the Australasian Sleep Association. She was the featured co-host of Australia’s Sleep Revolution with Michael Mosley which aired on SBS in March 2024.

Nicole Lovato is an Associate Professor of Sleep Health, ARC Early Career Linkage Fellow, and Psychologist (provisional) at Flinders University. She has extensive experience in insomnia and circadian physiology, with close to 100 peer-reviewed publications. Her research is particularly focused on the development of new, innovative therapeutic interventions and models of care for the management of chronic insomnia and circadian rhythm sleep disorders and associated chronic mental and physical ill-health. She works closely with consumers, primary care, and other key stakeholders to translate this knowledge to make best-practice sleep healthcare accessible and cost-effective for the community.

Associate Professor Amy Reynolds is a clinical epidemiologist and provisional psychologist with research expertise in the relationships between non-standard work schedules (particularly shift work), health and safety. She is the current co-lead of the insomnia, shift work and body clock disruption theme at the Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, Flinders University. Her key research focus is the experiences of shift workers living with sleep problems, many of which go undiagnosed and untreated for extended periods of time. She uses mixed research methodologies in her research program, including working with large datasets, such as the multigenerational Raine Study, qualitative approaches, and intervention trials.

Professor and Head of the Monash School of Psychological Sciences and Chair, Sleep Health Foundation, he was previously Deputy Director of the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health. Shantha Rajaratnam was awarded his PhD degree from Monash University in 1998, and completed a Bachelor of Laws degree in 2000. He undertook postdoctoral training at the Centre for Chronobiology at the University of Surrey, UK from 2000-2002, where he investigated human sleep-wake regulation, in particular the role of melatonin. In 2004 he took up a visiting academic position at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA, investigating the impact of melatonin agonists and light, on sleep and circadian rhythms, and fatigue management programs in occupational settings. Since 2006 he has served as Chair of the Monash Sleep Network. He is a Lecturer in Medicine in the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Neuroscientist in the Division of Sleep Medicine at Bingham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He is a Chartered Psychologist in the UK and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He is past President of the Australasian Sleep Association, Program Leader in the Alertness CRC and serves on the Board of the Sleep Health Foundation. His research interests include circadian regulation of sleep, effects of melatonin and melatonin agonists on sleep and circadian rhythms, effects of light on the human circadian system, evaluation of fatigue management programs for shift workers, consequences of sleep loss and sleep disruption, and regulation of working time and legal issues relating to sleep loss and fatigue.

Clinical Professor Garun Hamilton is a Respiratory and Sleep Disorders physician at Monash Health and the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash University. He is Director of Sleep Research at Monash Health, working with the physiology team at the Turner Institute at Monash University. He leads the Respiratory Failure and Non-Invasive Ventilation service at Monash Health, and holds an appointment with the Victorian Respiratory Support Service (VRSS) where he leads the Monash VRSS satellite service. His research interests are broad, spanning a range of clinical, physiological and epidemiological topics. He is currently the President of the Australasian Sleep Association.