Dr Scott Coussens is the Manager and Senior Medical Scientist of the Sleep Disorders Unit at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, with over 20 years of experience in sleep science. His expertise spans Paediatric sleep, EEG, and Cognitive Neuroscience. He is an Adjunct Senior Fellow with the University of Adelaide’s School of Psychology and currently serves as the South Australian Representative for ANZSSA and board member of the Australian Council of Clinical Physiologists (ACCP). A passionate researcher and educator, Dr Coussens is committed to advancing the science and clinical practice of paediatric sleep medicine across Australia and New Zealand.

Dr Chapman completed her PhD at the University of Sydney and Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and is now a postdoctoral research fellow funded by the Centre for Chronic Diseases of Ageing. She is also a key member of the Sleep Clinical Trials team and has led local implementation of orexin agonist clinical trials for narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia. Her research focusses on the daytime consequences of poor sleep and sleep disorders, and the measurement of biological markers to identify the effects of poor sleep on brain health. Her current projects are looking into blood-based biomarkers for dementia in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Dr Chapman’s work also includes examining brain activity during sleep (quantitative EEG analysis) in multiple patient groups including those with sleep disorders and mild cognitive impairment.