I am an epidemiologist and clinical triallist specialising in sleep and sleep disorders, mostly sleep apnea, but I also have interests in insomnia, sleepiness, and sleep duration. I use a wide variety of epidemiological research methods and designs including randomised controlled trials and population-based cohorts. Employing both objective and subjective measurement methods we are attempting to measure the impact of disease, the effectiveness of a variety of treatments and investigate health system activity related to sleep. I try to provide high-quality evidence-based information of direct and immediate benefit to both practicing clinicians and policy-makers.
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I am an epidemiologist and clinical triallist specialising in sleep and sleep disorders, mostly sleep apnea, but I also have interests in insomnia, sleepiness, and sleep duration. I use a wide variety of epidemiological research methods and designs including randomised controlled trials and population-based cohorts. Employing both objective and subjective measurement methods we are attempting to measure the impact of disease, the effectiveness of a variety of treatments and investigate health system activity related to sleep. I try to provide high-quality evidence-based information of direct and immediate benefit to both practicing clinicians and policy-makers.

I have undergraduate degrees in psychology and accounting, a postgraduate diploma in health sciences from the University of Otago and a PhD in public health, focused on clinical trials and related methodology from Massey University in New Zealand. I have over 10 years practical experience in designing, running, analysing, reporting and reviewing both pharmacological and non-pharmacological clinical trials and systematic reviews and meta-analyses of clinical trials in my specialist area of sleep medicine.

I continue to supervise and mentor multiple graduate students in epidemiology and clinical trials methodology in a research-led teaching environment through funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). I also publish observational epidemiological studies using a wide variety of research designs, including from the influential Busselton Sleep Apnea cohort. I have authored over 40 published articles in the medical literature since 2003 and am a deputy editor of the Journal of Sleep Research.

I joined Sydney Nursing School in January 2012 as Senior Lecturer in Clinical Trials and am the Course Coordinator for the Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Master of Clinical Trials Practice. [Hide detail]