DENTAL (symposium session): Rethinking sleep assessment: Diagnostics, women's health and COMISA

Tracks
Track 6
Saturday, November 14, 2026
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Details

This session broadens the diagnostic and clinical lens beyond standard OSA assessment. Dr Lucia Pinilla presents an update on emerging sleep study technology, including Level 3 devices, consumer wearables, and the role of hypoxic burden as a metric beyond AHI. Dr Roo Killick explores the intersection of women's health, menopause and OSA in the context of oral appliance therapy, and Prue Hall closes with an update on comorbid insomnia and sleep apnoea (COMISA) - an increasingly recognised and clinically important overlap condition.


Speaker

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Dr Lucia Pinilla
Research Fellow
Flinders University

Wearables and nearables in sleep monitoring: Transforming OSA management through digital technology

1:45 PM - 2:15 PM

Biography

Dr Lucia Pinilla (PhD, MSc Biomed, BSC Biotech) is an Early Career Research Fellow at FHMRI Sleep Health where she co-leads the Biomarkers and Risk Prevention research theme.
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Dr Roo Killick
Sleep Physician
Canberra Sleep Lab

Women's Sleep, including menopause

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Biography

Dr Roo Killick is a Sleep Physician at the Canberra Sleep Laboratory. She has a PhD from Sydney University which explored endocrine associations of OSA and sleep restriction. She is a Honorary Affiliate at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research. She is a member of the Clinical Committee of the ASA and is the current ASA representative on the World Sleep Society Governing Council.
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Ms Prudence Wall
Psychologist/Research Associate
Flinders University

An update on CBTi and COMISA in women

2:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Biography

Prue is a Registered Psychologist (Clinical Registrar) and Research Associate at the Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health (AISH) Clinic within the Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute (FHMRI). Prue completed her undergraduate and honours degrees (BA Hons, BBus) at Monash University (2017–2021) and her Master of Psychology (Clinical) at the University of the Sunshine Coast (2023–2024). Prue's current research focuses include improving access to, and awareness of, sleep health services for underserved communities (i.e., rural and remote Australians, young adults and shift-workers). Prue is also passionate about public and women's health and early intervention to reduce the incidence and burden of chronic sleep disorders in the community.
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Dr Ken Lee
Clinical Director
Sleepwise Clinic

Chair

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