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In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Spencer Roberts, a researcher at Deakin University, to dive deep into his recent paper:
“A systematic review and meta-analysis of sleep following mild traumatic brain injury: A synthesis of the literature according to age and time since injury.”

Together, we unpack the complexities of sleep disruption after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and what the latest science is telling us.

Episode Highlights – What We Discuss

What the systematic review investigates and the range of populations it covers.
Who is at risk of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and the difficulties in identifying these individuals.
What defines a mild traumatic brain injury and how mTBI is diagnosed.
The role of instrumented mouthguards in improving concussion detection and data collection.
The difference between objective and subjective sleep measures and why objective data is difficult to collect.
Whether sleep is impacted by mTBI – the central question addressed in the review.
How the data was categorised for the review.
Key findings from the meta-analysis, and how the team handled the complexity of synthesising multiple studies.
The challenges in identifying the cause of sleep disturbances post-mTBI and measuring them accurately.
Reflections on the scientific process – the ups, downs, and unexpected joys of research.
Major takeaways for researchers and clinicians, including opportunities for future work in concussion and sleep research.

This episode is a must for those with an interest in concussion, sleep, and recovery outcomes. Dr. Spencer Roberts is focused on characterising athletes' sleep behaviours, and examining the value of sleep for mitigating the risks and consequences of sport-related concussion.

Research Paper: A systematic review and meta-analysis of sleep following mild traumatic brain injury: A synthesis of the literature according to age and time-since-injury - PubMed
Deakin Profile: Spencer Roberts Profile | Deakin University
LinkedIn: Dr. Spencer Roberts

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In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Samantha Bramich to delve into the science of sleep, dreams, and brain health. Samantha, originally from the New South Wales Central Coast and now based in Tasmania, brings a wealth of expertise in sleep medicine, psychological science, and neurodegenerative diseases.

We unpack her recently published paper: “Dream Characteristics are Sex-Specific in REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder and Healthy Older Adults”, exploring how our dreams can reveal deeper insights into brain function and even early signs of disorders like Parkinson’s and dementia.

In this episode, we discuss:

How Samantha developed her passion for sleep science.
The connection between REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder (RBD), Parkinson’s Disease, and dementia.
Key risk factors for neurodegenerative conditions, including shift work.
The powerful role of exercise, diet, sleep, and even learning new skills in protecting brain health.
What RBD is, how it differs from sleepwalking, and the early warning signs to look out for.
Treatment options and preventative strategies.
Gender differences in dreaming, especially in the context of RBD.
Insights into memory consolidation, trauma, and how sleep processes emotional experiences.

This episode is a must-listen for anyone curious about the intersection of sleep, neurology, and mental well-being. Whether you're a health professional or simply passionate about improving your brain health, Samantha’s insights offer practical knowledge and compelling research findings.

Linked In: (26) Samantha Bramich | LinkedIn

X: @SleepSamB

Email: Samantha.bramich@utas.com.au

University of Tasmania: Samantha Bramich | About | University of Tasmania

Research Paper: P027 Dream characteristics are sex-specific in REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder and healthy older adults | SLEEP Advances | Oxford Academic

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In this episode, I chat with Dr Kathleen Reinhardt regarding her research into primates and how their sleep has evolved with their environment.

Dr Reinhardt grew up in New York, completing a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology at Stony Brook University before moving to the United Kingdom for further study.

She completed a Master of Science in Primate Conservation and a PhD in Anthropology and Geography at Oxford Brookes University in Oxford before moving to Canada.

Dr Reinhardt is currently based at the University of Calgary where she is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Transdisciplinary Research with the Faculty of Arts.

Kathleen is also an accomplished scientific illustrator and wildlife artist.

In this episode, Kathleen and I discuss:

A new term for me, Torpor, and its meaning.
Torpor and primates, with a focus on strepsirrhines.
Another new term, cathermal.
The similarities between primate and human sleep behaviour.
The impact of humans on primate habitat and behaviours.
The impact of light on animals and humans.
Random thoughts and good wildlife documentaries.
Kathleen’s wildlife artwork.
Dreams in different environments.
The ups and downs of research.

Website: https://www.kathleenreinhardt.com/

Email: kathleen.reinhardt@ucalgary.ca

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theart_ofscience/

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In this episode, I chat with Dr Michael Grandner regarding his book, “Sleep and Sport – Physical performance, mental performance, injury prevention and competitive advantage for athletes, coaches and trainers.”

Dr. Grandner is the Director of the Sleep and Health Research Program at the University of Arizona, Director of the Behavioural Sleep Medicine Clinic at the Banner-University Medical Centre in Tucson, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the UA College of Medicine.

Michael is a regular on the podcast, and his research focuses on how sleep and sleep-related behaviours are related to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, neurocognitive functioning, mental health, and longevity.

Michael has published over 200 articles and chapters on issues relating to sleep and health and his work has been cited over 9000 times.

In this episode, Michael and I discuss:

The idea behind writing a book on sleep and sport.
Sleep in the sport industry.
How to herd cats?
How the book is structured and how it suits a wide range of audiences.
The highs and lows of writing a book or chapter and how do you handpick the right authors?
Sport, sleep and teenagers.
Sleep and Mental Health.
How to pack for Singapore?

Useful Links:

Website – michaelgrander.com
Book - Dr. Michael Grandner
University of Arizona - Michael Grandner, PhD, MTR, CBSM, FAASM | The Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona Health Sciences
Sleep & Health Research Program
Google Scholar - ‪Michael Grandner‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬
Research Gate - Michael GRANDNER | Assistant Professor | PhD MTR | University of Arizona, Tucson | UA | Department of Psychiatry | Research profile
Email - grandner@email.arizona.edu

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In this episode, I chat with Dr Nicole Lindsay regarding her research paper titled “Trauma or Transcendence. The relationship between near death experiences and dreaming.”

Dr Nicole Lindsay is a senior lecturer and researcher based within the School of Psychology at Massey University, New Zealand. Her research is primarily focused on near-death experiences, end-of-life phenomena, exceptional human experiences, consciousness, spirituality and Indigenous psychologies. She completed a PhD on the topic of near-death experiences, holds national and international research grants and publishes regularly on these topics.

In this episode we chat about:

The definition of Near-Death Experiences (NDE) and what are common NDE’s?
What factors does cultural background play in NDE’s?
How do NDE’s effect people’s thoughts and belief’s post the experience?
Life Reviews, Past life experiences and reincarnation.
The two different ways of “getting to the top of the mountain”
Paper and research involved – Trauma or Transcendence. The relationship between near death experiences and dreaming.
We touch on religion, hippies and woo woo!
What are the benefits of this type of research?
The children are the future.

Useful Links:

Massey University - Dr Nicole Lindsay - Senior Lecturer - Massey University
Paper - (PDF) Trauma or Transcendence? The Relationship Between Near-Death Experiences and Dreaming
Research Gate - Nicole LINDSAY | Senior Lecturer | Doctor of Philosophy | Massey University, Palmerston North | School of Psychology | Research profile
Email – n.lindsay1@massey.ac.nz

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In this episode, I chat with Dr. Brigitte Holzinger regarding her paper “Cognitions in Sleep, Lucid Dreaming as an intervention for Nightmares in patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.”

Dr. Brigitte Holzinger was born in Vienna, Austria and studied psychology at the University of Vienna, gaining her PhD at Stanford University in California.

Brigitte is a psychologist, psychotherapist for Integrative Gestalt, sleep and dream researcher, teacher and writer.

She founded the Institute for Consciousness and Dream Research in Vienna and is a founding member of the Austrian Sleep Research Association (ASRA).

Brigitte has written several books on the topics of sleep, psychotherapy and Gestalt Theory and lectures at the Medical University of Vienna.

In this episode Brigitte and I discuss:

Our love of music.
What led Brigitte to become involved in Dream Research?
Lucid dreaming and the concept of dream yoga.
The link between dreams and death.
Brigitte’s paper “Cognitions in Sleep, Lucid Dreaming as an intervention for Nightmares in patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.”
The meaning of PTSD and several interesting examples that Brigitte has come across in her research.
Our thoughts on dreams, and dreaming about the past, present and future.

Connect with Dr Brigitte Holzinger

Research Paper: (PDF) Cognitions in Sleep: Lucid Dreaming as an Intervention for Nightmares in Patients With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Medical University Vienna: Researcher of the MedUni Vienna

Schluffcoaching website: Institute – Schlafcoaching.org

Home - The Institute for Consciousness and Dream Research

Linked In: (28) Brigitte Holzinger | LinkedIn
Email: office@schlafcoaching.org

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In this episode, I chat with Dr Royette T. Dubar about her research paper, "What's your religious coping profile? Difference in religious orientation and subjective sleep among religious coping groups in the United States."

Dr. Royette T. Dubar was born on the small Caribbean Island of Dominica (not to be confused with the Dominican Republic). While pursuing an Associate's Degree in General Liberal Arts at the University of St. Martin, she took her first Psychology course and developed a passion for studying human behaviour.

Royette obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology from Trent University and a Master's Degree in Child and Youth Studies from Brock University in Canada.

Dr Dubar's dedication to understanding what factors contribute to youth well-being led her to explore the topic of sleep. Her research interests include the important role that sleep plays across multiple domains of psychosocial adjustment.

She obtained her Ph.D. in Psychology from Brock University and is currently the Director of the Sleep and Psychosocial Adjustment Lab (Spa Lab) at Wesleyan University.

In this episode, we discuss:

Royette's background and interest in emerging adulthood
The link between religiosity and sleep
The cliché "One size fits all"
The research paper What's your religious coping profile? Differences in religious orientation and subjective sleep among religious coping groups in the United States - PubMed
The findings from Royette's study
Future research options

Wesleyan University - Royette T Dubar – Assistant Professor of Psychology

Google Scholar - ‪Royette Tavernier Dubar - ‪Google Scholar

SPA Lab - Sleep & Psychosocial Adjustment Lab

Email: rtdubar@wesleyan.edu

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Dr Elie Gottlieb returns for another chat on the Sleep4Performance podcast. Elie is an applied sleep & circadian research scientist with over 10 years of sleep, circadian rhythm, and neuroscience research experience across Fortune 100, startup, and academic (clinical) sectors. Currently, he leads the conceptualization and execution of internal applied sleep & digital health tech studies and support the development of new sleep-circadian improvement products & features. He remains a Visiting Researcher at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and University of Melbourne in Australia, where he investigates associations between cerebrovascular disease, neurodegenerative disease, and sleep-wake dysfunction. His areas of interest are in clinical sleep neuroscience, consumer sleep and health technology, big-data, behaviour change science, and science communication.

In this episode we discuss a range of topics on Sleep Health:

Sleep health, hygiene and sleep irregularity
Modern medical systems and a lack of focus on prevention
The difficulty of getting good sleep and circadian information
Sleep duration, shiftworkers and challenges
Sleep loss, restriction and deprivation
Measuring sleep and sleep history
Stress and sleep
Death Anxiety and Denial of Death
Martin Seligman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Seligman
The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life https://www.amazon.com.au/Worm-Core-Role-Death-Life/dp/1400067472
Mortals: How the fear of death shaped human society https://www.amazon.com.au/Mortals-death-shaped-human-society-ebook/dp/B0967TDPZR

Follow Elie on

Goggle Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=oUgjZj0AAAAJ&hl=en
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliewgottlieb/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dr.elie.gottlieb/
Sleepscore Labs gottlieb@sleepscorelabs.com

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The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life

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In this episode, I talk with my friend Serena Bauducco from Sweden, by way of Italy.

In this episode, we discuss Serena’s latest paper, which was published in Sleep Medicine Reviews.

Serena Bauducco, Meg Pillion, Kate Bartel, Chelsea Reynolds, Michal Kahn, Michael Gradisar,

“A bidirectional model of sleep and technology use: A theoretical review of How much, for whom, and which mechanisms”

Read the full paper here https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2024.101933

This study and its findings are going to be challenging for some people. As lately, a narrative vilifying and blaming electronic devices for sleep problems has emerged. In this work, Serena has stepped back and taken a holistic, scientific and non-biased view of the data and unpacked the nuances of this relationship.

Serena Bauducco is a researcher in the psychology department. She earned her PhD in 2017 with a thesis entitled “Adolescents’ sleep in a 24/7 society: Epidemiology and prevention.” She finished her international postdoc (Vetenskapsrådet) at Flinders University in South Australia in 2023.

Serena’s research focuses on the factors that may exacerbate or improve adolescents’ sleep, the relationship between sleep and mental health, and the potential of school-based interventions to improve teenagers´ sleep health and mental well-being. She is particularly interested in the link between technology use and sleep and how peers and parents may affect both behaviours. In her research, she has used survey studies (including longitudinal and social network analyses), experimental studies, and qualitative/mixed-method studies. Serena primarily teaches the prevention and implementation courses within the Psychology program and has supervised both Bachelor’s and Master’s theses.

Connect with Serena

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/serena-bauducco-1119b018/

Google scholar: https://scholar.google.se/citations?user=o-Ah7h4AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Email: serena.bauducco@oru.se

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In this episode, I am joined by Dr Hannah Scott. We specifically discuss her recent work, “Are we getting enough sleep? Frequent irregular sleep was found in an analysis of over 11 million nights of objective in-home sleep data. In this study, data were analyzed from registered users of the Withings under-mattress Sleep Analyzer (predominantly located in Europe and North America) who had ≥28 nights of sleep recordings, averaging ≥4 per week. Sleep durations (the average and standard deviation) were assessed across a ∼9-month period. The sample consisted of 67,254 adults (52,523 males, 14,731 females; aged mean ± SD 50 ± 12 years). About 30% of adults demonstrated an average sleep duration outside the recommended 7-9 h/night. Even in participants with an average sleep duration within 7-9 hours, about 40% of nights were outside this range. Only 15% of participants slept between 7 and 9 hours for at least 5 nights per week.

You can read the full paper here https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235272182300253X

We discuss

Hannah’s background and interest in sleep
The changing landscape of sleep research and the new integrated approach at Flinders
We walk through the paper and the impact of such findings, including sex and age differences
The Withings under mattress device and validation
The data depiction and ease of understanding
Sleep irregularity and other research findings such as irregular sleep and greater risk of hypertension
Future research emerging from these findings
Challenges with science communication and different spheres of expertise in sleep
Sleep and dreams and the lack of knowledge in this space
Any many more items

Hannah’s Bio: Dr Hannah Scott (BPsyc(Hons), PhD) is a Research Fellow at the Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute (FHMRI): Sleep Health investigating the use of digital technologies to better assess and manage sleep health and its disorders. At 3.5 years post-PhD, Dr Scott has authored 41 publications, 2 book chapters, and 9 successful research funding applications totalling over $2,000,000.

Dr Scott is a co-inventor of THIM, the first wearable device that tracks and treats chronic insomnia. Dr. Scott is co-chair and co-founder of the Early Career Researcher Council of the Australasian Sleep Association (ASA), Australia’s peak sleep advocacy body.

She has received multiple awards, including the Flinders University Vice-Chancellor's Early Career Researcher Award, the ASA New Investigator Award, and the International Society of Behavioural Sleep Medicine Fellow Rising Star Award. She was also a Finalist in the Young Innovator Category of the Women in Innovation Awards.

https://researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/persons/hannah-scott

Contact Hannah: hannah.scott@flinders.edu.au

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Episode Title: Exploring the Impact of Nocturnal Transportation Noise on Health with Dr. Laurie Thiesse

In this episode, I chat with Dr. Laurie Thiesse, a research scientist based in France. We delve into her work on the short-term effects of nocturnal transportation noise on cardio-metabolic outcomes and its association with sleep, which was the focus of her doctoral thesis.

Specifically, we discuss her paper:

"Adverse impact of nocturnal transportation noise on glucose regulation in healthy young adults: Effect of different noise scenarios"
Thiesse L, Rudzik F, Spiegel K, et al. Environ Int. 2018;121
Read the paper here for free.

Contact Dr. Laurie Thiesse:
Email: thiesse.laurie@gmail.com
LinkedIn: Laurie Thiesse, PhD
ResearchGate: Laurie Thiesse

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In this episode, I chat with Luis Mascaro. Luis is a PhD Candidate (Clinical Psychology) at the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University. His research interests are in sleep, circadian rhythms, elite athletes, and sex and gender differences. Clinical interests in insomnia and mental health. We discussed Luis's recent publication "Mascaro L, Leota J, Hoffman D, Rajaratnam SMW, Drummond SPA, Facer-Childs ER. Disruptions to sleep and circadian rhythms are associated with poorer athlete mental health in female, but not male, elite Australian Rules footballers. J Sleep Res."

