SLEEP AND BREATHING (poster discussion session): How do I manage OSA? Monitoring and drug treatments
Tracks
Track 2
| Thursday, November 12, 2026 |
| 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM |
Speaker
Mr Adam Rossely
Deputy Chief Scientist - Adult Sleep
Monash Health
Four Weeks of Telehealth Monitoring Predicts Long Term Adherence
1:51 PM - 1:57 PMBiography
Adam is the Deputy Chief Scientist of the adult sleep laboratories at Monash Health in Victoria, Australia. Adam's interests recently have been focussed on the use of technology to improve efficiency and patient outcomes in healthcare provision.
Dr Luke Hallum
Senior Lecturer
University of Auckland
Does submental EMG differentiate obstructive and central sleep apnoea events?
1:57 PM - 2:03 PMBiography
Luke Hallum is a biomedical engineer interested in the brain, behaviour, sleep, electrophysiological measurement, and medical devices. He was awarded a Ph.D. by the University of New South Wales. He did his postdoctoral training at New York University’s Center for Neural Science. He was appointed Research Assistant Professor at NYU, and in 2018 joined the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Auckland.
Dr Duc Phuc Nguyen
Research Fellow
Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health
Novel mattress device improving MND care via nightly sleep-breathing assessments.
2:03 PM - 2:09 PMBiography
Dr. Phuc D. Nguyen is a Research Fellow at Flinders University and co-leads the Technological Innovation research themes at the Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute Sleep Health program. He completed his PhD in Engineering at Flinders University in 2022, specialising in machine learning and signal processing. His research focuses on physiology-guided AI, sleep disorders, circadian health, and biomedical sensing technologies.
Prof Amy Jordan
Director, John Trinder Sleep Laboratory
University of Melbourne
OSA Options: a patient decision-aid for considering OSA treatment choices.
2:09 PM - 2:15 PMBiography
Professor Amy Jordan is Director of the John Trinder Sleep Laboratory and Deputy Head of School in the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne. She is also an Honorary Fellow at the Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Austin Health.
Ms Cecilia Fonseca
Sleep Scientist
Open Airway Dental Solutions Ltd
Long-term Efficacy Data for EPAP enhanced Oral Appliance in OSA
2:15 PM - 2:21 PMBiography
Dr. Sat Sharma, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCCP
Dr. Sat Sharma completed his tenure as Professor of Medicine and Head of Pulmonary Division at University of Manitoba. He is currently a director of multiple sleep centers in Canada His research interests include: newer therapies for asthma, COPD and Sleep Apnea. He has published over 300 peer reviewed articles, book chapters and many books. Dr. Sharma recently won awards for his research with novel appliances from the American College of Chest Physicians and American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine.
Dr Anna Mohammadieh
Staff Specialist
Royal North Shore Hospital
Mandibular Advancement Device Therapy for OSA in Atrial Fibrillation Patients
2:21 PM - 2:27 PMBiography
Anna Mohammadieh is a clinician researcher at Royal North Shore Hospital and the University of Sydney. Her clinical areas of interest are sleep disordered breathing and respiratory failure. Her research focuses on the cardiovascular associations of obstructive sleep apnoea.
Dr Nicolo Malagutti
Senior Lecturer
Australian National University
Within-Patient Analysis of CPAP/APAP Treatment Trajectories in OSA
2:27 PM - 2:33 PMBiography
Dr Nicolo Malagutti is a biomedical engineer and researcher at ANU with over 15 years experience in sleep, having worked, among things, as a sleep technologist, research coordinator at Canberra Sleep Clinic, and expert technical assessor for NATA. Nicolo's interests revolve around sleep measurement technology, systems physiology, and advanced data methods in sleep research.
Assoc Prof Jen Walsh
Director
Centre for Sleep Science / University of Western Australia
Effect of plant-derived ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol on obstructive sleep apnoea severity
2:33 PM - 2:39 PMBiography
Dr Jen Walsh leads the research and education teams at the Centre for Sleep Science at the University of Western Australia and the sleep physiology research team at the West Australian Sleep Disorders Institute at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Jen’s research focuses on investigating the causes of, and treatments for, sleep disorders including obstructive sleep apnoea and insomnia. Since 2016 her research has included investigating the use of medicinal cannabis for the treatment of sleep disorders.
Dr Jack Manners
Research Fellow
Flinders University
Diagnostic barriers to, and acceptability of, multi-night sleep apnoea screening
2:39 PM - 3:15 PMBiography
Jack Manners is a Research Fellow at FHMRI: Sleep Health, Flinders University in Adelaide. His research is driven by an interest in digital health and emerging technologies, with a particular focus on Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
Dr Roo Killick
Sleep Physician
Canberra Sleep Lab
Co-Chair
Biography
Dr Benjamin Tong
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Sydney
Co-Chair
Biography