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Oral presentations - Working it out – the relationships between patterns of work, sleep loss, performance, and fatigue risk

Tracks
Track 4
Friday, October 18, 2024
3:15 PM - 5:00 PM
Room 6

Speaker

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Dr Aaron Schokman
Research Fellow
University of Sydney

Living with narcolepsy and driving in Australia: Exploring lived experience and clinician perspectives

3:20 PM - 3:32 PM

Biography

Dr. Aaron Schokman is a lived experience Research Fellow at The University of Sydney. He is currently affiliated with the Central Clinical School, Charles Perkins Centre and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course. Aaron was diagnosed with narcolepsy type 1, a rare and debilitating sleep disorder in his late teens that sparked his interest in research, co-design and all things sleep.
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Prof Leigh Signal
Professor Of Fatigue Management And Sleep Health
Massey University

Fatigue risk in Search and Rescue operations: The challenge of sleep inertia and on-call work

3:33 PM - 3:45 PM

Biography

Dr. Leigh Signal is a Professor of Fatigue Management and Sleep Health at the Sleep/Wake Research Centre, Massey University, Wellington. Much of her research is focused on identifying, managing and mitigating fatigue in applied settings, particularly for the aviation industry. She has worked with aircraft manufacturers, national and international airlines and regulators and has conducted studies onboard aircraft and in the laboratory environment. Leigh is also often asked to provide expert evidence on the possible role of fatigue in workplace incidents and accidents.
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Dr Karyn O'Keeffe
Senior Lecturer
Massey University

Workplace fatigue in the New Zealand healthcare workforce: A snapshot survey

3:45 PM - 3:58 PM

Biography

Dr Karyn O'Keeffe is a Senior Lecturer at the Sleep/Wake Research Centre at Massey University. Her research interests include (a) improving sleep health in the general population, and (b) exploring the impacts of shift work, and improving the management of the risks associated with shift work and fatigue for health workers.
Mr Saeed Jaydarifard
Phd Candidate
Child Health Research Center / Institute for Social Science Research / University of Queensland

Sleep patterns and their associations with mental health and financial well-being in ride-hail drivers

3:59 PM - 4:11 PM

Biography

Saeed is a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland, having recently submitted his PhD thesis in Psychology. His thesis examined sleep and mental health in precarious workers with unfavourable working conditions, such as ride-hail drivers. His research interests include drowsy driving, sleep, road safety, and occupational health.
Dr Jack Manners
Research Associate
Flinders University

Sleep estimates from an under-mattress sensor can predict vigilance, working memory, and mental arithmetic performance

4:12 PM - 4:24 PM

Biography

Jack Manners is a Research Associate at the Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute (FHMRI): Sleep Health (formerly AISH) exploring the potential of novel methods and technology to enhance diagnostic, management and treatment pathways for sleep health disorders. His current focus is in leveraging consumer sleep technology for use in clinical decision making. Jack's expertise in consumer sleep technologies has fostered collaborations across diverse research areas. His wider research goal is to translate and simplify complex psychophysiological mechanisms, and ultimately improve sleep treatment capacity and efficacy worldwide.
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Dr Prerna Varma
Research Fellow
Monash University

Examining the efficacy of the “SleepSync” app in improving sleep and performance in healthcare shift workers.

4:25 PM - 4:37 PM

Biography

Dr Prerna Varma is a Research Fellow in the School of Psychological Sciences, working at the intersections of industry and community. Her research focuses on designing and delivering personalised interventions for sleep health. Dr Varma actively engages with industry, end-users, and communities to create scalable, practical interventions. She is currently developing and implementing a digital health technology for shift workers. Dr Varma is deeply committed to examining and addressing sleep and mental health in underserved populations, including caregivers, people living with dementia, and culturally diverse and other minoritised communities.
Mrs Alexandra Shriane
Phd Candidate
Appleton Institute / CQ University

"I wish someone would've taught me how to sleep": qualitative development of co-designed sleep resources for young shiftworkers

4:37 PM - 4:49 PM

Biography

Alexandra Shriane is in the final stages of her PhD candidature at the Appleton Institute, CQUniversity. Her research focuses on behavioural interventions to improve sleep outcomes in shiftworkers. Having spent more than 10 years as a shiftworker herself, Alex is passionate about equipping shiftworkers with evidence-based tools to manage the health and wellbeing challenges of their work commitments.
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Dr Charlotte Gupta
Research Fellow
CQ University / Appleton Institute

Chair

3:15 PM - 5:00 PM

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Dr Tim Smithies
Scientific Consultant
Melius Consulting

Chair

3:15 PM - 5:00 PM

Biography

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