Contact Luis on follow him

Twitter @luismascaro_

Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7h5F5wIAAAAJ&hl=en

Email luis.mascaro@monash.edu

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A returning guest, Hailey is a psychologist and research scientist internationally certified in behavioural sleep medicine. She practices clinically at St Vincent's Hospital Sleep Centre in Melbourne, predominantly working with clients experiencing insomnia. She is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. She has completed her PhD at Monash University with Dr Melinda Jackson. Her PhD focuses on advancing healthcare providers' training in evidence-based insomnia treatments.

For this project, she won the Innovation in Behavioral Sleep Medicine Advocacy award from the U.S. Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine and the New Investigator Award from the Australasian Sleep Association 2023. Hailey has worked in various research and clinical settings, including Melbourne Sleep Disorders Centre with Dr David Cunnington and Dr Moira Junge, The Institute for Breathing and Sleep at Austin Health, and Monash University's Project REST with Professor Sean Drummond.

Hailey is an active member of the Australasian Sleep Association. She co-chaired the Insomnia and Sleep Health Council for five years. She established the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Online Community of Practice for sleep clinicians to stay connected and up to date with behavioural sleep medicine treatments. She now serves on the Behavioural Management of Sleep Disorders Education Sub-Committee, working to enhance sleep education for psychologists. She is actively involved in the U.S. Society for Behavioral Sleep Medicine (SBSM), serving as a past student member of their Accreditation Committee and helping to organise an Australia/New Zealand special conference session in 2021.

In this episode, we discuss Hailey's PhD work and in particular, her work “Development of a Novel Behavioral Sleep Medicine Education Workshop Designed to Increase Trainee Psychologists’ Knowledge and Skills in Insomnia Management.”

Contact or follow Hailey

Twitter @SleepPsych_Aus

https://www.haileymeaklimpsychology.com.au/

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In this episode, Dr Ian Dunican talks to Professor Sarah Blunden, whom he recently connected with at the Australasian Sleep Association' Sleep Down Under' conference in South Australia. Sarah's research and work centres around paediatric sleep, focusing on promoting the importance of healthy sleep habits while young, paving the way for quality sleep in adulthood. Her main areas of interest are infant sleep and sleep interventions (that do not necessitate ignoring nor controlled crying), sleep education in schools and communities, and Indigenous sleep health.

As an avid young dancer growing up in Adelaide, Sarah successfully obtained a highly coveted position to train with the prestigious Australian Ballet School in Melbourne. At 20 years of age, she moved abroad and performed all over central Europe with a French ballet company. After developing Rheumatoid Arthritis 10 years later, Sarah bid farewell to the touring and travelling life and returned home to commence her Honors, Master and Ph.D. studies in the field of children's sleep.

Sarah is recognised as an authority on children's sleep and is widely published in the field. She has given over 70 presentations to academics, health, education, and medical professionals. Additionally, Sarah has published over 100 academic papers and books, with one such publication, 'The Boss of My Sleep’ highlighted in the discussion.

Sarah is Head of Paediatric Sleep Research at Central Queensland University, the Founder/Director of the Australian Centre for Education in Sleep and Research, an Advisor to the Australian Psychological Society, and a practising Clinical Psychologist at the Paediatric Sleep Clinic. The Sensible Sleep website contains information on training programs created by Sarah for infant and toddler sleep intervention and junior and senior school children's sleep education, along with many free resources available for teachers, industry professionals and parents.

Items discussed on the podcast

Australasian Sleep Association https://sleep.org.au/

Sensible Sleep incorporates The Australian Centre for Education in Sleep (ACES), The Paediatric Sleep and Psychology Clinic (therapeutic arm) http://www.sensiblesleep.com/

To learn more about the Gentle Methods of Self Soothing (GeMMS) program https://sensiblesleep.com/course/blunden-responsive-gemss-method/

To view a list of Sarah's books and publications https://sensiblesleep.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Publications-Books.pdf

To view available free downloads and resources: https://sensiblesleep.com/books-resources/

To view sleep education programs and courses available to teachers and schools https://sensiblesleep.com/course/blunden-responsive-gemss-method/#teachers_schools_programs

The Boss of My Sleep book is a downloadable book explaining a non-cry intensive sleep intervention system for parents to use with their child https://snoozeforkids.com/product/the-boss-of-my-sleep-ebook/

To view parenting seminars on the Government of South Australia website:

https://parenting.sa.gov.au/easy-guides/sleep-and-toddlers-sarah-blunden/
https://parenting.sa.gov.au/easy-guides/sleep-and-teenagers-sarah-blunden/

To read the paper by Alison Glass, Ceinwyn Attrill, Chris Magee, Sarah Blunden,

Factors associated with melatonin use in child sleep disturbance: A survey of Australian parents, Sleep Medicine https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389945723001624

Connect with Sarah Blunden:

ORCID: (links to published research) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5026-1992

LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/sarah-blunden-58445b5b

Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sarah-Blunden-2

Email: (Paediatric Sleep Clinic) admin@upstreamhealthsa.com.au

Email: (Central Queensland University) s.blunden@cqu.edu.au

Central Queensland University, Australia - Professor of Clinical Psychology and Head of Paediatric Sleep Research https://staff-profiles.cqu.edu.au/home/view/1078

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I loved this episode. I am a fan of horror, thriller and ghost stories, and I am intrigued by the relationship between sleep and nightmares. In this episode, Brian and I discuss his work, including his book Sleep Paralysis: Historical, Psychological, and Medical Perspectives https://www.amazon.com.au/Sleep-Paralysis-Historical-Psychological-Perspectives/dp/0199313806 and Monsters on the Couch: The Real Psychological Disorders Behind Your Favorite Horror Movies https://www.amazon.com.au/Monsters-Couch-Psychological-Disorders-Favorite/dp/1641607912/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1703113003&sr=1-2-catcorr

Brian also conducts research, and many of his papers can be found on Pub Med: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

Connect with and find out more about Brian’s work here https://briansharpless.com

Links to things we discussed

Episode #41 w Dr Neil Durrant on Nietzsche’s Renewal of Ancient Ethics, Friendship as Contest https://learningtodie.com.au/podcasts/41-nietzsches-renewal-of-ancient-ethics-friendship-as-contest/

Episode #25 Jonny Dillion on Irish Mythology and Folklore https://learningtodie.com.au/podcasts/25-jonny-dillion-on-irish-mythology-and-folklore/

Episode #32 w Dr Caitlin Duffy on horror literature in our society

https://learningtodie.com.au/podcasts/32-horror-literature-in-our-society-with-dr-caitlin-duffy/

Parasomnias & Disruptive Sleep Disorders https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/12133-parasomnias--disruptive-sleep-disorders

The Crucible https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115988/

IT follows https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3235888/

The Thing https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/

Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula https://www.amazon.com.au/Something-Blood-Untold-Stoker-Dracula/dp/1631490109

The Nightmare https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3317522/

Brugada (brew-GAH-dah) syndrome https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/brugada-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20370489

Darby O ‘Gill and the Little People https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052722/

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Sleep Paralysis: Historical, Psychological, and Medical Perspectives

Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote

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I speak with Professor Chris Barnes in the episode on sleep and leadership. Chris is an international expert on the relationship between sleep, fatigue, and leadership in business. Check out his TEDx talk at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8rpaCSm708 and connect with Chris; all of his research contact details and socials can be found here https://foster.uw.edu/faculty-research/directory/christopher-barnes/

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Welcome to the final of three episodes with Jesse Cook and Dr Jonathan Charest. These episodes break down the excellent review by these two gurus. We break down the lad's recent review and much more in these episodes.

Cook, J.D., Charest, J. Sleep and Performance in Professional Athletes. Curr Sleep Medicine Rep 9, 56–81 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40675-022-00243-

Check out Jesse’s presentation at the S4P seminar in 2022 Jesse Cook: Circadian Preference, Sleep Inertia, and Running Performance: A retrospective investigation of runner performance from the 2016 London Marathon https://youtu.be/1XRWSynGmRc

Jesse is pursuing a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and currently stands at dissertator status. Previously, he received my Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Arizona (UofA). During his Senior year at the UofA, he began his Sleep research career as an undergraduate research assistant in Dr. Richard Bootzin's, PhD, Sleep Research Laboratory. He has affiliations as a trainee member with the Sleep Research Society, Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, and World Sleep Society. He has served as the Sleep Research Society Trainee Member At-large from 2020-2021 and currently serves on the Communications Committee. Also, he has established the Sleep Research Society podcast and currently serves as the host. He enjoys running, biking, cooking, baking, reading, and listening to podcasts/audiobooks in his spare time.

Connect with Jesse

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-cook-a89bbb154/

Researchgate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jesse-Cook-3

Twitter @sleepandsports

Jonathan’s previous episode on S4P podcast

Season 8, Episode 4 w Dr Jonathan Charest on travel, jet lag, fatigue & performance in the NHL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uKDv3VrFs4&t=390s

Dr Jonathan Charest is the Director of Athlete Sleep Services and a Behavioral Sleep Medicine Specialist at the Centre for Sleep & Human performance. He works to develop and optimize sleep for athletes (regional to international level). He focuses on how to optimize sleep, training and travel schedule for athletes, occasional athletes, and student-athletes. In addition to his bachelor’s in psychology (Sherbrooke University), Jonathan completed his PhD in psychology (Laval University). He possesses expertise in behavioural sleep medicine (CBT-I), circadian rhythms disorders, and the specific reality of the athletic population. Jonathan has been an invited public speaker for sleep at International Conferences. As an ex-athlete, Jonathan believes in the importance of sleep, recovery and regeneration in the performance environment and, alongside Dr Samuels and the entire team at CSHP, brings a strong commitment to athletes, coaches, and teams to deliver education, screening tools, and research-based strategies to establish healthy sleep hygiene for athletes throughout their career, and for a lifetime.

Connect with Jonathan

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jonath...

Twitter https://twitter.com/jocharest1?lang=en

Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/...

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Welcome to the secont of three episodes with Jesse Cook and Dr Jonathan Charest. These episodes break down the excellent review by these two gurus. We break down the lad's recent review and much more in these episodes.

Cook, J.D., Charest, J. Sleep and Performance in Professional Athletes. Curr Sleep Medicine Rep 9, 56–81 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40675-022-00243-

Jesse is pursuing a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and currently stands at dissertator status. Previously, he received my Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Arizona (UofA). During his Senior year at the UofA, he began his Sleep research career as an undergraduate research assistant in Dr. Richard Bootzin's, PhD, Sleep Research Laboratory. He has affiliations as a trainee member with the Sleep Research Society, Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, and World Sleep Society. He has served as the Sleep Research Society Trainee Member At-large from 2020-2021 and currently serves on the Communications Committee. Also, he has established the Sleep Research Society podcast and currently serves as the host. In his spare time, he enjoys run, biking, cooking, baking, reading, and listening to podcasts/audiobooks.

Connect with Jesse

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-cook-a89bbb154/

Researchgate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jesse-Cook-3

Twitter @sleepandsports

Jonathan’s previous episode on S4P podcast

Season 8, Episode 4 w Dr Jonathan Charest on travel, jet lag, fatigue & performance in the NHL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uKDv3VrFs4&t=390s

Dr Jonathan Charest is the Director of Athlete Sleep Services and a Behavioral Sleep Medicine Specialist at the Centre for Sleep & Human performance. He works to develop and optimize sleep for athletes (regional to international level). He focuses on how to optimize sleep, training and travel schedule for athletes, occasional athletes, and student-athletes. In addition to his bachelor’s in psychology (Sherbrooke University), Jonathan completed his PhD in psychology (Laval University). He possesses expertise in behavioural sleep medicine (CBT-I), circadian rhythms disorders, as well as the specific reality of the athletic population. Jonathan has been an invited public speaker for sleep at International Conferences. As an ex-athlete, Jonathan believes in the importance of sleep, recovery and regeneration in the performance environment and, alongside Dr Samuels and the entire team at CSHP, brings a strong commitment to athletes, coaches, and teams to deliver education, screening tools, and research-based strategies to establish healthy sleep hygiene for athletes throughout their career, and for a lifetime.

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LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jonath...

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In this episode, I am joined by Dr Jade Murray. Dr. Jade M. Murray completed a PhD programme at the Monash University Sleep and Circadian Medicine Laboratory in 2018. Dr Murray's broad research interests include studying the effects of circadian misalignment on overall health in healthy and sleep-disordered populations and developing simplified methods for determining the timing of the circadian phase. An important innovation in her work has been tracking light-dark exposure data over time to build predictive models of circadian timing for the development of personalised delivery systems for sleep-wake interventions.

In this episode, we discuss Jade's recent paper "Murray JM, Magee M, Giliberto ES, Booker LA, Tucker AJ, Galaska B, Sibenaller SM, Baer SA, Postnova S, Sondag TAC, Phillips AJK, Sletten TL, Howard ME, Rajaratnam SMW. Mobile app for personalized sleep-wake management for shift workers: A user testing trial. Digit Health. 2023 Mar 29"

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10064476/

Connect w Jade on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jade-murray-652442163/

ResearchGate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jade-Murray-2

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Welcome to the first three episodes with Jesse Cook and Dr Jonathan Charest. These episodes break down the excellent review by these two gurus. We break down the lad's recent review and much more in these episodes.

Cook, J.D., Charest, J. Sleep and Performance in Professional Athletes. Curr Sleep Medicine Rep 9, 56–81 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40675-022-00243-

Jesse is pursuing a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and currently stands at dissertator status. Previously, he received my Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Arizona (UofA). During his Senior year at the UofA, he began his Sleep research career as an undergraduate research assistant in Dr. Richard Bootzin's, PhD, Sleep Research Laboratory. He has affiliations as a trainee member with the Sleep Research Society, Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, and World Sleep Society. He has served as the Sleep Research Society Trainee Member At-large from 2020-2021 and currently serves on the Communications Committee. Also, he has established the Sleep Research Society podcast and currently serves as the host. In his spare time, he enjoys run, biking, cooking, baking, reading, and listening to podcasts/audiobooks.

Connect with Jesse

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-cook-a89bbb154/

Researchgate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jesse-Cook-3

Twitter @sleepandsports

Jonathan’s previous episode on S4P podcast

Season 8, Episode 4 w Dr Jonathan Charest on travel, jet lag, fatigue & performance in the NHL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uKDv3VrFs4&t=390s

Dr Jonathan Charest is the Director of Athlete Sleep Services and a Behavioral Sleep Medicine Specialist at the Centre for Sleep & Human performance. He works to develop and optimize sleep for athletes (regional to international level). He focuses on how to optimize sleep, training and travel schedule for athletes, occasional athletes, and student-athletes. In addition to his bachelor’s in psychology (Sherbrooke University), Jonathan completed his PhD in psychology (Laval University). He possesses expertise in behavioural sleep medicine (CBT-I), circadian rhythms disorders, as well as the specific reality of the athletic population. Jonathan has been an invited public speaker for sleep at International Conferences. As an ex-athlete, Jonathan believes in the importance of sleep, recovery and regeneration in the performance environment and, alongside Dr Samuels and the entire team at CSHP, brings a strong commitment to athletes, coaches, and teams to deliver education, screening tools, and research-based strategies to establish healthy sleep hygiene for athletes throughout their career, and for a lifetime.

Connect with Jonathan

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In this episode, I chat with Dr Haresh Suppiah is a Lecturer and Research Fellow in Sport and Exercise Science and Sport Analytics. He was previously a Senior Sport Physiologist and Head of Research and Development at the National Youth Sports Institute (Singapore), where he worked with multiple Olympic sports in preparation for regional and international competitions. His doctoral and current research focuses on the performance impact of sleep in adolescent athletes. His research also extends to other applied sport science areas, identifying and developing youth talent in sport, and strength and conditioning. Specifically, we discuss some of his recent papers.

