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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 PM

Biography

Dr Meagan Crowther
Research Fellow
Monash University

Session open and overview of NEST

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Biography

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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 PM

Biography

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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 PM

Biography

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 PM

Biography

Assoc Prof Grace Vincent
Associate Professor
CQ University

Session 2: Work/Life balance: the juggle is real

3:05 PM - 3:20 PM

Biography

Assoc Prof Melinda Jackson
Academic
Monash University

Session 2: Work/Life balance: the juggle is real

3:20 PM - 3:35 PM

Biography

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 PM

Biography

Tracey Sletten

Session 3: You Can’t Ask That - Interactive Panel

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Biography

Camilla Hoyos
Committee Chair

Session 3: You Can’t Ask That - Interactive Panel

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Biography

Ian Dunican
Melius Consulting

Session 3: You Can’t Ask That - Interactive Panel

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Biography

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