John Trinder Sleep Laboratory
Research Overview
The vision of the John Trinder Sleep Laboratory is to improve health and wellbeing by improving sleep. We therefore conduct a variety of sleep related research including studies on:
- The causes and consequences of obstructive sleep apnea
- Sleep and pain relationships
- Sleep in post-traumatic stress disorder
- Sleep/circadian rhythms, light and mood
- Circadian disruption in sleep disorders/shift work
- Mathematical modelling of the circadian clock
- Insomnia
- Translating sleep disorders treatment into mental healthcare
Resources
About Emeritus Professor John Trinder
Professor Emeritus John Trinder established the Sleep Laboratory in 1987 and directed it until his retirement in 2015. Professor Trinder’s research work dramatically advanced the field of sleep medicine. During his career, he has published more than 200 scholarly articles on various aspects of sleep.
In 2012, he was awarded the Australasian Sleep Associations Distinguished Achievement Award for his exceptional achievements in the fields of sleep health and sleep science. The fact that he had continuous funding from the NHMRC and ARC for 20 years prior to his retirement was a remarkable recognition of his research prowess.
Professor Trinder has also served as President of the Australasian Sleep Association and was Editor in Chief of two prestigious sleep journals; Sleep, and the Journal of Sleep Research.
Staff
- Professor Amy Jordan (Lab Director)
- Dr Julia Chan
- Dr Joanne Avraam
- Dr Amanda Kay
- Dr Elise McGlashan
- Dr Julia Stone
- Dr Maya Schenker
PhD Students
- Susie Oh
- Yijun (Katernia) Zhou
- Nesrine Ibrahim
- Joshua Lynskey
- Megan Ross
- Rosalind Ge
Collaborators
- Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Austin Health
- Orygen
- Pain and Cognition Neuroimaging Lab
- Monash University Sleep Laboratory
- Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute: Sleep Health
- NASA Ames Fatigue Countermeasures Laboratory
- Sydney Brain and Mind Institute
- Anterior Eye, Clinical Trials, and Research Translation Unit, Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences
- Translational Sensory and Circadian Neuroscience Unit, Technical University of Munich
- Circadian Medicine Group, Leiden University Medical Centre