Suppiah, Haresh; Swinbourne, Richard; Wee, Jericho; He, Qixiang; Pion, Johan; Driller, Matthew W; et al. (2021). Predicting Youth Athlete Sleep Quality and the Development of a Translational Tool to Inform Practitioner Decision Making. La Trobe. Journal contribution. https://doi.org/10.26181/618b4591bfd48

Connect with Haresh at https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/hsuppiah.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hareshtsuppiah/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/hareshsuppiah

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Haresh-Suppiah

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In this episode, I chat with Dr Peter Tierney. Currently working as a Senior Research Scientist at Lululemon Product Innovation (Advanced Concepts).

Previously Peter spent 8 years working in high-performance sports in football/soccer (The English FA), rugby union (Leinster Rugby), and swimming (UCD elite team) as a hybrid Performance Coach & Sports Scientist. He also has experience with Gaelic football & hurling, amateur rugby union, and schools level rugby and hockey. His experience spans male and female athletes across a wide age range with experience in sports science, strength & conditioning, sports performance, health and wellness, and athletic performance development. Peter is interested in the application of wearables to monitor health and performance in people, athletes, and teams are a strong interest of his.

Peter completed his PhD titled: "Novel insights into understanding performance in professional rugby union: an applied sports science approach" alongside his full-time work in Leinster & The FA.
His MSc in Research, completed alongside working full time with Leinster Rugby, explored the “Application of GPS technology in professional rugby union".
To support and supplement his roles and interests in health and performance, Peter has completed a ProfDip in Data Analytics & Statistics, to help him better translate and visualise the performance, strength and conditioning data. Peter’s BSc Health & Performance Science final year thesis examined the effect of caffeinated chewing gum on repeated sprint ability in team sport athletes.

Connect with Peter

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/drpetertierney/

Twitter @drpetertierney

Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter-Tierney-2

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drpetertierney/?hl=en

Email: peter_tierney@hotmail.com

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In this conversation, I chat with my colleague and former PhD student Dr Mitchell Turner on the relationship between sleep and tennis performance. Mitchell is a researcher in the Systematic Profiling in Neurological Conditions (SPIN) team at Edith Cowan University and a sleep consultant at Melius Consulting. Mitchell’s educational background includes exercise and sports science, strength and conditioning and sleep science. Mitchell has recently completed his PhD thesis, which aimed to understand the impact sleep-wake behaviour and chronotype have on match-play and physical performance of tennis players. He coordinates light therapy trials to improve sleep and reduce fatigue for people with neurological conditions. He has established international collaborations, published numerous peer-reviewed publications and presented at international conferences and invited seminars. Mitchell is passionate about sleep, chronobiology, physical performance and data science. He is a former tennis player and coach but is now focused on improving the performance of others through sleep and chronobiology interventions and education.

Connect with Mitchell

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchturner23/

Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mitchell-Turner-5

Email: mitchel.turner@ecu.edu.au

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In this episode, I talk with Professor John Lesku

John is interested in most things related to sleep. Using behavioural observations, accelerometry for remote monitoring, and neurophysiological recording techniques, he seeks to provide insight into how sleep and sleep functions have evolved in different types of animals, from flatworms to birds and mammals. He also studies how ecological factors (e.g., predation risk, reproduction) influence the amount, composition, depth, and timing of sleep. Most recently, these interests have expanded to include how anthropogenic pollution influences sleeping brain activity in mammals and birds.

Connect with John

https://leskulab.org/

Email: J.Lesku@latrobe.edu.au

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In this episode, I meet with Carissa Gardiner. Carissa is a PhD candidate within the Sports Performance, Recovery, Injury, and New Technologies (SPRINT) Research Centre at the Australian Catholic University. Her research is focused on the relationship between caffeine and sleep. This episode discusses her recent publication: Gardiner C, Weakley J, Burke LM, Roach GD, Sargent C, Maniar N, Townshend A, Halson SL. The effect of caffeine on subsequent sleep: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep Med Rev. 2023 Feb 6;69:101764. doi 10.1016/j.smrv.2023.101764. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36870101. Access the paper here https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36870101/

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Twitter: Twitter: @C__Gardiner

Email: carissa.gardiner@myacu.edu.au

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Having completed her PhD in the area of adolescent sleep in 2018, Dr Alex Agostini is interested in researching the associations between sleep and health in all ages. This ranges from investigating the relationships between sleep and growth in children and adolescents through to assessing whether coping mechanisms and dietary intakes are associated with shift working populations. Alex is also passionate about education, having been involved in teaching across all levels at UniSA, from foundation studies through to graduate diplomas.

In this episode, we discuss her recent publication, "Normal Sleep in Children and Adolescence" https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1056499320300869

Connect with Alex

LinkedIn https://au.linkedin.com/in/alex-agostini-phd-530777151

Twitter https://twitter.com/AlexAgostini3

Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Alex-Agostini-2118292231

Email: Alex.Agostini@unisa.edu.au

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In this episode, I talk with my new friend Dr. Anne Aulsebrook. We continue our journey on learning about birds and sleep and discuss many fascinating topics. The peculiar mating practices and attraction with sleep loss in sandpiper birds

Dr. Anne Aulsebrook is a behavioral ecologist interested in activity patterns and sleep. During her PhD, she investigated the effects of urban light pollution on sleep in birds. More recently, she has become interested in the behaviour of shorebirds that breed under constant daylight in the arctic. Previous research has shown substantial diversity in the activity patterns of these birds. Intriguingly, male pectoral sandpipers have the least sleep also have the greatest reproductive success. How do males attract females when they have had hardly any sleep? How does activity relate to reproductive success in other shorebirds, with different mating systems? To what extent can male shorebirds change their activity in different social contexts? These are some of the questions that she is exploring during her postdoctoral fellowship.

Connect with Anne

LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/anne-aulsebrook-884788b6

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnneAulsebrook

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anne-Aulsebrook

Email: anne.aulsebrook@bi.mpg.de

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In this episode, I talk with my friend Jonathan Charest from Calgary, Canada. Jonathan is a native of Quebec, Canada and is a crazy Ice Hockey fan. In this episode, we discuss Jonathan’s latest paper.

Associations between time zone changes travel distance and performance: A retrospective analysis of 2013–2020 National Hockey League Data by Charest, Jonathan et al. published in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, Volume 25, Issue 12, 1008 – 1016 https://www.jsams.org/article/S1440-2440(22)00439-X/fulltext

Jonathan Charest is the Director of Athlete Sleep Services and a Behavioral Sleep Medicine Specialist at the Centre for Sleep & Human performance. He works to develop and optimize sleep for athletes (regional to international level). He focuses on how to optimize sleep, training and travel schedule for athletes, occasional athletes, and student-athletes.

In addition to his bachelor’s in psychology (Sherbrooke University), Jonathan is currently completing his PhD in psychology (Laval University). He possesses expertise in behavioural sleep medicine (CBT-I), circadian rhythms disorders, as well as the specific reality of the athletic population. Jonathan has been an invited public speaker for sleep at International Conferences.

As an ex-athlete, Jonathan believes in the importance of sleep, recovery and regeneration in the performance environment and, alongside Dr Samuels and the entire team at CSHP, brings a strong commitment to athletes, coaches, and teams to deliver education, screening tools, and research-based strategies to establish healthy sleep hygiene for athletes throughout their career, and for a lifetime.

Connect with Jonathan

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jonathan-charest-98647733/

Twitter https://twitter.com/jocharest1?lang=en

Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jonathan-Charest-4

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In this episode, I talk to Professor Theresa Jones. Her main area of research is in the field of behavioural ecology, with a particular focus on understanding the causes and consequences of variability in mating systems, the role of chemical cues, and, most recently, the impact of artificial night lighting on individual fitness and community structure. She completed my undergraduate at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (UK) and my PhD at the Institute of Zoology (UK). During my PhD, I spent a year at the Instituto Evandro Chagas in Belém, Brazil, carrying out field observations and experiments. She commenced postdoctoral research in 1999 at Uppsala University (Sweden), exploring alternative male mating strategies in vertebrate (the ruff, Philomachus pugnax) and invertebrate (Hawaiian Drosophila) lekking species. In 2001, she was awarded a Royal Society Travelling Fellowship to conduct research at the University of Melbourne, where she has worked since, first as a postdoctoral research fellow with Prof Mark Elgar for six years and then as a Melbourne University Research Career Interruption Fellow. Currently employed in the School of BioSciences. In addition to my passion for behavioural ecology.

Email: theresa@unimelb.edu.au

https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/7996-theresa-jones

Twitter: @ubanlightlab

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This is a reading of a blog on our website entitled "Mouth taping and sleep apnea, shut your mouth about shutting your mouth." https://sleep4performance.com/mouth-taping-and-sleep-apnea-shut-your-mouth-about-shutting-your-mouth/

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In this episode, I sit down with James Hewitt. James is a human performance scientist with a passion for making complex science digestible and practical. He established this site to share evidence-based, actionable insights from his 15+ years of work and research with some of the most demanding and high-performing clients.

https://jameshewittperformance.com/

We discuss; developing healthy, sustainable habits for 2023, practical ways to combine health and physical activity, how to be kind to yourself and achieving human performance optimisation in 2023.

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Changes in reindeer sleep regulation across the year: a central role for rumination? In this episode, I am joined by Melanie Furrer, who recently presented her study on sleep in reindeer.

Most non-hibernating animals maintain daily “circadian ”rhythms of sleep across the year, as well as “homeostatic” sleep-wake patterns in which increasing time awake is followed by increased sleep amount or intensity. Strikingly, ruminant reindeer in the Arctic show 24-h rhythmicity at the equinoxes but none at either solstice; summertime activity greatly exceeds wintertime activity. So far, nothing is known about their sleep or how it might be seasonally modulated.

Methods: We simultaneously recorded non-invasive electroencephalography EEG in four adult female reindeer for four days at The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø, Norway in July, September, and December. Rapid eye movement, REM sleep, non-REM NREM sleep, and rumination were visually identified from the EEG, and slow-wave activity SWA, EEG power 1–18 4.5 Hz during NREM sleep, the classic marker for homeostatic changes in sleep pressure, was calculated.

Results: Although sleep in reindeer generally resembled that of other mammals, key novel adaptations were observed in July/September: n=4, December: n=3. Like most species, sleep-wake distribution paralleled daily activity during seasonally changing light-dark conditions and SWA during NREM sleep increased after prolonged wake periods.

Surprisingly, total sleep duration was roughly equal across seasons, and prolonged waking produced a lower SWA response in summer than in winter. As reported for some domestic ruminants, EEG during rumination showed typical characteristics of NREM sleep. Furthermore, rumination appeared to substitute for sleep under all observed conditions. Accordingly, SWA decreased across rumination, and total rumination and NREM sleep durations were negatively correlated. Homeostatic modelling of SWA further suggested that rumination was equivalent to sleep. Conclusions: We suggest that less pronounced SWA increases across waking in summer might indicate higher baseline sleep pressure during this season, possibly resulting from increased activity, food intake and light exposure. Within this context, rumination might partially substitute conventional sleep, permitting near-constant feeding in the arctic summer while compensating for increased sleep pressure.

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A brief 10-minute meditation for our sleep4performance listeners led by Alexis Santos, a meditation teacher. https://www.alexissantos.io/

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Today I am joined by Alexis Santos. Alexis has been in the field of mindfulness and meditation since 2001. After graduating from Harvard University in 1995, he spent several years in medical school before leaving his chosen doctor career to seek a different path. It was while travelling in India that he was introduced to insight meditation.

Since that time, Alexis has practised in many meditative styles and traditions, including with Sayadaw U Tejaniya, the Thai Forest tradition with Ajahn Sumedho, the Tibetan tradition with Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and within the lay Western insight community where he continues to learn from the growing diversity of voices.

Alexis's primary teacher has been Sayadaw U Tejaniya, from the Burmese Theravada tradition, with whom he was ordained as a Buddhist monk from 2003 - 2005. Sayadaw encouraged Alexis to teach in 2012. Alexis also completed the Spirit Rock/IMS four-year teacher training program with Jack Kornfield and others, including mentors Joseph Goldstein and Carol Wilson.

Alexis teaches meditation at retreat centers around the world. He is featured on the Ten Percent Happier meditation app and is co-founder of Open Door Meditation Community in Portland, Maine, where he is a guest teacher. Alexis's teaching style is natural and uncrafted. He brings a practical, intuitive and compassionate approach to the development of wisdom.

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Today I am joined by Dr Cassie Hilditch from San José State University Research Foundation. In this episode, we will be discussing Cassie's work around sleep inertia.

Some of Cassie's papers

Hilditch CJ, Arsintescu L, Gregory KB, Flynn-Evans EE. Mitigating fatigue on the flight deck: how is controlled rest used in practice? Chronobiol Int. 2020 Sep-Oct;37(9-10):1483-1491. doi: 10.1080/07420528.2020.1803898. Epub 2020 Aug 24. PMID: 32838563. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32838563/

Kovac K, Vincent GE, Paterson JL, Reynolds A, Aisbett B, Hilditch CJ, Ferguson SA. The impact of a short burst of exercise on sleep inertia. Physiol Behav. 2021 Dec 1;242:113617. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2021.113617. Epub 2021 Oct 1. PMID: 34606883. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34606883/

Hilditch CJ, Flynn-Evans EE. Fatigue, Schedules, Sleep, and Sleepiness in U.S. Commercial Pilots During COVID-19. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2022 May 1;93(5):433-441. doi: 10.3357/AMHP.6031.2022. PMID: 35551720. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35551720/

Hilditch CJ, McHill AW. Sleep inertia: current insights. Nat Sci Sleep. 2019 Aug 22;11:155-165. doi: 10.2147/NSS.S188911. PMID: 31692489; PMCID: PMC6710480. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31692489/

Hilditch CJ, Short M, Van Dongen HP, Centofanti SA, Dorrian J, Kohler M, Banks S. Sleep inertia during a simulated 6-h on/6-h off fixed split duty schedule. Chronobiol Int. 2016;33(6):685-96. doi: 10.3109/07420528.2016.1167724. Epub 2016 Apr 14. PMID: 27078176. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27078176/

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassie-hilditch-phd-817a1816/

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Hailey is a psychologist and research scientist internationally certified in behavioural sleep medicine. She practices clinically at St Vincent’s Hospital Sleep Centre in Melbourne, predominantly working with clients experiencing insomnia. She is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne and is completing her research PhD at Monash University with Dr Melinda Jackson. Her PhD focuses on advancing healthcare providers' training in evidence-based insomnia treatments. For this project, she won the 2021 “Innovation in Behavioral Sleep Medicine Advocacy” award from the U.S. Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine. Hailey has worked in a range of research and clinical settings, including Melbourne Sleep Disorders Centre with Dr David Cunnington and Dr Moira Junge, The Institute for Breathing and Sleep at Austin Health, and Monash University’s Project REST with Professor Sean Drummond.

In this episode, we discuss Hailey’s paper entitled “Strange themes in pandemic dreams: Insomnia was associated with more negative, anxious and death-related dreams during the COVID-19 pandemic” The full reference and access to the paper is here.

Meaklim H, Burge M, Le F, Bains SK, Saunders W, Ghosh S, Junge MF, Varma P, Rehm IC, Jackson ML. Strange themes in pandemic dreams: Insomnia was associated with more negative, anxious and death-related dreams during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Sleep Res. 2022 Jun 14:e13655. doi: 10.1111/jsr.13655. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35699296; PMCID: PMC9350044.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9350044/

Items we discuss

27 with Dr Rachel Menzies "Mortals: How the Fear of Death Shaped Human Society" https://learningtodie.com.au/podcasts/27-dr-rachel-menzies-mortals-how-the-fear-of-death-shaped-human-society/
Ernest Becker’s work around the Denial of Death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Den...
Terror Management Theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_...
Dreams by Carl Jung https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/859806.Dreams

Contact or follow Hailey

Twitter @SleepPsych_Aus

https://www.haileymeaklimpsychology.com.au/

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This is a reading of a blog on our Melius Consulting website https://meliusconsulting.com.au/understanding-the-sleep-of-ultra-marathon-swimmers-guidance-for-coaches-swimmers/

and Sleep4performance https://sleep4performance.com/understanding-the-sleep-of-ultra-marathon-swimmers-guidance-for-coaches-swimmers/

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Dean of Research UniSA Justice & Society

Jill Dorrian is a Professor in Psychology with a PhD in sleep and chronobiology research and a Master of Biostatistics. From the beginning of her PhD, Jill conducted laboratory and field studies with a consistent focus on collaboration and translation. Her PhD and early post-doctoral work were supported by the Australian Shiftwork and Workload Consortium, a 10-year collaboration with Australian Rail Industry operators and safety regulators. This work informed fatigue risk management (the over-arching term to describe risks relating to sleep loss and performance impairment in the industry) in rail.

