Short Course 2 - NEST Fest 2025
Tracks
Track 2
| Wednesday, October 8, 2025 |
| 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
| Riverbank 2 |
Details
NEST Fest is back for 2025! Join the Network of Early Career Sleep researchers in Training’ (NEST) for this half-day event carefully crafted to help you get a leg up in your career. The course will include professional development sessions, talks from experienced researchers and networking. The NEST Fest is a fantastic opportunity to meet other students and early career researchers and learn from senior leaders. You do not need to be a student or an early career researcher to attend this event: all are welcome!
Afternoon tea is included.
Speaker
Dr Charlotte Gupta
Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Appleton Institute
Session open and overview of NEST
1:00 PM - 1:15 PMBiography
Dr Meagan Crowther
Research Fellow
Monash University
Session open and overview of NEST
1:00 PM - 1:15 PMBiography
A/Prof Bei Bei
Associate Professor
Monash University
Session 1: Cash Me If You Can: A beginner’s guide to grant writing (Seed Funding)
1:15 PM - 1:35 PMBiography
Dr Cele Richardson
Senior Research Fellow
University of Western Australia
Session 1: Cash Me If You Can: A beginner’s guide to grant writing (Fellowships)
1:35 PM - 1:55 PMBiography
Cele Richardson is a Clinical Psychologist and Senior Research Fellow in the School of Psychological Science and Centre for Sleep Science at the University of Western Australia. Cele is currently a NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow.
Through her research, Cele develops and evaluates novel treatments for sleep problems, such as Delayed Sleep Wake Phase Disorder and Insomnia. She also has an interest in understanding mechanisms linking sleep with symptoms of depression, anxiety and eating disorders in young people.
Andrew Phillips
Session 1: Cash Me If You Can: A beginner’s guide to grant writing (Grant Writing)
1:55 PM - 2:15 PMBiography
Assoc Prof Grace Vincent
Associate Professor
CQ University
Session 2: Work/Life balance: the juggle is real
3:05 PM - 3:20 PMBiography
Assoc Prof Melinda Jackson
Academic
Monash University
Session 2: Work/Life balance: the juggle is real
3:20 PM - 3:35 PMBiography
Dr Jack Manners
Research Fellow
Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health / FHMRI: Sleep Health / Flinders University
Chair: Session 3: You Can’t Ask That
4:00 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
Tracey Sletten
Session 3: You Can’t Ask That - Interactive Panel
4:00 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
Camilla Hoyos
Committee Chair
Session 3: You Can’t Ask That - Interactive Panel
4:00 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
Ian Dunican
Melius Consulting
Session 3: You Can’t Ask That - Interactive Panel
4:00 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
