PLENARY: New Investigator award presentations
Thursday, October 17, 2024 |
11:00 AM - 12:40 PM |
Arena 1B |
Speaker
Isobel Lavender
Phd Candidate
Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
Cannabinol (CBN; 30 and 300mg) effects on sleep and next-day neurobehavioral function in insomnia disorder: A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover, three-arm, single-dose, proof-of-concept study.
11:05 AM - 11:20 AMBiography
Isobel is a final-year PhD Candidate at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and University of Sydney. Her supervisors are Dr Camilla Hoyos (Primary), Professor Ronald Grunstein, A/Prof Nathaniel Marshall, and Professor Iain McGregor. Her thesis is entitled 'Electroencephalographic findings in insomnia disorder treatment effects under cannabinoid interventions'. Isobel’s PhD research involved a clinical trial of cannabinol (CBN) for treatment of insomnia disorder and an investigation into indirect modulation of ascending reticular systems by cannabinoid interventions.
Ms Shay-Ruby Wickham
PhD Candidate
University of Otago
Sleepy teens and the use of screens: A repeated measures analysis examining the relationship between pre-bedtime screen use and sleep.
11:20 AM - 11:35 AMBiography
Shay-Ruby Wickham is a PhD candidate at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Shay-Ruby has always been interested in the idea of promoting healthy habits to foster optimal sleep, and is combining that interest with one of the most challenging issues for modern parents - kids' screen time! Using new technologies to more accurately measure how children use their screens in the evenings, her research examines how screen use impacts how children sleep that night, to develop more targeted guidelines around screen use and sleep, that hopefully have a much better chance of being implemented by children and their families.
Dr Daniel Windred
Research Associate
Flinders University
Higher central circadian temperature amplitude is associated with greater metabolite rhythmicity in humans
11:35 AM - 11:55 AMBiography
Daniel Windred is a recent PhD Graduate from Monash University, and he works closely with A/Prof. Andrew Phillips, and A/Prof. Sean Cain. His research explores the determinants and outcomes of circadian disruption, and focuses on sleep regularity, light exposure, core body temperature, and peripheral circadian markers. The scope of his work ranges from detailed in-lab circadian assessments, through to analysis of actigraphy and health outcomes in large-scale cohort studies. Daniel aims to develop simple and accessible tools to improve the assessment of circadian disruption, and to enhance health and wellbeing.
Mr Pranavan Somaskandhan
Phd Candidate
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science / University of Queensland
Incorporating Arousals into Sleep vs. Wakefulness Classification Outperforms Traditional Binary Classification at 1-Second Epoch Resolution
11:55 AM - 12:10 PMBiography
Pranavan Somaskandhan is a PhD Candidate at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Queensland, Australia, under the supervision of Associate Professor Philip Terrill. He earned his B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, in 2017. Previously, he worked as a Software Engineer at WSO2 Inc. and as a Temporary Lecturer at the University of Peradeniya, gaining valuable experience in both industry and academia. Pranavan's research interests revolve around sleep measurement technologies and the application of Artificial Intelligence in sleep science.
Dr Emma Stumbles
Respiratory and Sleep Physician
St Vincent's Hospital
Age related changes in sleep quantitative EEG and longitudinal relationship to cognitive function
12:10 PM - 12:25 PMBiography
Emma is a Staff Specialist in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney. She is also currently undertaking a Masters of Philosophy with the University of Sydney.
Dr Maya Schenker
Cre Operations And Engagement Coordinator
University of Melbourne
A double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial on the effect of suvorexant on REM sleep and fear extinction recall.
12:25 PM - 12:40 PMBiography
Dr. Maya Schenker completed her PhD at the John Trinder Sleep Laboratory (University of Melbourne, Australia), where her doctoral research focused on the link between sleep and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Her research interest is in further our understanding how sleep influences the mechanisms underlying PTSD and anxiety disorder, such as fear conditioning and extinction learning, and how it affects the symptom expression in everyday life. Maya’s goal is to find better ways to prevent and manage PTSD and anxiety disorders by targeting sleep as a modifiable, etiological factor.
Assoc Prof Denise O'Driscoll
Chief Sleep Scientist & Clinical Associate Professor
Eastern Health / Monash University
Chair
Biography
Assoc Prof Andrew Vakulin
Associate Professor - Medical Sciences
Flinders University