Following a fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, Unit for Experimental Psychiatry, she continued to conduct in-workplace studies for rail, emergency services, and health. More recently, having also worked with mining, construction, ports, and forestry, providing research and education to promote fatigue management.

As a champion for the importance of sleep for healthy development, she also works closely with colleagues in nursing and midwifery, investigating the relationship between sleep during pregnancy and maternal and fetal health. She has collaborated closely with Resilient Youth Australia, a not-for-profit dedicated to promoting health and learning for school students in Australasia.

Jill is heavily involved with research student supervision and training in publishing and other forms of research communication and was recognised by the Australian Graduate Research Council for excellence in graduate research supervision.

Much of her current work is focused on behavioural coping strategies for remaining healthy despite exposure to sleep loss. In particular, along with colleagues in psychology, nutrition, and activity, we study chronobehaviour – investigating the health impacts, not only of what we do but when we do it.

Contact Jill at Jill.Dorrian@unisa.edu.au

Twitter: @JillDorrian

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In this episode with Ashley Montero, we discuss his recent paper. Sleep and mental health are important aspects of human health that work concurrently. However, sleep and mental health disorders are often overlooked and undiagnosed in sports due to the negative stigma associated with them. Evidence suggests that athletes are disproportionately affected by mental health issues and sleep problems. Internal and external pressures contribute to psychological distress. Variable competition times, travel and stress are detrimental to sleep quality. Retirement from sport can deteriorate sleep and psychological wellbeing, particularly for those who retired involuntarily and identify strongly with their athletic role. When untreated, these issues can manifest into a range of clinical disorders.

Read the full paper: Sleep and Mental Health Issues in Current and Former Athletes: A Mini-Review https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.868614/full

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Nicola Barclay, PhD, is a Sleep Scientist and Psychologist, with extensive experience of sleep research, research design, big data and education. She was a Lecturer in Sleep Medicine at the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, University of Oxford from 2016 to 2021, training clinicians in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of sleep and circadian disorders. Prior to this appointment, Nicola was Associate Director of the Northumbria Centre for Sleep Research at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK from 2011 to 2016. In 2011, she completed her PhD at the University of London, focussing on Quantitative and Molecular Genetic Approaches to Understanding Sleep Quality and Diurnal Preference, where she was awarded the 'Rising Researcher' award, 2011. She received a first-class honours degree in Psychology from the University of Sussex. She has more recently worked as a Data Scientist in industry, exploring the use of big data to understand trajectories of health and disease. Nicola has published over 50 peer-reviewed publications on sleep, and has extensive experience of educating clinical professionals in sleep medicine and research, as well as expertise in statistical methodologies and research study design

In this episode, we discuss Phenotypes, chronotypes and diurnal preferences

Associations between diurnal preference, sleep quality and externalizing behaviours: a behavioural genetic analysis https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20836908/

Quantitative genetic research on sleep: a review of normal sleep, sleep disturbances and associated emotional, behavioural, and health-related difficulties https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22560641/

Genetic and environmental influences on different components of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and their overlap

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20469808/

Diurnal preference and sleep quality: same genes? A study of young adult twins https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20370470/

Sustained wakefulness and visual attention: moderation by chronotype https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27624836/

Follow Nicola over at Sleep Universal https://www.sleep-universal.com/

Connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicola-barclay-72930227/

Twitter@NicolaBarclay

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This is a reading of a blog posted on our Melius Consulting website entitled " Rapid Eye Movement Behaviour Disorder in Combat and Contact Sport Athletes, Implications for Athletes"

You can read the full article with references here https://sleep4performance.com/rapid-eye-movement-behaviour-disorder-in-combat-and-contact-sport-athletes-implications-for-athletes/

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In this episode, I meet with my new friend Aaron Bezzina. I found Aaron's latest research on LinkedIn and invited him on the podcast. Aaron is a PhD candidate at the University of Newcastle and an Accredited Practicing Dietitian (APD). In 2020 Aaron commenced his PhD candidature at the University of Newcastle, researching workplace wellness initiatives' effects on health attitudes and behaviours within the Australian resource sector. Aaron’s research interests include workplace wellness and productivity, obesity, human factors, and occupational health and safety issues.

This episode discusses Aaron's latest publication, a review on workplace wellness programs.

Bezzina A, Ashton L, Watson T, James CL. Workplace wellness programs targeting weight outcomes in men: A scoping review. Obes Rev. 2022 Apr;23(4):e13410. doi: 10.1111/obr.13410. Epub 2022 Jan 25. PMID: 35076133.

Then we go in-depth into one of Aaron's studies investigating health and wellness in mining. Aaron found that self-reported height and weight measures indicated that less than 20 percent (18.9%) of participants were in a healthy BMI range, while there were effectively equal numbers of overweight (40.9%) and obese (39.1%) participants. Only 3.5% of participants met the daily recommendation for vegetables (5 serves), and shift workers had a greater association with elevated BMI than non-shift workers. Poor nutrition is likely to be a key component in elevated levels of overweight and obesity within this industry, with workplace factors compounding challenges workers face in implementing health behaviour change.

Bezzina A, Austin EK, Watson T, Ashton L, James CL. Health and wellness in the Australian coal mining industry: A cross sectional analysis of baseline findings from the RESHAPE workplace wellness program. PLoS One. 2021 Jun 4;16(6):e0252802. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252802. PMID: 34086829; PMCID: PMC8177661.

And finally, we discuss this study on alcohol in Australian mining that Aaron was involved in that found metalliferous mining employees engage in at-risk levels of alcohol consumption significantly higher than the national average despite workplace policies.

James CL, Tynan RJ, Bezzina AT, Rahman MM, Kelly BJ. Alcohol Consumption in the Australian Mining Industry: The Role of Workplace, Social, and Individual Factors. Workplace Health Saf. 2021 Sep;69(9):423-434. doi: 10.1177/21650799211005768. Epub 2021 Apr 24. PMID: 33896275.

Contact Aaron

University of Newcastle https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/aaron-bezzina#contact

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-bezzina-6396871b2/

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This is a reading of a blog posted on our Melius Consulting website entitled "Prolonged mask use in safety-critical roles and its potential impact on fatigue"

You can read the full article with references here

https://meliusconsulting.com.au/prolonged-mask-use-in-safety-critical-roles-and-its-potential-impact-on-fatigue/

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In this episode, I speak to Liv Knowles about her research. Specifically, we discuss the lack of research in female athletes and why that may be. We also discuss the impact of sleep loss on physical performance and why your legs may give way before anything else. Check out some of Liv’s papers and writing.

Knowles OE, Drinkwater EJ, Urwin CS, Lamon S, Aisbett B. Inadequate sleep and muscle strength: Implications for resistance training. J Sci Med Sport. 2018 Sep;21(9):959-968. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2018.01.012. Epub 2018 Feb 2. PMID: 29422383.
Knowles OE, Aisbett B, Main LC, Drinkwater EJ, Orellana L, Lamon S. Resistance Training and Skeletal Muscle Protein Metabolism in Eumenorrheic Females: Implications for Researchers and Practitioners. Sports Med. 2019 Nov;49(11):1637-1650. doi: 10.1007/s40279-019-01132-7. PMID: 31190324.
Knowles OE. No time to sleep on it - start exercising! J Physiol. 2020 Jun;598(11):2059-2060. doi: 10.1113/JP279790. Epub 2020 Apr 30. PMID: 32240541.
Why are males still the default subjects in medical research? By Severine Lamon and Olivia Knowles https://theconversation.com/why-are-males-still-the-default-subjects-in-medical-research-167545

Follow Liv on Twitter @LivKnowles1.

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In this episode of the Combat Sports Series, I am joined by Dean Amasinger, Technical Director of the UFC Performance Institute in Shanghai China. Dean joins us today via a lockdown in Shanghai where he has chosen to stay lockdown within the Performance Institute. Dean is a former MMA fighter https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/14113-dean-amasinger-renegade who competed in The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) with Team UK and returned as a coach in Team UK vs Team Australia. I had a lot of fun talking to Dean about his former training partners such as Michael Bisping, Dan Hardy, Paul Daley and many more. Dean also shared some insights from his time in the TUF house. Mainly Dean and I discussed the aspects of fighter development, skill acquisition, strength & conditioning, crossover from rugby to wrestling and to MMA and how to identify the archetype of a UFC competitor. This was a great conversation and a must listen to those interested in combat sports, however, there are some great crossover points here for anyone looking for self-development or improvement. Access our combat sports study here for your free sleep and nutrition report https://combatsportsscience.com/

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In this episode I chat with Madeline Sprajcer about her recent paper on "How effective are Fatigue Risk Management Systems (FRMS)?"

In this episode, Madeline and I tackle the subject of FRMS in industry settings. We go through Madeline's background, education and other interests. Her interest in history and her new work investigating fatigue risk in new parents.

Reference: Sprajcer M, Thomas MJW, Sargent C, Crowther ME, Boivin DB, Wong IS, Smiley A, Dawson D. How effective are Fatigue Risk Management Systems (FRMS)? A review. Accid Anal Prev. 2022 Feb;165:106398. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2021.106398. Epub 2021 Oct 28. PMID: 34756484; PMCID: PMC8806333. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34756484/

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/madeline-sprajcer-61b45356/

Researchgate

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Madeline-Sprajcer

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=iBTbP9UAAAAJ&hl=en

Twitter @msprajcer

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Dr Shane Creado is a double board-certified sleep medicine doctor and psychiatrist. He practices functional sleep medicine, integrative psychiatry, and sports psychiatry, putting all those skills together to uncover underlying factors that sabotage the patients, comprehensively treat them, and help them achieve their goals. He completed an undergraduate degree in physical therapy, went on to do an MD, graduating at the top of his class with Honours in every subject in medical school. He completed his psychiatric training at the University of Wisconsin where they awarded him the graduating resident award for academic achievement. He then went on to a fellowship in Sleep Medicine at the University of Wisconsin because of the huge overlap between sleep and psychiatric issues.

Shane and I discuss many things in this episode including

Background and education from New York, Kenya, New Zealand any many more places.
Culture, perspectives and celebration
Sports psychiatry
Mediation and Buddhism and the impact to sleep
Theories on meditation and the impact to insomnia and other sleep related problems
Carl Jung and the ability to day dream, integration of the shadow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung
New research on sleep deprivation and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Microdosing, psychedelics, CBD and sleep
Dr Chris Letheby on the Philosophy of Psychedelics http://chrisletheby.com/
Aviation, Sleep and Medications
Sleep, mental health, and physical health
We go through the intent and specific components of his book "Peak Sleep Performance for Athletes"
Individual approach versus general crap on the internet
The prevalence of fake doctors and sleep coaches out there
The lack of balance with athletes
The overall approach to athletes
Specific challenges to sleep with athletes
The purpose of dreams

Books we mention

The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-gulag-archipelago-9781784871512

Peak Sleep Performance for Athletes: The Cutting-edge Sleep Science That Will Guarantee a Competitive Advantage

https://shanecreado.com/index.php/book-products/

Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl

https://www.booktopia.com.au/man-s-search-for-meaning-viktor-e-frankl/book/9781846041242.html

Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past-Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives by Brian L Weiss

https://www.booktopia.com.au/many-lives-many-masters-brian-l-weiss/book/9780671657864.html

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John Caldwell is an experimental psychologist with over 30 years of experience conducting and directing stress, sleep, fatigue, pharmacological, and performance/safety research. He has presented an array of sleep-and-fatigue-management and related courses for organizations to include the National Sleep Foundation, the National Transportation Safety Board, the Swiss Aviation Safety Office, the Colombian Aviation Authority, and both Rio Tinto and Newmont Mining.

John holds the US Air Force’s highest civilian award for research and development, he is a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association and a Fellow of the Aerospace Human Factors Society. He has worked with a variety of organizations to include the US Army’s Medical Research and Materiel Command, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the US Air Force Research Laboratory. He provides education on research issues as well as strategies to optimize performance in real-world contexts.

Fatigue in Aviation: A Guide to Staying Awake at the Stick https://www.routledge.com/Fatigue-in-Aviation-A-Guide-to-Staying-Awake-at-the-Stick/Caldwell-Caldwell/p/book/9781472464590

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-caldwell-b95290147/

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/John-Caldwell-2

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In this episode, I talk to Daniela Dudysova from the Czech Republic about her recent publication on "The Effects of Daytime Psilocybin Administration on Sleep: Implications for Antidepressant Action"

Read the full paper here for free https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2020.602590/full

Check out her TEDx Youth talk on Editing memories while you sleep https://youtu.be/0WOcf9TMBkQ

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In this mini-episode (~20 mins), I explore and discuss the relationship between sleep paralysis, science, mythology and folklore.

References/Sources for this podcast

Adler SR. Sudden unexpected nocturnal death syndrome among Hmong immigrants: examining the role of the nightmare. J Am Folk 1991; 104: 54–71.

Adler SR. Refugee stress and folk belief: Hmong sudden deaths. Sco Sci Med 1995; 40: 1623–1629. Cox AM. Sleep paralysis and folklore. JRSM Open. 2015;6(7):2054270415598091. Published 2015 Jul 28. doi:10.1177/2054270415598091

de Sá JFR and Mota-Rolim SA. Sleep Paralysis in Brazilian Folklore and Other Cultures: A Brief Review. Frontiers in psychology 2016; 7. Review. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01294.

Young E, Xiong S, Finn L, et al. Unique sleep disorders profile of a population-based sample of 747 Hmong immigrants in Wisconsin. Soc Sci Med 2013; 79: 57–65.

Davies, Owen. “The Nightmare Experience, Sleep Paralysis, and Witchcraft Accusations.” Folklore, vol. 114, no. 2, [Folklore Enterprises, Ltd., Taylor & Francis, Ltd.], 2003, pp. 181–203, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30035099.

Denis D, French CC and Gregory AM. A systematic review of variables associated with sleep paralysis. Sleep Medicine Reviews 2018; 38: 141-157. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2017.05.005.

Sleep Paralysis: Demon in the Bedroom https://health.clevelandclinic.org/what-you-should-know-about-sleep-paralysis-and-sleep-demons/

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In this episode of the Sleep4Peformance Podcast, I speak with Dr Jen Walsh. Jen and I have previously collaborated at the Centre for Sleep Science at the University of Western Australia. I sat down with Jen to discuss their recent publication on treating insomnia with medical cannabis. This was a great conversation and you can read the full paper before or after this episode via this link for free https://academic.oup.com/sleep/article/44/11/zsab149/6296857

Jennifer H Walsh, Kathleen J Maddison, Tim Rankin, Kevin Murray, Nigel McArdle, Melissa J Ree, David R Hillman, Peter R Eastwood, Treating insomnia symptoms with medicinal cannabis: a randomized, crossover trial of the efficacy of a cannabinoid medicine compared with placebo, Sleep, Volume 44, Issue 11, November 2021, zsab149, https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsab149

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In this episode, we welcome back Dr Meeta Singh (MD)

Meeta combines her deep scientific expertise with extensive real-world experience working with world-class performance organizations to produce Integrated Sleep Optimization Programs tailored to the unique needs and conditions of individual clients to help them optimize their personal and professional performance. Dr Singh has served as a consultant for multiple NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, Olympic and college sports teams, as well as large organizations, CEOs and C-suite executives, all seeking to optimize their competitive performance.

Head over to http://www.meetasinghmd.com/

or email Meeta at inquiries@meetasinghmd.com

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In this episode, I speak with Chris Kirk and Carl Langham Evans. We discuss their recent paper led by Chris titled “Quantification of training load distribution in mixed martial arts athletes: A lack of periodisation and load management.” Read all about it here for free https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0251266

Chris is a PhD student at LJMU researching the training loads and effects of preparing for competition in mixed martial arts (MMA). Chris has published academic journal articles consistently since 2014, looking into the performance and anthropometrical characteristics of MMA participants at the regional, national and international levels. Alongside his PhD studies he is also actively involved in collaboration with researchers based in Sao Paulo (Brazil), focusing on the effects of training in a range of combat sports. He has over a decade of teaching and lecturing experience in FE and HE institutions, specialising in physiology, strength & conditioning and research methods.

