Samantha Bramich is an early career researcher at the Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, University of Tasmania, specialising in sleep disorders as early markers of neurodegenerative disease. Her PhD research established a longitudinal project to detect isolated REM sleep behaviour disorder (iRBD) in Tasmania and investigate prodromal clinical profiles of neurodegenerative disease. Samantha has expertise in epidemiological study design, cohort development, and sleep science, alongside extensive clinical experience as a sleep scientist. Her work aims to improve early identification of neurodegenerative disease through accessible, community-based approaches, whilst also improving knowledge of the links between sleep and brain health.

Hemangi Sanjivini is a provisional psychologist and final-year PhD candidate in the Clinical Psychology program at Monash University. She works in the Jackson Lab within the Sleep and Circadian Rhythms research theme. Her research interests include insomnia, psychological interventions, ageing, and translational research that strengthens the researcher-clinician cycle to improve health outcomes in the community.

Weiqi (pronounced "Way-Chi") is a final-year PhD student at Monash University and a Visiting Research Student at Flinders University. Her research investigates the predictors and outcomes of circadian disruption through laboratory and field studies involving healthy individuals on daytime schedules and shift workers. She examines relationships between daily sleep-wake patterns, daily light exposure patterns, and in-laboratory measures of circadian phase and amplitude. She also has a strong interest in data visualisation and storytelling.

Based at the University of Otago, Dr Wickham's research focuses on the relationship between adolescent sleep and mental health, with a strong emphasis on how night-time screen use shapes sleep outcomes. Her work includes the development of a novel video-coding methodology to objectively measure adolescents’ screen use in the pre-sleep period, offering new insights into bedtime digital behaviours. Dr Wickham works closely with adolescents and their families to ensure research is grounded in real-world contexts. Her work aims to inform practical, scalable interventions that improve sleep health and wellbeing in young people.

Nobel YUEN is a third-year PhD student in the Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Research Team, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Supervised by Professor Albert Martin LI, his main research interest is in the potential utility of novel oxygen desaturation burden metrics in childhood obstructive sleep apnoea.

Cham Nguyen is an NHMRC Ideas Grant-funded PhD candidate at the College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University. Her doctoral research applies artificial intelligence and non-contact sensing to estimate sleep breathing disorder endotypes and investigates the impact of body position on sleep apnoea and its phenotypes. Building on an engineering background and industry experience as a surveyor, She integrates this technical background into her research through programming and analytical tools.