Description
Shift workers frequently experience misalignment between the circadian pacemaker and the timing of sleep and wake. This leads to sleep disruption and sleep loss, impaired alertness and performance, and adverse physical and health outcomes. Personalised interventions to minimise the deleterious effects of shift work are lacking. This research is developing a practical evidence-based digital technology that provides automated, personalised strategies to optimise sleep-wake behaviour and health during shift work schedules.
Essential criteria:
Minimum entry requirements can be found here: https://www.monash.edu/admissions/entry-requirements/minimum
Keywords
sleep, circadian rhythms, shift work, health, mental health, alertness
School
School of Psychological Sciences » The Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health
Available options
PhD/Doctorate
Honours
Time commitment
Full-time
Part-time
Top-up scholarship funding available
Yes
Year 1:
$5000
Year 2:
$5000
Year 3:
$5000
Physical location
BASE facility, Notting Hill
Co-supervisors
Prof
Shantha Rajaratnam
Dr
Prerna Varma