He is currently responsible for lecturing on, leading and writing several modules at Sheffield Hallam University on levels 4-7, having previously worked at the University of Derby. Dr Carl Langan-Evans is currently a Post Doctoral Research Fellow and the former Head of Sport Science Support Services/ Strength & Conditioning at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU). As a former elite athlete in the sport of Taekwondo, Carl was originally involved with the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences via the LJMU Sport Scholarship programme from 2004 until 2008. During this time, Carl received a number of support services in the areas of strength & conditioning, physiology, psychology and nutrition to aid his competitive goals and this ultimately led to him becoming interested in working within the discipline.

Continuing his affiliation with the School, Carl completed his PhD in applied sport physiology and nutrition with a mixed-method approach undertaking five qualitative and quantitative, laboratory and field-based investigations jointly examining and intervening in making weight strategies for combat sport athletes. Carl’s current post-doctoral research is funded by the sport nutrition company Science in Sport (SiS) and is specifically focused on examining the formulation and modulation of ergogenic nutritional aids for combat sport performance. Alongside his university role, Carl consults with a number of professional and Olympic combat sports athletes inclusive of those in the UFC, Bellator, Cage Warriors mixed martial arts promotions, boxing and taekwondo.

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Dr Israel Halperin Completed his PhD in 2017 at the School of Medical and Health Sciences in Edith-Cowan University, Australia. His PhD thesis focused on augmented feedback as a tool to improve athletic performance, for which he was awarded the most outstanding PhD thesis in the School of Medical and Health Sciences. During his PhD period, Dr Halperin worked as a sports scientist in the Australian Institute of Sport. His role was to monitor, consult and assist the Olympic combat sports teams prepare for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Dr Halperin then joined Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, as a postdoctoral researcher for one year. He continued investigating the effects of feedback on physical performance. Dr Halperin published over 25 peer-reviewed articles and presented his work in over 15 international conferences. His studies have been cited over 350 times and are regularly covered on popular websites Recently, he was voted as one of the top ten sports scientists who strength coaches should know by Simplifaster.com. Dr Halperin has an extensive coaching background working with many national and international level athletes from a variety of sports. In addition, he works as a sports science consultant for the national Taekwondo and Muay-Thai coaches. https://www.halperin-lab.com/ Twitter @Israel_Halperin

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In this episode, Amy and I discuss Remote Polysomnography Technology. Specifically, we discuss the technology available at Cerebra Health https://www.cerebra.health/ Amy is a past guest on S4P and I would highly recommend checking out her previous episode in relation to sleep and sports.

Dr. Bender is Director of Clinical Sleep Science at Cerebra Medical and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary. She received her PhD and Master of Science degrees in Experimental Psychology from Washington State University specializing in sleep EEG. She has helped develop the only validated sleep screening tool for athletes and has implemented sleep optimization strategies for numerous Canadian Olympic and professional teams. Her current interests focus on how to help people sleep better by improving sleep disorder treatments with more precise digital sleep metrics. She was a former college basketball athlete, did an Ironman in 2009, and currently chases her 3 young kids around.

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Dr. Grandner is the Director of the Sleep and Health Research Program at the University of Arizona, Director of the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Clinic at the Banner-University Medical Center, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the UA College of Medicine, with joint appointments in the Departments of Medicine, Psychology (UA College of Science), Nutritional Sciences (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences), and Clinical Translational Science. In addition, he is a faculty member of the Neuroscience and Physiological Sciences Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs. He is certified in Behavioral Sleep Medicine by the American Board of Sleep Medicine and is a Diplomate in Behavioral Sleep Medicine by the Board of Behavioral Sleep Medicine.

His research focuses on how sleep and sleep-related behaviors are related to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, neurocognitive functioning, mental health, and longevity. Current and recently-completed research projects were funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the American Heart Association (AHA), the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and other organizations. Read more about his research or see his publications.

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The legend of Long Island, Mr Brendan Duffy. With a special interest in the realm of sports and fatigue management. Brendan Duffy has over 20 years of experience in sleep medicine as both a sleep tech and a sleep centre manager. He speaks and authors articles nationally on the impact of sleep on athletic competition and preparation.

He is an RPSGT and NY State licensed sleep technologist and educator. In addition, he has spoken at several community and industry sleep meetings on several sleep topics and has a special interest in research and information with regard to sleep and athletic performance.

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Rónán lectures at Letterkenny Institute of Technology and is also a member of the Sport Ireland Institute, Performance Nutrition team. He currently works predominantly with Irish Sailing having previously worked across a range of national teams including Hockey, Rowing, Boxing, and Paralympics sports. Rónán was the Performance Nutritionist to Irish Olympic medalists Annalise Murphy (Sailing) and Gary and Paul O'Donovan (Rowing). He was also the lead Performance Nutritionist for Donegal GAA from 2015-2019.

Rónán is in the final months of a PhD in sleep and athlete recovery at Northumbria University. The research team is made up of academics from Northumbria University (Professor Jason Ellis), the Sport Ireland Institute (Dr. Sharon Madigan) and the University of Limerick (Dr. Giles Warrington). The research focuses on nutrition, sleep and athlete recovery.

Related publications

Doherty, R., Madigan, S.M., Nevill, A., Warrington, G. and Ellis, J.G. (2021) The sleep and recovery practices of athletes. Nutrients, 13(4), p.1330. Link: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/4/1330

Doherty, R., Madigan, S., Warrington, G. and Ellis, J. (2019) Sleep and nutrition interactions: Implications for athletes. Nutrients, 11(4), p.822.

Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6520871/

Twitter: @theronandoherty

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ronan-Doherty-3

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In this episode, I attempt to answer the question How do I get to sleep after working the night shift?"

Ian Dunican

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Spencer is a Lecturer in Exercise and Sport Science at Deakin University. His research focuses on characterising the sleep of athletes and understanding the effects of sleep and circadian rhythms on performance and health. He has consulted with elite and professional sporting organisations on strategies for improving and monitoring athlete sleep.

Go to Sleep4Performance playlist Friends of S4P Lectures and Talks on YouTube to see Spencer's great lecture on his work (~15 mins) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpLRQE4OVCvku0xUCOmIiuA/playlists

Twitter @SSHRoberts LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencer-roberts-01841292/?originalSubdomain=au

Deakin University link and his research outputs: https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/people/spencer-roberts#tab__1--2

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Kendal Yonomoto is the author of "The Athletic Fundamentals of Golf" a golf instruction book based on my experience training with Olympic sprinters. The book describes a small number of universal terms (principles) for movement and technique, demonstrated with simple Med Ball exercises. Kendal is a coach and consultant to PGA Tour Players: Ryan Moore, David Duval, Stephen Ames, Paul Casey, Vijay Singh, Fred Funk. The objective with all these players was the same, improve their performance by improving their understanding and feel for movement - without disrupting their natural feels.

Contact Kendal or grab his book or enrol in his course at https://www.coachkendal.com

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Patrick pioneered sleep and fatigue analysis and solutions in professional sports beginning in 2008. His systems have proven to increase performance for athletes, teams and workers, globally. Patrick has improved performance in teams in the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, MLS, AFL and Olympic and National Teams. His systems have also reduced accidents in the industry from the USA to Europe, Asia and Australia. With over 30 years of experience in health, safety and performance optimization, Patrick brings a unique and successful approach to fatigue management.

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Contact Pat at http://byrne-co.com/ Connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter or better still, pick up a copy of his new book https://www.amazon.com.au/Inconvenient-Sleep-Why-Teams-Lose-ebook/dp/B08DMBJLDC

Inconvenient Sleep: Why Teams Win and Lose

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In this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking to the great Mr Nicholas Buc. Nic is a composer, conductor, arranger, violinist and pianist. He studied Composition with Brenton Broadstock and Dr. Stuart Greenbaum at the University of Melbourne, where he received the inaugural Fellowship of Australian Composers Award. As the recipient of the Brian May Scholarship for Australian film composers, he completed a Master's degree in Scoring for Film and Multimedia at New York University, studying with Ira Newborn and Paul Chihara as well as receiving the Elmer Bernstein Award for Film Scoring.

Continuing his passion for music and film, he conducted the live-in-concert world premieres of John Williams' Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Hans Zimmer’s The Lion King (2019), Alan Menken's Beauty and the Beast (2017), Nicholas Hooper's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Alexandre Desplat’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, as well as the North American premiere of John Powell’s How To Train Your Dragon. Other live film concerts he has conducted include Pixar In Concert, Star Trek, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Back to the Future, Casino Royale, Skyfall, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Psycho, The Godfather, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Little Mermaid, Star Wars: Episodes IV, V, VI and VII and all eight Harry Potterfilms. He has conducted all of the major Australian symphony orchestras as well as the Minnesota Orchestra, Houston, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Austin, Grand Rapids and Madison symphony orchestras in the US. He also makes regular appearances in Asia, conducting the Tokyo, Hong Kong, Malaysian, Osaka and Taipei Philharmonic orchestras.

Nicholas has worked with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Chris Botti, Amanda Palmer, Ben Folds and was conductor/arranger for Tina Arena on six Australian tours. He has also written arrangements for the Birds of Tokyo, Missy Higgins, Passenger, Eskimo Joe, Vera Blue and The Whitlams, as well as working on five seasons of The Voice Australia. In 2019 he teamed up with Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, arranging their film music for a new show with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival.

Nicholas is regularly commissioned and some of his works have been premiered by the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, The Australian Voices, the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, the Benaud Trio and Concordis Chamber Choir. He has also written for film and television, with some of his work being screened at festivals and theatres around Australia, Asia and the US. In 2007 he was nominated for "Best Original Song Composed for the Screen" in the APRA-AGSC Screen Music Awards, and in 2015 was a winning finalist of the NYU Film Scoring Competition.

https://www.nicholasbuc.com/

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With over 20-years experience in the performance enhancement industry, Brandon Marcello, PhD brings innovation, education, and proven application to the worlds of sports performance, health, fitness, and wellness. Originally from Sarasota, FL, Marcello has worked in the professional, Olympic and top collegiate settings. He has also served as a consultant to various organizations and media groups. Having extensive involvement in both the applied and research worlds, he has implemented successful, high-performance training programs for professional, Olympic and collegiate athletes. For the last 22 years, Dr Marcello has taken individuals and organizations to the next level through multi-year and time-limited human performance consulting projects in the United States and abroad. His work in conjunction with Draper Laboratories for the U.S. Special Forces has provided a deep, multivariate understanding of the drivers of performance in the battlefield, while projects for professional teams and elite athletes include performance solutions for nutrition, training, recovery, and high-performance team development.

Check out his work and get in contact via his website https://www.brandonmarcellophd.com/

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Director/Principal Consultant Ross Di Corleto is an occupational health professional and a certified occupational hygienist with a diverse international and professional background across Africa, Europe, Canada, US and Australia. He has provided companies with advice and expertise on occupational health risk management systems and processes including problem-solving in existing & potential occupational exposure situations.

Recognised by the professional community for his ability to review and identify key issues in occupational health systems both globally & regionally. He is an expert in various health-related fields including heat stress, exposures in the mining, refining and smelting industries with extensive experience in the management of airborne contaminants.

Ross’s professional career spans 40 years, with 15 years in the power industry sector and more than 25 years in mining, refining and smelting. This has equipped him with a unique understanding of occupational exposure risks and issues associated with the industrial activities across the full spectrum of the resources sector.

Check out Ross and his work at the following websites

http://www.thethermalenvironment.com

https://monitorcs.com.au/

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Jason van Schie is a registered psychologist (MApp Occupational Psychology) and managing Director of health technology business People Diagnostix.

Over the past decade, Jason has focused his attention on preventative health initiatives for the purpose of increasing wellbeing, productivity, safety, and academic outcomes. In recent years, he has turned to developing technological solutions with the intent to make psychological health, safety, and wellbeing accessible at scale and globally.

He is the lead developer of innovative psychological health/wellbeing products including FlourishDx (www.flourishdx.com), and Flourishing at School (www.flourishingatschool.com).

Jason is also the co-host of the Psych Health and Safety podcast - where the goal is to rapidly progress the capabilities of OHS professionals globally. Check out the podcast wherever you get your podcasts or at https://www.psychhealthandsafety.com/

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Shane Finn is crazier than me. He has run 12 marathons in 12 days, 24 marathons in 24 days and has cycled and ran across America >5000kms. In this episode, we discuss how Shane got into running and endurance activities, what drives him and motivates him, his awesome contribution to charity and how he has seen the direct impact of his work. Shane has a great website with an excellent podcast all of which can be accessed here https://www.shanefinn.com/ Shane also offers online coaching and a host of information and services for his clients. Head over to his website to learn more and maybe set your new challenge.

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Danny is the founder of Sigma Nutrition https://sigmanutrition.com/ and head of content creation for the company. Known for hosting the top-ranked podcast Sigma Nutrition Radio https://sigmanutrition.com/podcasts/ with over 360 episodes. Danny is also a respected educator in the field. He has spoken at conferences and events all over Europe (including London, Dublin, Amsterdam and Vienna), as well as the United States and Australia. Danny has a master’s degree (MSc.) in Nutritional Sciences from University College Cork, during which time Danny took classes in biochemistry, clinical nutrition, micronutrient interactions and physiology. Previous to this Danny also completed a BSc. Degree in Biology and Physics Education and spent a year teaching these subjects. In the past, Danny has worked as a nutrition practitioner with a wide variety of clients. He became well known for his role as a performance nutritionist to professional mixed martial artists & boxers. Outside of the nutrition world, Danny has competed as a powerlifter, is a BJJ blue belt and is a life-long Arsenal fan.

Go to Sigma Nutrition to avail of many free resources such as sigma statements, podcasts, free downloads and lots more. If you are interested in nutrition and dietetics this is the place to start.

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In this episode, Ben and I discuss his PhD thesis and his vast work experience in this area. Ben's PhD is focussed on seeking to understand how, in high-risk environments, we build up false assurance and false senses of confidence (fantasy planning) in our safety systems, plans, controls and practices which are not aligned to the actual or likely degree of harm/vulnerability.

Download: Fantasy planning: the gap between systems of safety and safety of systems

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325395758_Fantasy_planning_the_gap_between_systems_of_safety_and_safety_of_systems

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Arthur Lynch is an exercise physiology researcher who recently completed his Ph.D. at the University of Limerick.

Arthur is an accomplished drug-free powerlifter, representing Ireland at the last two IPF World Championships and heading there again this year. He is the current Irish Powerlifting Federation national champion in the -93kg class.

Arthur coaches at Sigma Nutrition, working with powerlifters of all levels, and hosts the NO LIFT podcast, a light-hearted take on many topics loosely related to Powerlifting. We cover training advice, coaching, nutrition, injury management, performance-enhancing drugs, psychology, general sports science as well as featuring some of the finest strength athletes in Ireland and the world. Subscribe to the podcast here https://open.spotify.com/show/1G4op8xrLaBJuI4Hd4GK6L?si=PcSrVqSKRea6nA1g5mhDLw

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In this episode, I address a common question "Why can't I sleep before a competition?". In this episode, I discuss what we know, what we can do and if it really affects our performance.

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We welcome back Dr Adam Fletcher. Adam is an international researcher and consultant. He is best known for applying sleep, fatigue, and performance sciences in workplace settings. His research Ph.D., completed in 1999, investigated the measurement and prediction of human performance in higher-risk work environments. Adam has held research roles with the US Army (Walter Reed Army Institute of Research), and the Universities of Adelaide and South Australia.

Adam's previous episode on the podcast: https://meliusperformance.podbean.com/e/episode-008-dr-adam-fletcher-fatigue-management-for-on-call-stand-by-call-out/

In this episode, we discuss two applications offered by Adam.

FatigueSafe App helps you to quickly evaluate your personal fatigue levels. It can be used for work or personal purposes and considers factors such as your current fatigue state as well as your recent sleep quantity & quality, physical & mental signs of fatigue, and more. FREE via this link https://www.integratedsafety.com.au/fatiguesafe-app/ available on both the App Store on iOS devices and the Google Play Store for Android.

