Research
The Centre for Sleep Research conducts 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.
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.
The Centre is regularly recruiting subjects to participate in our research projects. To find out more information about specific projects, including contact details and subject recruiting information, please use the menu headings to the left.