Research Projects
SHINE: Sleep Health in Perinatal Care
Role: Research Lead
SHINE is an ongoing large longitudinal study on sleep health during pregnancy and postpartum periods. Sleep difficulties are experienced by most new parents, but the current perinatal care does not include a sleep health component. This project brings together expertise from Monash University, Stanford University (USA), Monash Health, and the Royal Women's Hospital to evaluate a scalable sleep intervention for perinatal insomnia. Using an effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial design, this project tests clinical effectiveness of the intervention in the real world, whilst also carrying out health economics and implementation evaluations. This project is funded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Clinical Trial & Cohort Studies Grant scheme (2022-2026).
Work and Health in Ambulance Personnel
Role: Previous PhD Candidate
The Work and Health in Ambulance Personnel study is an exploratory study of the changes in sleep, health and wellbeing during the transition from paramedic training to the first 12 months of shift work. The study is conducted in collaboration with one Australian Ambulance Service. The findings from this study will inform support strategies for early career paramedics.
The Health Belief Model in Shift Workers Scale
Role: Research Lead
The Health Belief Model in Shift Workers Project aimed to develop a scale with sufficient psychometric properties that is able to predict engagement in health behaviours (dietary intake, physical activity and sleep prioritisation) in shift workers. Understanding domains that influence engagement in health behaviour will better inform the development of targeted interventions for health behaviours in shift workers. The scale is now published and being utilised in current studies of shift workers.