PeakAlert is a revolutionary App that uses an AI-powered algorithm licensed from the US Department of Defense. It tracks and predicts performance, sleep, and other crucial personal factors. The App uses your objective performance, sleep, and other data to create a custom algorithm to support peak alertness whenever you need it. PeakAlert allows you to integrate with most smartphone health and sleep trackers to help provide you with more accurate sleep and alertness data. PeakAlert is being developed to automatically use permission data from the iOS/Apple HealthKit and Android Google Fit. Functionality is also being built to allow you to push data from PeakAlert to other apps/platforms based on your user preferences. Download here for your free month and pay only $5 for the year after that https://www.integratedsafety.com.au/peakalert-app/ available on both the App Store on iOS devices and the Google Play Store for Android.

Contact details for Adam and Integrated Safety Support

adam@integratedsafety.com.au 

+65 (0) 9039 8880 (Singapore) 

+61 (0) 416 231 456 (Australia)

https://www.youtube.com/user/IntegratedSafe

https://twitter.com/AdamFletcherPhD

http://www.integratedsafety.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/integratedsafetysupport

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Today I am joined by Dr Fiona Martin

Prior to entering Parliament, Fiona worked as a psychologist, academic researcher and small businesswoman. Like many people who live in Reid, Fiona attended school locally, firstly at Santa Sabina College and then Rosebank College, before graduating from the University of Sydney and undertaking specialised training at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. In 2006, Fiona founded her own psychology practice. In the following year, she completed her Ph.D., which focused on improving the social functioning of young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Fiona has previously worked as an expert consultant and ambassador for a variety of organisations including Only About Children, SafeWork NSW, Little Blue Dinosaur and Life Education. Fiona became the first female Member for Reid in 2019. She continues her work to support small business, health, education and the most vulnerable members of our community.

Find out more about Fiona https://nsw.liberal.org.au/FionaMartin

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Its time to break it down with the MAN...the Myth ....The legend....the one and only Sonny Brown

Sonny started training martial arts seriously in 2007, beginning with Shoot Fighting, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and wrestling all at the same time at Langes MMA in Sydney. Sonny was able to be victorious in 3 MMA title bouts becoming a 3 time Australian Mixed Martial Arts Champion in the lightweight division beating standouts Dan Hooker and Damien Brown.

And he had one MMA victory via Gogoplata choke and at this stage am still the only person in Australia to do so which puts him in the company of Nick Diaz. He was awarded a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt in 2017 by my coach, 4th Degree Black Belt Anthony Lange and has continued to train, teach and still compete in grappling competitions. I also had a renewed interest in American Folkstyle wrestling.

His breakdowns and technical analysis videos have had high praise from Randy Couture, Matt Lindland, Karo Parisyan, Phil Davis and the coach of the Granby High wrestling school to name a few. In 2019, he started “The Sonny Brown Breakdown” podcast to have discussions on the training, teaching, health and education of mixed martial arts. Check out everything Sonny Brown related at https://www.sonnybrown.net/ and his fight record at https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/21661-sonny-brown

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In this episode, Michael and I discuss insomnia, chronobiology, performance and pediatric sleep.

Michael's overview in his own words.....

My working week consists of being a sleep scientist, a sleep psychologist, teaching Masters and PhD students, and running postgraduate degrees in clinical psychology - oh, and running a start-up on the side ... I’ve grown from a lone clinical psychologist starting up my own sleep clinic in 2005, helping people and families 1-on-1 to improve their sleep. Now, I lead a team of postdoc researchers, PhD and Masters students, and psychologists, and a sleep clinic that is attracting worldwide recognition. This has allowed me to invent novel evidence-based sleep treatments applicable across the lifespan. But I’m not completely satisfied with the slow pace of helping people 1-on-1. My techniques have expanded to group settings, and to schools. The first self-help book is complete (parents of school-aged children), and the first app for babies’ sleep is on its way. But the pace is still too slow for the ideas I generate and many institutions to ill-equipped to turn ideas into valuable products. Thus, WINK Sleep Online was born -https://winksleep.online

Find Michael at https://researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/persons/michael-gradisar-2

Or at LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gradisar-ba2184b6/

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In this episode we discuss Andrew's background in maths and physics, why he is a fan of F1, an overview of his blog and the data, what are the most important variables in determining the success of an F1 win? How much is the car and how much is the driver in determining success, is Lewis Hamilton really great or just in a good car, predictions and thoughts for 2021 season and much more.

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Livia Gluchowska, known as “Liv” is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, 3-time BJJ World Champion, 2-time Asian Champion, 11-time Pan-Pacific Champion, 3-time Australian Champion, Abu Dhabi Pro Trials Winner and 2017 IBJJF No-Gi World Championship Silver Medallist...Yip, she is pretty good.

In this episode we talk about BJJ, being a coach, getting older, competing as a female, her role within the combat sports commission and her developing years as an athlete in gymnastics.

Check out Absolute MMA St Kilda YouTube channel with Lachlan and Livia https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVX5F9uZyzzSI9juQRp_2Hw

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In this episode, I break down Jason's Stone's recent paper titled "Evaluations of Commercial Sleep Technologies for Objective Monitoring During Routine Sleeping Conditions" Read the full paper here for free https://www.dovepress.com/evaluations... Contact me at ian.dunican@meliusconsulting.com.au www.meliusconsulting.com.au Instagram @sleep4perform

Watch my breakdown here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNEk6e1J1GE

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The Fight Dietitian (TFD) was started in mid-2018 and saw rapid success within the Combat Sports Nutrition scene. Since then, team TFD’s client list has grown to include Israel Adesanya current Middleweight Champ, Alexander Volkanovski current Featherweight Champ and many more from ONE Championship, Bellator MMA, Rizin MMA and many local, state, and national level champions in the different disciplines of Combat Sports.

Find Jordan at https://thefightdietitian.com/and find me at www.meliusconsulting.com.au or on Instagram @sleep4perform or on LinkedIn

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Welcome to the first episode of the Melius Performance Podcast. Today I talk to my friend Dr Reid Reale

Originally from Australia, Reid is the Performance Nutrition Manager at UFC Performance Institute in Shanghai. He previously worked as a Senior Scientist with the Gatorade Sports Science Institute and at the Australian Institute of Sport with Olympic Combat Sport athletes. Reid’s research projects focused on weight cutting techniques, body composition and fight strategies. He also holds a black belt in Brazilian jiu-Jitsu (BJJ).

Link to his website https://combatsportsnutrition.com/

His academic research on Researchgate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Reid_Reale

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/reidreale/

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Welcome to the new podcast, Melius Performance Podcast with your host Dr Ian Dunican (PhD, MBA, MMineEng, BA) we dive into all thing’s improvement related. Connecting you with world-leading experts in industry topics such as health, safety, productivity, and athletic performance topics such as sleep, recovery, strength, and conditioning and much more. We focus on the latest evidence-based research and practical applications. Melius Performance Podcast brings you in-depth conversations with Business Leaders, PhDs, Medical Doctors, Coaches, Athletes, Researchers and Practitioners, to share their learnings to help you embody the meaning of Melius “To make better, to improve, in good style.” check us out at www.meliusconsulting.com.au

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S 4 Ep 8 – The Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN) and the Royal Society with Prof Russell Foster

In this episode, we welcome Russell Foster. Russell is Professor of Circadian Neuroscience, Director of the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute (SCNi) and Head of the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology at the University of Oxford. He is also a Fellow at Brasenose College.

Russell’s research spans the neurosciences, but his research is focused upon two questions: (i) How is environmental light detected and processed by vertebrate photoreceptors for the regulation of circadian rhythms? One of his key findings was the discovery of another class of photoreceptor within the vertebrate eye based upon a small number of photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (pRGCs). These pRGCs not only regulate circadian rhythms but also sleep & arousal states, heart-rate and pupil constriction; (ii) How are circadian rhythms generated and what happens when these systems break-down in disease and under abnormal environmental conditions?

Russell Chairs the Royal Society Public Engagement Committee, The Cheltenham Science Festival and is a Trustee of the Science Museum Group. He contributes to radio, television and writes newspaper articles. He has co-written three popular science books and is working on his fourth.

He is the co-author with writer and broadcaster Leon Kreitzman of two popular science books on circadian rhythms, Rhythms of Life: The Biological Clocks that Control the Daily Lives of Every Living Thing and Seasons of Life: The Biological Rhythms That Enable Living Things to Thrive and Survive. He has also co-written a book titled Sleep: a Very Short Introduction. You can read more about Russell on his Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Foster.

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S 4 Ep 7 – Chrononutrition with Alan Flanagan

In this episode, we welcome Alan Flanagan. Alan has an MSc in Nutritional Medicine, is currently pursuing his PhD, and is a former practising lawyer (Barrister) from Dublin, Ireland. Additionally, Alan runs Alinea Nutrition; an online education hub, dedicated to empowering others with clear, impartial, evidence-based knowledge and understanding about the science of nutrition. Additionally, Alan is the Research Communication Officer for Sigma Nutrition where he has written an excellent Sigma Statement on “How Sleep and Nutrition Interact”.

You can also read Alan’s recent published article entitled “Dietary Patters of Nurses on Rotational Shifts Are Marked by Redistribution of Energy into the Nightshift”.

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S 4 Ep 6 – Shiftwork, Fatigue and Meal Timing with Dr Charlotte Gupta

Season 4, Episode 6 welcomes back Dr Charlotte Gupta. Since her last appearance, Charlotte completed her PhD, which focused on different meal sizes during nightshift and their impacts on performance. In this episode, we cover Charlottes paper, entitled "Hot, Tired and Hungry: The Snacking Behaviour and Food Cravings of Firefighters during Multi-Day Simulated Wildfire Suppression". Additionally, we discuss Charlotte's current and future projects and research.

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S 4 Ep 5 – Travel, fatigue and jetlag in athletes with Professor Christa Janse van Rensburg

In this episode, we welcome Professor Christa Janse van Rensburg. Professor Janse Van Rensburg obtained her doctorate under the title “The effect of exercise training on the autonomic function, disease activity and functional capacity in females suffering from rheumatoid arthritis” in 2012 following her MMed (PhysMed) (Cum Laude), MSc Sports Medicine, and MBChB (Cum Laude), all from the University of Pretoria. She is an NRF rated researcher and has published widely in the areas of sports medicine and rheumatology, and to date has authored and co-authored over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Additionally, Professor Janse van Rensburg has accompanied many sports teams as a sports physician, both nationally and internationally. She was the team doctor for the national team to the Olympic Games in Athens. For both the FIFA Confederations Cup as well as the FIFA World Cup she was appointed as the Venue Medical Officer at Loftus. She was elected as Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and is currently the President of Exercise Medicine in South Africa.

In this episode, we discuss our most recent publication in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, entitled “How to Manage Travel Fatigue and Jet Lag in Athletes? A Systematic Review of Interventions”.

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Or contact her via email christa.jansevanrensburg@up.ac.za

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Sleep4Performance Radio, Special Episode - Mixed Martial Arts Strength, Conditioning and Recovery with Dr Carl Langan-Evans

In this special episode of Sleep4Performance radio, we welcome Dr Carl Langan-Evans. In this episode Carl and I discuss the contentious issues of strength and conditioning in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and recovery practices. Carl is no stranger to combat sports having competed at the top level in Taekwondo and winning a gold medal at the youth Olympics.

Carl was originally involved with the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences as an athlete on the Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) Sport Scholarship programme from 2004 until 2008. During his time as a scholar, Carl received a number of support services in the areas of physiology, biomechanics, psychology and nutrition to aid his competitive goals. After a year out Carl retired as an athlete in 2009 and began a Master of Research (MRes) in Exercise Physiology degree in late 2009 and to complement his sport-specific coaching gained a place on the LJMU strength & conditioning internship. After graduating in late 2011, Carl had gained his professional accreditation in strength & conditioning via the United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Association (UKSCA) and began PhD study in the area of 'the effects of rapid weight loss methods on the physiological, metabolic and hormonal profile of elite international Taekwondo athletes' in late 2012 before gaining a staff position as the sports science support officer for LJMU in early 2013.

In addition to his role at LJMU, Carl is also a high-performance Taekwondo coach for the Olympic Taekwondo Centre team and has provided consultancy as a trainer, coach and physiologist to a number of high-performance sports teams including those at the 2012 London Olympic Games.

You can get in contact with Carl via his email C.LanganEvans@ljmu.ac.uk

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S 4 Ep 4 – Sleep and Circadian Rhythm Dysfunction in Human Ischaemic Stroke with Elie Gottlieb

In this episode of S4P Radio, we welcome Elie Gottlieb. Elie is a final-year neuroscience PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne and Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental Health with a passion for clinical sleep and circadian rhythm research. Elie’s PhD examines the pathogenesis of post-stroke sleep architectural and circadian rhythm dysfunction using MRI, polysomnography, and melatonin assay. Additionally, Elie was a recipient of the Melbourne Research Scholarship working within Professor Amy Brodtmann’s clinical cognitive neuroscience and vascular neurodegeneration laboratory.

You can get in touch with Elie via twitter @ElieGottlieb

Or via his email elie.gottlieb@florey.edu.au

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Sleep4Performance Radio Special Episode –Ideas for managing your business during Covid-19 with Rachel Huber

In this special episode of Sleep4Performance radio, we welcome Rachel Huber. As a marketing professional and director of Bare Consulting, Rachel supports clients in the development of branding and other digital marketing services including logos, motion graphics, web design, social media strategies and more.

In this episode, we discuss how companies can shift their operations given the current circumstances, including the way they interact and deliver goods and services.

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Sleep4Performance Radio Special Episode – Solidarity against the Covid 19 with Dr John Illif

In this special episode of Sleep4Performance radio, we welcome Dr. John Illif. Appearing for the second time on S4P Radio, John is an Emergency Physician at St John of Gods Hospital and Medical Officer at the Royal Flying Doctor Service (WA). Joining us in self-isolation after returning from Ireland, we discuss all things Covid 19 including:

Its potential origins
Where it's headed
The effects on Health Care
Social Behaviour
How we can help fight the virus
The importance of routine, discipline, exercise and mental health
Checking in with friends, staying positive and working together

You can listen to John's previous episode of Sleep4Performance Radio at this link!

For more useful information on what to do during these unprecedented times, click on the link below!

Mental Health and Psychosocial Considerations During COVID-19 Outbreak

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S 4 Ep 3 – Sleep and Performance in Basketball with Jordan Fox

Welcome to Season 4 Episode 3 of Sleep4Performance Radio. Joining us for her first ever podcast, we welcome Jordan Fox. Having recently completed her PhD at the Central Queensland University in Australia, Jordan’s thesis investigates the association between workloads, sleep, and performance in basketball players. In addition to her research, Jordan works as an academic in Exercise and Sport Science.

In this episode, we discuss Jordan’s background, education, her PhD thesis and future aspirations. If you would like to read some of Jordan’s previous work, click on the links below!

A Review of Player Monitoring Approaches in Basketball: Current Trends and Future Directions

A Comparison of Training and Competition Demands in Semiprofessional Male Basketball Players

The Association Between Training Load and Performance in Team Sports: A Systematic Review

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S 4 E 2 - Open Water Swimming with Bec Johnson and Paul Blackbeard

In this episode of Sleep4Performance Radio, we welcome Bec Johnson and Paul Blackbeard. Returning as co-host for her second appearance on S4P Radio, Bec is the CEO and co-founder of the Type 1 Diabetes Family Centre, in Stirling, a non-profit that connects, supports and inspires people living with type 1 diabetes. Diagnosed with type 1 in 2001, Bec believes there are no limits to life with diabetes, and is undertaking a solo crossing of the 19.7km Rottnest Channel, the Port to Pub 25km Ultra and a double crossing of the Rottnest Channel in February, March and April 2020. Her campaign, Life without Limits, aims to raise $85,000 for the Type 1 Diabetes Family Centre.

With a range of board, senior management and strategic roles; Paul Blackbeard is Chairman of Echo Community Services, Owner of Argil International and Co-Founder of Zuberant Life. Additionally, Paul is a passionate swimmer who has achieved multiple records and been ranked number 1 in the world in 3 different water sports. In 2015, Paul was named as one of the 50 Greatest Watermen in Open Water Swimming History. In this episode, we cover all things Open Water Swimming including the Rottnest Channel Swim, training and motivation, diet and nutrition, strength and conditioning, recovery and more!

You can follow Bec on LinkedIn and Facebook. You can follow her Life without Limits swim campaign here and donate here.

