Event Info
"Getting up early is best!" "You can train yourself to need less sleep!" "We need less sleep when we are older!"
Join us this Sleep Health Week for a myth-busting webinar that separates sleep fact from fiction.
Sleep Myths, Busted brings together leading sleep experts to unpack common misconceptions and share practical, evidence-based advice you can trust. This engaging session will challenge what you think you know about sleep, and encourage you to "explore your sleep" using trusted sources of information.
Details
- Date: Friday 7 August 2026
- Time: 10.45am-11.30am AEST | 10.15am-11am ACST | 8.45am-9.30am AWST
- Location: Live Zoom webinar, recording available post-event
- Co-hosts:
- Dr Moira Junge, Chief Health Officer of Sleep Health Foundation, Health Psychologist
- Dr Aaron Schokman, Sleep Researcher and Advocate Living with Narcolepsy Type 1
- Featuring:
- Dr Linda Schachter, Sleep & Respiratory Physician
- Henrique Salles, Benzodiazepine Dependency Counsellor & Clinical, Educational and Developmental Psychologist
- Dr Linda Schachter, Sleep & Respiratory Physician
Register to attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GkI1ZeYCRMiEjfmxGWEVqw
Featuring:
Dr Linda Schachter
Sleep & Respiratory Physician
Linda is a Sleep and Respiratory Physician with over 25 years’ experience in the diagnosis and management of all sleep disorders including sleep apnoea, disorders of excessive sleepiness, movement disorders in sleep and insomnia. Linda has a long-term research interest in the effects of obesity on sleep apnoea, and asthma and the effects of weight-loss on these conditions. She runs a home diagnostic sleep service and is involved in sleep education in the community in order to get optimal sleep for everyone. She is a Board member of the Sleep Health Foundation, a member of the Australasian Sleep Association, and represents the ASA on several committees. She is also chair of the AMA VIC women in medicine committee.
Henrique Salles
Benzodiazepine Dependency Counsellor & Clinical, Educational and Developmental Psychologist
Henrique is a Clinical, Educational and Developmental Psychologist who works across the lifespan from children to older adults, and has experience delivering psychological and behavioural insomnia treatments. He helped develop the Better Sleep Program which has provided workshops, 1:1 counselling, and group programs to people struggling with insomnia. Henrique is currently the Team Leader at Reconnexion, a government-funded service helping people dependent on benzodiazepines (commonly known as sleeping pills), and works as a psychologist at Level Up Psychology. He is a member of the Australasian Sleep Association and their Behavioural Management of Sleep Disorders committee.
Dr Aaron Schokman (co-host)
Sleep Researcher and Advocate Living with Narcolepsy Type 1
Dr Aaron Schokman is a lived experience Research Fellow at The University of Sydney. He is currently affiliated with the Central Clinical School, Charles Perkins Centre and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course. Aaron was diagnosed with narcolepsy type 1, a rare and debilitating sleep disorder in his late teens that sparked his interest in research, co-design and all things sleep.
Dr Moira Junge (co-host)
Chief Health Officer, Sleep Health Foundation, Health Psychologist
Moira was the inaugural CEO of the Sleep Health Foundation and remains the Chief Health Officer. She is a registered Health Psychologist and holds a Doctorate in Health Psychology. Health Psychology focuses on health behaviour change at an individual and population level so it was a natural transition for Moira to work across the clinical setting as well as the public health and health promotion setting. Moira has over twenty-five years’ experience in the healthcare sector and has worked in the sleep disorders field since 1994. She was a founding member of the Behavioural Management of Sleep Disorders Committee within the Australasian Sleep Association (ASA) and was the Chair of the ASA Insomnia and Sleep Health Council (2008-2015). Moira joined the Health Advisory Board at Healthylife as one of its six members in 2022. She is passionate about promoting the importance of good sleep health, providing the community with access to evidence-based solutions for sleeping difficulties, and about translating research into practical applications in our community. These are the main reasons she has pursued promoting sleep health and that drive her everyday work.