SLEEP HEALTH AND BEHAVIOUR (poster discussion session): Community interventions and healthcare support
Tracks
Track 4
| Saturday, November 14, 2026 |
| 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM |
Speaker
Dr Shuying Yu
Data Scientist
Resmed
Sleep inaction in Australia: Why individuals delay and seek care
1:45 PM - 1:51 PMBiography
Shuying Yu, PhD, is a Research Data Scientist within Medical Affairs at Resmed, where she leads research using real-world, behavioral, and clinical data to generate evidence on sleep health, patient experiences, and health outcomes. A neuroscientist by training, she brings more than a decade of research experience spanning brain aging, cognition, women's health, and sleep health. Her work integrates scientific and data-driven approaches to understand factors shaping sleep health across diverse populations and translate complex health data into meaningful evidence that advances research, clinical understanding, and patient outcomes.
Miss Anna Sochiera
Phd Student
Monash University
Co-designing sleep interventions for people with MCI and care partners
1:51 PM - 1:57 PMBiography
Anna Sochiera is a doctoral student at Monash University specializing in digital health psychology. Her current research focuses on developing a digital intervention to support sleep for people with mild cognitive impairment and their care partners, building on broader interest in the intersection of mental and physical health.
Dr Nisreen Aouira
Research Program Manager
University of Sunshine Coast
Wake-up to healthy sleep: Co-designing culturally responsive resources for practitioners
1:57 PM - 2:03 PMBiography
Dr Nisreen Aouira is a health researcher with expertise in co-designing culturally responsive health research initiatives, particularly in partnership with First Nations communities. Her work spans mental health, disease prevention, and health equity, with a strong emphasis on community engagement, co-design, and ethical research practices. She has experience in program management, stakeholder collaboration, research translation, and developing culturally appropriate health education resources. Dr Aouira brings a deep understanding of the complexities of working across institutional, regulatory, and community contexts to deliver impactful, inclusive, and evidence-based health initiatives.
Dr Rachael Harris
Research Fellow
Monash University
Effectiveness and feasibility of a personalised sleep intervention for nurses
2:03 PM - 2:09 PMBiography
Dr Rachael Harris is a research fellow at Monash University in the Circadian Misalignment and Shift Work Laboratory. Her doctoral work explored shift workers as they started their career, focusing on shift work tolerance and shift work disorder. Now, Dr Harris coordinates a research trial assessing a personalised intervention for shift workers.
Ms Cecilia Fonseca
Sleep Scientist
Open Airway Dental Solutions Ltd
Sleep Quality and Functional Outcomes with EMAD versus CPAP
2:09 PM - 2:15 PMBiography
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 Kayla Stefanidis
Senior Research Fellow
MAIC / UniSC Road Safety Research Collaboration / University of the Sunshine Coast
Older adults’ views on sleep, cognition and driving
2:15 PM - 2:21 PMBiography
Dr Kayla Stefanidis is employed as a Senior Research Fellow within the MAIC/UniSC Road Safety Research Collaboration, where she heads the MAIC/UniSC Fitness to Drive Clinic. Her program of work focuses on the association between neurocognition/neuropsychological function and driving capacity across different settings and populations, with a particular focus on older drivers.
Dr Kalina Rossa
Research Fellow
University of Queensland
Sleep Intervention Effects on Anxiety and Depression
2:21 PM - 2:27 PMBiography
Kalina Rossa is a Research Fellow at the Child Health Research Centre with an interest in the role of sleep health in mental health and wellbeing. Her work focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of behavioural sleep interventions across clinical and non-clinical populations..
Dr Charlotte Gupta
Senior Lecturer
CQUniversity
Investigating food and caffeine at night in Australian police officers
2:27 PM - 2:33 PMBiography
Charlotte is a sleep and nutrition researcher at the Appleton Institute, CQUniversity. Her work focuses on how the timing of sleep and meals affects health and wellbeing, especially for people working non-standard hours like shiftworkers.
Ms Monique Rose
Phd Candidate | Midwife
Curtin University / Women and Newborn Health Service
A qualitative descriptive interview study of women’s sleep in pregnancy
2:33 PM - 2:39 PMBiography
Monique is a midwife and registered nurse working at the Women and Newborn Health Service in Western Australia and undertaking her PhD studies on women's sleep in pregnancy. Her work is part of the MRFF funded MyTIME clinical trial, investigating melatonin's effect on pregnancy outcomes at term.
Ms Elena Bild
PhD Candidate, Health Psychologist
University of Queensland
Co-Chair
Biography
Dr Elizabeth Machan
Senior Lecturer
University of Sydney / The Woolcock Institute
Chair
Biography