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Recommendations and readings discussed throughout the episode:

Paul’s free application - https://apps.apple.com/au/app/wisdom-circle/id1296239401

BOHO beautiful yoga channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/cexercize/featured

Swimming Strong eBook - https://www.formidablestrength.com.au/ebooks

Bowflex Machine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMVDhv-c5Mg

S4P Radio previous episode feat. Bec Johnson – Diet and Performance as an Endurance Athlete with Type 1 Diabetes

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S4P Radio, Sleep Science Audio Abstract 13: A Critical Review of Consumer Wearables

In our first Audio Abstract for 2020, we review an article entitled “A Critical Review of Consumer Wearables, Mobile Applications, and Equipment for Providing Biofeedback, Monitoring Stress, and Sleep in Physically Active Populations”by Jonathon M. Peake, Graham Kerr and John P. Sullivan. The review summarises and evaluates the characteristics of a cross-section of technologies for health and sports performance according to what the technology is claimed to do, whether it has been validated and is reliable, and if it is suitable for general consumer use.

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S 4 Ep 1 - Circadian Rhythm and Light Therapy with Dr Myriam Juda

Welcome back to Sleep4Performance Radio Season 4! For our first instalment of the new season, we welcome Dr Myriam Juda. Myriam is a Vancouver-based consultant and research psychologist at the Simon Frazer University, specialising in circadian rhythms. With expertise in the sleep-wake cycle, shiftwork and light, Myriam has worked with some of the world’s largest companies, including Volkswagen, Arcelor-Mittal, Siemens and Osram. Additionally, Myriam is founder and director of Circadian Light Therapy; a business providing expertise in circadian rhythms and light therapy in pursuit of optimal sleep, performance and health.

In this episode, we discuss the health effects of daylight savings, the effects of light exposure on mental health, performance and basic physiology, Myriam’s current work and much more. For more information, you can follow or get in contact with Myriam at the links below!

http://circadianlighttherapy.com/

Facebook – Circadian Light Therapy

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Sleep4Performance Radio Special Episode – Fitness and Health with Jason Donaldson

For our final instalment of Sleep4Performance Radio in 2019, we welcome back Jason Donaldson. Jason is a highly experienced strength and conditioning coach with over a decade of experience. Having helped thousands of clients, Jason is dedicated to assisting people in rediscovering the enjoyment of health and fitness while aiming towards permanent results.

With multiple qualifications in Strength and Conditioning, CrossFit, Weightlifting, Endurance and Kettlebell training, Jason has coached people from all walks of life. Additionally, Jason works as Director of Training & Operations and Head Coach at Power Speed Endurance (PSE); a programming, coaching and educational platform for developing sports performance, fitness and health.

In this episode, we cover Jason’s work throughout 2019, keeping fit and healthy over the holiday period, and how we can kick off 2020 with a bang!

If you would like to get in touch or schedule a consult with Jason, you can contact him at https://powerspeedendurance.com/coaches/jason-donaldson/ or check out PSE’s twitter @PSEndurance. You can also listen to Jason’s previous podcast at this link!

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S 3 Ep 12 – Sleep and Mental Health with Dr Michael Grandner

Dr. Grandner is the Director of the Sleep and Health Research Program at the University of Arizona (UA), Director of the Behavioural Sleep Medicine Clinic at the Banner-University Medical Centre, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the UA College of Medicine, with joint appointments in the Departments of Medicine, Psychology (UA College of Science), Nutritional Sciences (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences), and Clinical Translational Science. In addition, he is a faculty member of the Neuroscience and Physiological Sciences Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs. He is certified in Behavioural Sleep Medicine by the American Board of Sleep Medicine and is a Diplomate in Behavioural Sleep Medicine by the Board of Behavioural Sleep Medicine.

Having published over 150 articles and chapters on issues relating to sleep and health, Michael’s work has been cited over 2500 times. His research focuses on how sleep and sleep-related behaviours are related to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, neurocognitive functioning, mental health and longevity.

Check out some of Michael’s papers at the following links:

‘Employment insecurity and sleep disturbance: Evidence from 31 European countries’

‘Mental health in elite athletes: International Olympic Committee consensus statement (2019)’

Follow Michael on Twitter @michaelgrandner or go to http://www.michaelgrandner.com/about.html

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S 3 Ep 11 – Dr David Cunnington, Sleep Physician

Dr David Cunnington is a specialist sleep physician delivering healthcare to individuals with complex sleep problems and promoting sleep health through education. He is the co-director of Melbourne Sleep Disorders Centre, a multi-disciplinary sleep clinic for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders.

David undertook training in sleep medicine both in Australia and in Boston at Harvard Medical School. In addition to training in sleep medicine, David has international qualifications in behavioural sleep medicine, using non-drug treatments to manage sleep. David regularly appears in print, radio and TV media as an expert commentator on sleep.

In this episode, we discuss David’s inspirations, studies and international work, along with current research, new technologies and future advancements in the measurement of sleep. You can check out SleepHub, where David and his partner Kris provide information on all things sleep including; trending topics, tools and tips, the Sleep Talk Podcast and much more!

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S4P Radio, Sleep Science Audio Abstract 12: Sleep and Weight Cutting in Combat Sports Athletes

In our latest S4P Radio, Audio Abstract we review a new article published in the Journal of Exercise and Nutrition, entitled “The Effect of Water Loading for Acute Weight Loss Following Fluid Restriction on Sleep Quality and Quantity in Combat Sports Athletes”. Combat sport athletes commonly engage in established and novel acute weight-loss strategies to achieve weight division targets. The effect of such practices on sleep is unknown. Methods: Twenty-two combat sports athletes wore wrist actigraphy devices for nine nights during a training camp and completed questionnaires assessing daytime sleepiness, insomnia, sleep apnoea and chronotype. Athletes were assigned to a control (CG) or water loading group (WLG). Both followed a low residue diet for 96h, and restricted fluid for 24h before weigh-in. Prior to restriction, the CG consumed 40ml/kg and WLG consumed 100ml/kg fluid daily.

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Season 3 Ep 10 – Nutrition and Shiftwork with Charlotte Gupta

The latest episode of Sleep4Performance Radio welcomes Charlotte Gupta. Charlotte has recently submitted her PhD at the University of South Australia. Her research focuses on shiftwork, fatigue countermeasure, cognitive performance and meal timing. In this episode we discuss diet and nutrition around shift workers and how we can eat for performance while working shiftwork.

You can check out some of Charlotte's research at this link!

Follow Charlotte on Twitter @cc_gupta or contact her via the email below.

charlotte.gupta@unisa.edu.au

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Season 3 Ep 9 - Athletes and Sleep with Dr. Meeta Singh

In our latest episode of Sleep4Performance Radio, we welcome Dr. Meeta Singh. Meeta is the Service chief of the sleep medicine, and section head and medical director at the Henry Ford sleep laboratory in Michigan. She did her training in psychiatry at the Mayo clinic and a sleep fellowship at the Henry Ford Hospital. She is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (under the American Board of Medical Specialties) as a psychiatrist and sleep medicine sub-specialist. She is a member in good standing of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine the Sleep Research Society

Meeta has served as a consultant for multiple NFL, MLB, NHL, and NBA teams. She has also worked with college sports teams. As part of this service, Meeta performs athletic sleep assessments with personalized prescriptions for better sleep. She also helps sports teams and athletes with their travel management with a focus on addressing sleep deprivation and jet lag and maximizing athletic performance. Her passion is lecturing and educating teams and athletes about the benefits of sleep on performance. She is also a speaker at national conferences aimed at educating physicians and business organisations about this subject.

Follow Dr. Meeta Singh on twitter @athletesleepmd1

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Sleep4Performance Radio special episode – Esports with Daniel Bonnar and Beau Melia

In this special episode we have our biggest cast to date, a 4-way conversation with Daniel Bonnar, Beau Melia, Dr. Ian Dunican and S4P editor/producer Ricky Krstic. Returning for his second appearance on S4P Radio, Daniel Bonnar is a clinical psychologist and Masters graduate of the insomnia research group at Flinders University, South Australia. He is currently working on his PhD entitled “Sleep and Performance in Esports” and collaborating with Esports researches from the Queensland University of Technology. Daniel is also undertaking performance-based work in collaboration with Beau Melia, Managing Director of Perth based Esports team, Ground Zero.

In this podcast we discuss all things Esports ranging from its current status, to the growth and potential future of Esports.

You can check out Daniels previous podcast and S4P blog and find links to his publications here and here. You can also contact Daniel at dkbonnar@hotmail.com and LinkedIn.

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https://www.facebook.com/GroundZeroOCE/

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S 3 Ep 8 – Sleep and Fatigue Offshore with Vanessa Riethmeister

Season 3, Episode 8 of Sleep4Performance welcomes Vanessa Riethmeister. In 2011, Vanessa obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology followed by her Master of Science in Industrial and Organisational Psychology in 2014. In addition to her Psychology degree, Vanessa also completed a Research Master Program of Clinical and Psychosocial Epidemiology at the University Medical Centre Groningen, The Netherlands. In April 2019, Vanessa obtained her PhD entitled “Sleep and Fatigue Offshore”.

Currently, Vanessa is employed as a Health, Safety and Environmental Business Solutions Analyst at the Royal Dutch Shell Headquarters in The Hague, The Netherlands. Her current job tasks involve developing and supporting innovative data visualisation and digitalisation approaches for management and reporting/analyses of health, safety and environmental data.

If you would like to get in touch with Vanessa, you can contact her via email.

Vanessa.Riethmeister@shell.com

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Sleep4Performance Radio, Special Episode – Swimming the English Channel with Cyrus Milne

In the special episode of Sleep4Performance radio we welcome 17-year-old, Cyrus Milne. Having previously completed the 36 km English Channel Swim in a 4-person team, along with numerous solo events such as the Rottnest Channel Swim (20km swim). and the Port to Pub (25km swim).

Cyrus has his sights set on completing a solo crossing of the English Channel in August 2020. In this podcast, joined by his mother Kelly, we discuss Cyrus swimming achievements, training, getting through solo swims, jellyfish, sharks, planning, preparation and expenses.

You can support Cyrus in his endeavour in several ways. For example, if you wish to promote your business, Cyrus will add your logo to his website and on his support boat banner during his crossing. Get in contact with us to discover all options to support Cyrus. In addition, Cyrus will be raising money for the Epilepsy WA foundation.

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Season 3 Ep 7 – Circadian Rhythms with Professor Sean Cain

Season 3, Episode 7 of Sleep4Performance welcomes professor Sean Cain from Monash University. Stemming from a background in psychology, neuroscience and behavioural neuroscience, Sean currently works as a circadian biologist specialising in depression and light and is president of the Australasian Chronobiology Society. In this episode we discuss sleep and circadian rhythms, and how they impact people’s lives, mood, behaviour, exercise and shift work.

You can check out Sean’s paper titled: High sensitivity and interindividual variability in the response of the human circadian system to evening lightand follow him on Twitter @circadian247 or Sean W. Cain on Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-w-cain-3360b512/

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S3 Ep 6 - Sleep and Fatigue Research with Dr. Raymond Matthews

Season 3, Episode 6 of Sleep4Performance welcomes Dr Raymond Matthews, a sleep and fatigue researcher at the Behaviour-Brain-Body Research Centre at the University of South Australia. Dr Matthews’ research interests in sleep and fatigue stem from a background in military.

Dr Matthews completed his PhD in Psychology at the Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia, as well as a BSc and BHSc with Honours in Psychology at the University of Adelaide. After being awarded the Tony Winefield PhD Prize for the best PhD thesis, Dr Matthews undertook simulation-based research at the Appleton Institute for Behavioural Science, Central Queensland University. This was followed by a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the prestigious Karolinska Institute in Sweden. During his time in Sweden, Dr Matthews was also integral in the development, validation and deployment of cutting edge sleep technologies.

Dr Matthews leads research programs focused on the interactions of the sleep and circadian systems, the effects of sleep loss and shift work and the ways people protect themselves against fatigue-related errors using scheduling and countermeasures.

You can check out this extract from Rays’ PhD thesis titled: Sleep, Wake and the Internal Body Clock: Homeostatic and Circadian Interactions on Performance or email him for any further questions!

Raymond.Matthews@unisa.edu.au

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S4P Radio, sleep science audio abstract review 11: Sleep practices implemented by team sport coaches and sport science support staff.

In our latest S4P audio abstract, we look at a new publication from the journal of science and medicine in sport titled “Sleep practices implemented by team sport coaches and sports science support staff: A potential avenue to improve athlete sleep?”. Written by Kathleen Miles, the aim of the study was to assess sleep hygiene knowledge of high-performance team sport coaches and sports science support staff, the sleep practices they implement with athletes; and the barriers to the more frequent use of these practices. You can access Kathleen’s paper at the link below, along with some important information from the Sleep Health Foundation, on good sleep habits and how to achieve them!

Sleep practices implemented by team sport coaches and sports science support staff: A potential avenue to improve athlete sleep? - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30685228

Good Sleep Habits - https://www.sleephealthfoundation.org.au/pdfs/Good-Sleep-Habits.pdf

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Miles KH, Clark B, Fowler PM, Miller J, Pumpa KL. Sleep practices implemented by team sport coaches and sports science support staff: A potential avenue to improve athlete sleep? J Sci Med Sport. 2019 Jan 19. pii: S1440-2440(18)31239-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2019.01.008. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30685228.

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In this special episode of sleep4performance radio we are joined by our good friend Dr. Marc Bubbs. Dr. Marc Bubbs ND, MS(c), CISSN, CSCS is a Naturopathic Doctor, Speaker, Performance Nutrition Lead for Canada Basketball and former Strength Coach. Dr. Bubbs is the author of the new book Peak: The new science of performance that is revolutionizing sports - An integrated and personalized approach to athlete health, nutrition, recovery and mindset (released May 24th, 2019). Dr. Bubbs is a regular contributor to Breaking Muscle, and a nutrition advisory board member for Strong Magazine. He has been working with athletes, active people and clients striving to improve their health for almost two decades, using an evidence-based approach to nutrition, movement, and lifestyle modifications. Dr. Bubbs regularly presents at health, fitness and medical conferences across Canada, USA, UK and Europe and consults with professional sports teams in the NBA, NFL, NHL and MLB.

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Amazon Book Link - https://www.amazon.com/Peak-Science-Athletic-Performance-Revolutionizing/dp/1603588094/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=peak+and+dr+bubbs&qid=1556839271&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spell

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Welcome to Season 3 Episode 5. This extended episode brings us Cork based Sport Scientist (B.Sc.) Ciaran O’Regan! Philosopher, fighter, psychologist, strength and conditioning coach—Ciaran is a man of many talents. Ciaran has competed in high-level athletics, rugby, boxing and kickboxing; his interests include Stoicism, Buddhism and Taoism. In this episode, we cover all the above along with our usual discussion around sleep and performance. As a coach at Sigma Nutrition, The King of Cork also spends his days studying through Mac-nutrition University and runs his own website Quarrelsome life. Follow Ciaran and check out some of his recent work at links below!

https://complementarytraining.net/the-mileage-fallacy-in-running/

http://www.quarrelsomelife.com/

https://sigmanutrition.com/

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Season 3, Episode 4 welcomes Oscar Lederman. What was initially meant to be one of our monthly Audio Abstracts, the information presented to us by Oscar was too good to pass up! Having recently completed his PhD at the University of NSW, Oscars thesis gives a great insight on how we can improve the physical and mental health of young people in the early stages of psychosis, namely through exercise and lifestyle interventions.

As an Exercise Physiologist at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney, Oscar gives a unique approach on how we can use exercise as a means to treat chronic health conditions, with his research focusing heavily on physical activity for mental illness. Along with his current commitments to work and research, Oscar also has previous experience in Physiotherapy and spent over four years as a Senior Surf Instructor with Let’s Go Surfing in Bondi Beach, Australia.

You can follow Oscar on Twitter @OscarLederman or check out some of his research at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Oscar_Lederman. Hope you enjoy the episode!

