Research
The Centre for Sleep Research has a broad research agenda, funded largely through competitive grants and industry contracts.
Research activities at the Centre are split between basic, applied, and
clinical projects.
Basic research projects are conducted in the Centre's state-of-the-art sleep research laboratory, located at the City East campus in Adelaide city. Basic research projects typically investigate the underlying physiological processes that affect sleep and the influence of cognitive processes on retrieval of information from memory.
The Centre's applied projects are carried out largely in the field, often
working closely with industry groups to investigate the effects of shiftwork
and other working conditions on sleep and fatigue. The Centre is heavily
involved in developing approaches to the management of fatigue within
industry, and much of its applied research is conducted with the aim of
developing new standards and practices in fatigue management.
Clinical research conducted at the Centre investigates ways to advance our
understandings of how to treat common sleep disorders, such as insomnia and
sleep apnoea.
Volunteering
The Centre is regularly recruiting subjects to participate in our research
projects. This could involve driving a full-cab interactive train simulator,
staying awake through the night, going without daylight or other time cues
for a week or more, and generally finding out more about how you perform
when going without sleep or recovering from it. To find out more information
about specific projects, please use the menu headings to the left.