Nanna naps interview - Radio 97

Details: Created: Friday, 05 February 2021

Are there benefits to napping and is there a 'right' way to do this?

Dr Gemma Paech spoke with Wayne and Jess from radio 97 to share her advice on napping.

Emerging Sleep Hero Award Winner - Clare Ladyman

Details: Created: Monday, 16 November 2020

Meet Clare Ladyman. Clare is the Sleep Health Foundations inaugural winner of the Emerging Sleep Hero Award, which showcases up and coming sleep researchers. The Emerging Sleep Hero Award is a Sleep Health Foundation initiative which took place during the Sleep Health Foundation

Why is it so important for your newborn to sleep well

Details: Created: Tuesday, 08 September 2020

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Sleephealthfoundation.org.au – tips to help baby sleep better; sleep tips for new mothers

Welcoming your newborn baby home is an exciting experience but it’s a well-known fact that babies can also turn your world “upside down” for a while until they establish sleep routines. To help you

Featured in SHE DEFINED

Details: Created: Tuesday, 04 August 2020

How to improve your sleep during lockdown

With more time to prioritise sleeping, we should all be feeling well-rested during lockdown. But if you’ve been feeling more tired than ever, you’re not alone.

Whether you’ve been falling asleep on the couch at 7pm, struggling to wake up in the morning, or been yawning your way through the day

Industry report: The global rise of sleep-related innovations

Details: Created: Wednesday, 01 July 2020

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PatSnap, one of the world’s leading innovation intelligence platforms, recently published an industry report uncovering trends within the $100B global sleep solutions market. Leveraging insights and analysis from patent data, the report looks at which sleep solutions are being developed by

Sleep Regulation - the two processes that control when and why we sleep

Details: Created: Thursday, 21 May 2020

Take a look at this short video which explains the two processes that control when and why we sleep. It doesn't explain everything, but it's a useful conceptual model to help you understand more about sleep regulation.

Coronovirus pandemic is influencing how we sleep

Details: Created: Thursday, 23 April 2020

Radio Adelaide AM with Did you have a weird dream last night? Or maybe you've had a hard time sleeping lately?

People all over the world are reporting having more vivid dreams and disturbed sleeping patterns since the COVID-19 pandemic started.

But some insomniacs appear to be bucking the trend

Sleeping tips when staying indoors during isolation period

Details: Created: Friday, 28 February 2020

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This information is written for people who have to self-isolate and stay indoors for an extended period of time. If you are sleep deprived because of lack of opportunity to sleep (e.g., frontline health professionals, support workers, carers), please prioritize sleep and rest as much as you are

Podcast - How do you get to sleep when it's hot?

Details: Created: Friday, 31 January 2020

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Sleep can be more precious than gold these days.

But when it's so darn hot it can be hard to get to sleep and, even when you do, having a restful good night's sleep is difficult.

ABC's Dan and Jenny got some tips from Dr Moira Junge from the Sleep Health Foundation

Podcast - How sleep varies across cultures and countries

Details: Created: Thursday, 05 December 2019

ABC Radio National Life Matters

In this podcast Professor Dorothy Bruck considers how sleep and sleep/wake behaviours change across different cultures and different ethnic groups. Practices around sleep in various traditional societies are discussed as well as research examining sleep, sleep

Podcast - How does chronic insomnia differ from occasional poor sleep?

Details: Created: Sunday, 01 December 2019

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Dr Moira Junge and Prof Robert Adams with ABC Lifematters Hilary Harper, Michael Mackenzie

An important discussion about chronic insomnia after the release of the Sleep Health Foundation report in late November 2019.

How does chronic insomnia differs from occasional poor sleep?

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Welcome to new Board member

Details: Created: Thursday, 14 November 2019

Dr Gemma Paech

Senior Sleep Scientist in the Adult Sleep Laboratory,
John Hunter Hospital

Gemma is the Senior Sleep Scientist in the Adult Sleep Laboratory at John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle and a conjoint in the School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle. In her current