Nat Marshall is a clinical triallist and epidemiologist specialising in sleep and sleep disorders at the Woolcock Institute for Medical Research and the Macquarie University Department of Health Sciences.

Georgina is a PhD candidate at Monash University exploring obstructive sleep apnoea as a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease with a focus on sleep microarchitecture and hypertension. Prior to commencing her PhD at Monash Georgina was introduced to the world of sleep research at Flinders University, with the wonderful team at the Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health. As a PhD candidate Georgina has been awarded a scholarship for dementia research with Australian Rotary Health, and was the 2023 runner up for the Mellius ECR travel award.

Samantha is a paediatric sleep scientist at the Launceston General Hospital and a PhD candidate with the Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre at the University of Tasmania. She completed a Master of Science in Sleep Medicine at the University of Sydney in 2019 and is now pursuing research into isolated REM sleep behaviour disorder (iRBD) and neurodegeneration. Samantha leads the ISLAND Sleep Study and has recruited over 2,900 participants to investigate the prevalence of iRBD in Tasmania (the first iRBD prevalence study in Australia) and determine specific profiles of iRBD that influence its trajectory to alpha-synuclein-related neurodegenerative diseases.

Nicole Stuart is a 4th year clinical psychology PhD candidate. Her PhD focuses on exploring associations between continuous measures of sleep, wake and cognitive performance.

Dr Andrea Ricciardiello is a postdoctoral research fellow who leads the neuromodulation research theme within the sleep and circadian group at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research. Her novel research focuses on adapting stimulation techniques for use in sleep disorders. She recently completed her PhD thesis looking at characterising objective sleep in older adults with depression and identifying links between sleep, memory and emotion processing in this group.

Alice is a Ph.D candidate funded by the collaboration between the University of Exeter and University of Queensland (QUEX Institute). Her Ph.D focuses on the associations between sleep, age and cerebrovascular function. In 2023, Alice completed her MSc by Research at the University of Exeter, where she sought to understand the effects of partial sleep deprivation on neurovascular coupling. After completing her Ph.D, Alice intends to use her academic background to link research with public health and policy, ultimately contributing to improving meaningful community health outcomes.

Garry is a PhD candidate at Macquarie University and The Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in Sydney. His research interests are in sleep neurophysiology with his thesis investigating the neurophysiological impact of OSA in schizophrenia using high density EEG.

David is a Sleep Scientist at Canberra Hospital. He has been working in Sleep and Respiratory medicine since 2019, and has worked in Sleep Laboratories in Newcastle, Perth, and Canberra. David graduated with a Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Honours, majoring in Medical Genetics) from the University of Newcastle in 2019. David presented a poster entitled “Utility of Capillary Blood Gases (CBGs) for measuring gas exchange in the Sleep Laboratory” at the Sleep Downunder Adelaide conference 2023. Areas of interest include Blood Gas Measurement, Quality Control/Quality Assurance, Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Genetics of Sleep.

I am a Sleep Scientist with 7 years of experience working in a clinical sleep laboratory. I have a strong passion for patient safety, scientific integrity and research. In the realm of sleep my interest lies in circadian rhythm disorders and in particular REM behaviour disorder. My experience as a sleep scientist covers a range of different sleep technologies and procedures including standard and portable PSGs, CPAP and NIV titrations, Actigraphy as well as MSLT and MWT sleep studies. My research background includes a project investigating the central nervous system relationship between Nocturia and Sleep Apnoea.

Senior sleep scientist at the Mater Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland

Dr Nasreen Akhtar is Additional Professor at Department of Physiology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. She is actively engaged in research at Dr Baldev Singh Sleep Research Laboratory. Her focus lies in investigating neurobiological models and randomized controlled trials of chronic insomnia. She is working on the downstream inflammatory pathways in vascular endothelial cells in obstructive sleep apnoea. She has a collaborative research project with University College London on ethnogeographic variations in sleep and brain morphometry. Dr. Akhtar is Associate Editor of the journal Sleep and Vigilance and is certified International Sleep Disorder Specialist.

Tom is the Head Respiratory and Sleep Scientist at Austin Health in Victoria. He has diverse research and educational interests including measurement, physiology, and treatment optimisation. He was amongst the first Australian Accredited Clinical Physiologists having served as the founding Australian Council for Clinical Physiologists president from 2018-19, is a NATA technical assessor for Sleep Service accreditation, and is currently pursuing post graduate studies in Digital Health.

Michelle Cheong LLB, LLM (DR), Graduate Dip in Psychology, RPSGT Started in the Sleep Medicine Field in the year 2000 and until now Working at The University of Hong Kong in Sleep research, assisting research in mild cognitive impairment correlated with obstructive sleep apnea Currently training in Forensic Psychology and developing research in sleep disorder-related violence