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After a short hiatus from Audio Abstracts we are back covering some new and interesting literature. In this episode of S4P we cover an article from the Washington Post titled “Weekend ‘catch-up sleep’ is a lie”. The article was written based on a paper called “Ad libitum Weekend Recovery Sleep Fails to Prevent Metabolic Dysregulation during a Repeating Pattern of Insufficient Sleep and Weekend Recovery Sleep” and looks at the effects of people who commonly increase their sleep duration on the weekend to recover from sleep loss incurred during the work week. You can access both at the links below!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/02/28/weekend-catch-up-sleep-is-lie/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d32ceaf42ff0

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)30098-3

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Season 3’s third instalment welcomes Lachlan Giles. With a PhD in physiotherapy and a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Lachlan is a world-renowned competitor appearing in international Jiu Jitsu competitions such as EBI, Polaris and ADCC. Famous amongst the Jiu Jitsu community, Lachlan also owns and operates Absolute MMA, a world class mixed martial arts school in Melbourne, Australia. In this episode we discuss how Lachlan achieves balance in life as a competitor and business owner, mixed in with study, research and travel.

Follow Lachlan on Instagram @Lachlan_giles, where you can check out his series of detailed instructional videos.

Also catch more from Lachlan and his school, Absolute MMA on their YouTube channel. Absolute MMA St Kilda – Melbourne

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In this episode I have the privilege of talking with the great Roger Ekirch. Roger was a great guest on the podcast, and it was a joy to talk to Roger about the history of sleep. We discuss the change in how we sleep since the industrial revolution and how we may not sleep so well sleep since the invention of electricity. I really enjoyed this conversation with Roger, I hope you do too.

Please click on the link to listen to my podcast episode with Professor Roger Ekirch “The History of Sleep” Season 3, Episode 2 of Sleep4Performance radio.

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Roger Ekirch Professor, Department of History Virginia Tech email: arekirch@vt.edu www.history.vt.edu/ekirch

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In this episode of S4P we take a look at "Do players and staff sleep more during the pre- or competitive season of elite rugby league?" by Johnpaul Caia, Tannath J. Scott, Shona L. Halson & Vincent G. KellyThis study establishes the sleep behaviour of players and staff during the pre- and competitive seasons of elite rugby league. For seven days during both the pre- and competitive seasons, seven rugby league players and nine full-time staff from one professional Australian rugby league club had their sleep monitored via wrist actigraphy and self-report sleep diaries. Two-way repeated measures analysis of variance determined differences between the pre- and competitive season in players and staff, with effect sizes (ES) used to interpret the practical magnitude of differences. Findings show an earlier bedtime and wake time for players (−34 min, ES = 1.5; ±0.5 and −39 min, 2.1; ±0.5 respectively) and staff (−29 min, ES = 0.8; ±0.3 and −35 min, ES = 1.7; ±0.4 respectively) during pre-season when compared to the competitive season. Despite this, no differences were seen when considering the amount of time in bed, sleep duration or sleep efficiency obtained between the pre- and competitive seasons. Our results suggest that early morning training sessions scheduled during pre-season advances wake time in elite rugby league. However, both players and staff can aim to avoid reductions in sleep duration and sleep efficiency with subsequent adjustment of nighttime sleep patterns. This may be particularly pertinent for staff, who wake earlier than players during both the pre- and competitive seasons.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28585467

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In this opening episode of Season 3, I speak with Dr John P. Sullivan. John is a Sport Scientist and Clinical Sports Psychologist. He has over twenty years of clinical and scholarly experience, including his work with the New England Patriots in the National Football League (NFL) for sixteen years assisting with the coordination of sport science and clinical care. Dr Sullivan’s experience also includes such work within the National Basketball Association, Major League Soccer, British Premier Football League, Premier Rugby League, Australian Football League and Olympic national teams. He is an expert consultant for the elite military of the Department of the Navy and law enforcement in regard to performance and welfare needs.

As the Clinical Sport Psychologist/Sport Scientist for Providence College and the University of Rhode Island, he maintains positions in Sports Medicine and Sport Science. He is also the Assistant Director of the South County Sports Medicine Concussion Clinic in Wakefield, Rhode Island. Dr Sullivan is a visiting scholar/sport scientist at the Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS)/Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). Dr. Sullivan also serves as an Instructor/Supervisor for Brown University Medical School Sports Medicine Fellowship.

He provides consultation to the NFL office on issues related to well-being and performance and is a member of the mental/behavioural health advisement group. Dr Sullivan was one of five national experts identified by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to provide expert contribution to new guidelines for the NCAA Sports Medicine Handbook, and he is the co-lead author for the interdisciplinary consensus statement regarding the treatment of mental health issues with student-athletes, which is sponsored by the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) and the NCAA. Dr Sullivan also serves as a Scientific Advisory for five sport technology companies providing support and oversight throughout the development process.

He has co-authored three recent chapters; the first on the merging of technology, neuroscience, biofeedback, and sport/performance psychology in Sport psychology: On the way to the Olympic Games; and the second chapter focusing on well-being and mental health issues in athletes within fundamental concepts in sport and exercise psychology; A project sponsored by the International Society of Sport Psychology, and the third chapter for the American Psychological Association (APA) book - Career Paths in Psychology: Where Your Degree Can Take You 3rd edition - focusing on working in sport and the role of Sport Psychologists and properly defining the title, role, and credentials.

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Diagnosed with type 1 in 2001, Bec is passionate about making a positive change in the type 1 community. She holds qualifications in Law and Arts (UWA), a Masters in Public Health (USyd), and a Diploma of Business (Governance). Bec is an Adjunct Research Fellow at Curtin University, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Community Directors and a Fellow of Leadership WA. She is the only Australian to have been selected as one of the 100 Fellows of the global Facebook Community Leadership Program. Bec believes that there are no limits on life with type 1 diabetes, and she has swum solo across the 20-kilometre Rottnest Channel, sailed across the Atlantic, and become a SCUBA dive guide to prove it.

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All money raised will go towards supporting the Type 1 Family Centre https://www.type1familycentre.org.au/

Recommended reading that we discussed during this episode

The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance
The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living
Dr Bernstein's Diabetes Solution

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This was an awesome podcast with the great K.Bradford Cooper, AKA Brad

Brad's background in his own words.....It's been a fascinating ride over the past 50+ years, with certainly many more opportunities than deserved. I've looked to make the most of each of them be the catalyst in helping others move toward #BetterThanYesterday through optimizing human potential within the realities of life. Highlights include:

*30+ years of experience in health & wellness, including CEO of US Corporate Wellness (since 2007) Co-founder of the Catalyst Coaching Institute (2011), and 3 decades as a licensed Physical Therapist & Certified Athletic Trainer

*Extensive educational foundation, including dual Masters degrees (MSPT & MBA) along with current PhD candidacy (targeting 2020 completion)

*Author of five books, national columnist since 2000, two-plus decades of speaking experience at events across all 50 states and the UK, and featured in the documentary film Godspeed, which was seen in 600 theatres nationwide in 2018

*Generously identified by multiple publications as the "World's Fittest CEO" based on back to back to back results in the Race Across America, Ironman Triathlon and Marathon

Along the way, I've fallen deeper in love with my bride of 26 years, treasured being Dad to 3 incredible kids, secured 2 US Patents for an invention, completed 11 Ironmans (4 times at Kona), have met some amazing people and realized how much there still is to learn and do!

US Corporate Wellness (USCorporateWellness.com) is the premier national provider of personalized employee wellness programs and one of only 8 national firms to earn Full Accreditation as a Comprehensive Wellness Provider through URAC.

The Catalyst Coaching Institute (CatalystCoachingInstitute.com) offers the CWC (Certified Wellness Coach) certification and MCWC (Master Certified Wellness Coach) to coaches across the globe

Email: bcooper@uscorporatewellness.com

Twitter: @Catalyst2Thrive

Website: www.USCorporateWellness.com and at https://www.catalystcoachinginstitute.com/

Podcast: Catalyst Health & Wellness Coaching Podcast on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/catalyst-health-wellness-coaching-podcast/id1434101390

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Ian C. Dunican, Jennifer Walsh, Charles C. Higgins, Maddison J. Jones, Kathleen Maddison, John A. Caldwell, Hillman David & Peter R. Eastwood (2018) Prevalence of sleep disorders and sleep problems in an elite super rugby union team, Journal of Sports Sciences, DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2018.1537092

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of sleep disorders in an elite rugby union team using in-laboratory polysomnography (PSG) and sleep questionnaires. Twenty-five elite rugby union players underwent a night of PSG during the “off-season” of the Super Rugby competition to assess their sleep. Of interest were measurements that detected the presence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA; apnea-hypopnea index ≥5 events/hr) and the presence of moderate-severe periodic leg movements during sleep (PLMs; ≥15 events/hr). Players completed sleep-related questionnaires to assess daytime sleepiness, perception of insomnia, risk of OSA, and the presence of restless legs syndrome (RLS) and underwent basic anthropometric assessments including body mass index and neck circumference. OSA was present in 24% (n=6) of players and PLMs ≥15 events/hr in 12% (n=3). Questionnaire responses showed that all players had insomnia defined subthreshold insomnia and excessive daytime sleepiness, two players were identified as being at risk for OSA and none were classified as having RLS. In conclusion, sleep disorders and excessive sleepiness are common in elite rugby union players. A process to identify and manage sleep disorders should be considered by teams to optimise their physical recovery, athletic performance and to safeguard their health.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02640414.2018.1537092?journalCode=rjsp20

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In this episode we discuss Fatigue, alcohol and performance. This extra long link will allow you to open the paper :)

https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=17&ved=2ahUKEwjy9paGiYjeAhUUZt4KHSPnBxw4ChAWMAZ6BAgBEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fdspace.library.uu.nl%2Fbitstream%2Fhandle%2F1874%2F10431%2Ffrenkel_97_entropy_face-centred_cubic.pdf%3Fsequence%3D1&usg=AOvVaw24ki3KNJlUzMXc65Ex7WA5

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In this episode we take a look at sleep in a fly in fly out mining operation.

Abstract: Good sleep is essential for optimal performance, yet few studies have examined the sleep/wake behaviour of elite athletes. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of early-morning training on the amount of sleep obtained by world-class swimmers. A squad of seven swimmers from the Australian Institute of Sport participated in this study during 14 days of high-intensity training in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games. During these 14 days, participants had 12 training days, each starting with a session at 06:00 h, and 2 rest days. For each day, the amount of sleep obtained by participants was determined using self-report sleep diaries and wrist-worn activity monitors. On nights that preceded training days, participants went to bed at 22:05 h (s=00:52), arose at 05:48 h (s=00:24) and obtained 5.4 h (s=1.3) of sleep. On nights that preceded rest days, participants went to bed at 00:32 h (s=01:29), arose at 09:47 h (s=01:47) and obtained 7.1 h (s=1.2) of sleep. Mixed model analyses revealed that on nights prior to training days, bedtimes and get-up times were significantly earlier (p

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In this weeks Audio Abstract Review we we take a look at Sleep or swim? Early-morning training severely restricts the amount of sleep obtained by elite swimmers.

Good sleep is essential for optimal performance, yet few studies have examined the sleep/wake behaviour of elite athletes. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of early-morning training on the amount of sleep obtained by world-class swimmers. A squad of seven swimmers from the Australian Institute of Sport participated in this study during 14 days of high-intensity training in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games. During these 14 days, participants had 12 training days, each starting with a session at 06:00 h, and 2 rest days. For each day, the amount of sleep obtained by participants was determined using self-report sleep diaries and wrist-worn activity monitors. On nights that preceded training days, participants went to bed at 22:05 h (s=00:52), arose at 05:48 h (s=00:24) and obtained 5.4 h (s=1.3) of sleep. On nights that preceded rest days, participants went to bed at 00:32 h (s=01:29), arose at 09:47 h (s=01:47) and obtained 7.1 h (s=1.2) of sleep. Mixed model analyses revealed that on nights prior to training days, bedtimes and get-up times were significantly earlier (p

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In this weeks episode we take a look at a review paper on Cannabis, Cannabinoids, and Sleep: a Review of the Literature. You can access the full paper here via ths link https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/28349316/

The current review aims to summarize the state of research on cannabis and sleep up to 2014 and to review in detail the literature on cannabis and specific sleep disorders from 2014 to the time of publication.

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In this weeks episode we review a paper I had published earlier this year.

Laboratory and home comparison of wrist-activity monitors and polysomnography in middle-aged adults.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41105-017-0130-x

Accurate measurement of time at lights out is essential for calculation of several measures of sleep in wrist-activity monitors. While some devices use subjective reporting of time of lights out from a sleep diary, others utilise an automated proprietary scoring algorithm to calculate time at lights out, thereby negating the need for a sleep diary. This study aimed to compare sleep measures from two such devices to polysomnography (PSG) measures (In laboratory) and against each other when worn at home (At home). Fifty middle-aged adults from the Raine Study underwent overnight PSG during which they wore an ActiGraph™ and a Readiband™. They also wore both devices at home for 7 nights. The Readiband uses an automated proprietary algorithm to determine time at lights out whereas the ActiGraph requires completion of a sleep diary noting this time. In laboratory, compared to PSG: Readiband underestimated time at lights out, sleep onset, and wake after sleep onset, overestimated sleep latency and duration (p

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An old recording from a discussion with my friend Dr Reid Reale in Essen, Germany last year. The sound quality is not great within this episode from my side but Reid comes across loud and clear with some great wisdom on making weight in combat sports. I hope you enjoy this special epsiode.

Check out Reid's website http://combatsportsnutrition.com

Check out some of his great resources on his site.

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In this week's sleep science audio abstract we take a look at the adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). ACE represents substantial threats to public health and affect about 58% of youth in the US. In addition to their acute effects such as injury and physical trauma, ACEs are associated with an increased risk of several negative health outcomes throughout the life course. Emerging evidence suggests sleep disorders may be one such outcome, but existing studies have not been systematically reviewed and summarized. This systematic review summarizes the evidence concerning the relationship between ACEs and sleep disorders and disturbances, with a focus on adult women.

Adverse childhood experiences are associated with adult sleep disorders: a systematic review https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4635027/

More information on ACE https://www.samhsa.gov/capt/practicing-effective-prevention/prevention-behavioral-health/adverse-childhood-experiences

Take the ACE questionairre here https://www.ncjfcj.org/sites/default/files/Finding%20Your%20ACE%20Score.pdf

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Access the full paper here: The Effects of Sleep Extension on Sleep, Performance, Immunity and Physical Stress in Rugby Players https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/6/2/42/htm

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Rob Wilson comes from a formal education in manual therapy with 15+ years of experience as both a practitioner and teacher. He resides in Virginia Beach, VA with his wife Thomi where they have owned and operated CrossFit Virginia Beach since 2006.In the past decade and a half Rob has had the good fortune to work with an enormous variety of athletes ranging from amatuer, nationally and internationally ranked athletes in everything from power lifting and sailboat racing, to individuals in the US Naval Special Warfare Program.

Rob truly enjoys working with the tactical communities of the U.S. Armed Forces. Over the course of his career he has had the honor to help serve many active duty service members and veterans, through both his private human performance consultation work, and through groups like the Resiliency Project – which seek to further the resources available to military groups.

Prior to creating the Art of Breath series with Brian Mackenzie, where they work closely with Stanford Universities Neuroscience department, Rob was an original member of the world renowned MobilityWod staff under the direction of Dr. Kelly Starrett. Dr. Starrett and MobilityWOD was influential in Rob’s development as a professional in the human performance sector. Rob is a passionate teacher to the core. Throughout the course of his career as a manual therapist and coach one thing became abundantly clear; it’s better to teach a person to fish. Without education athletes are left to unknowingly repeat patterns of behavior that may not be pursuant to the actual desired outcome. That is to say the best remedy is often learning. Rob’s journey is about developing a deeper understanding of human performance to better serve those who wish to actualize their potential.

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Dr John Iliff is an Emergency Medicine, Senior Registrar based in Perth, WA. An Irishman who was educated in Dublin he moved to Australia in 2012 to further his training in the field of Critical Care Medicine. Specifically seeking training in the field of Emergency Medicine. Whilst in Perth he has spent time in Intensive Care (Not as a patient), Anaesthesia and Paediatric Emergency Medicine, whilst maintaining his keen interest in Sports Medicine having previously been involved in SuperRugby as a Team Doctor. Having worked in Emergency Departments for many years John has become accustomed to working night shifts and understands the importance of good sleep hygiene and is a firm believer that with performance in the workplace is easily linked to sleep quality. Follow John on Twitter @johnnyiliff

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Ven Dr Buddharakkhita is Irish native, BSc & PhD from University College Dublin with a Diploma in Buddhism from ITBMU Myanmar.

He has enjoyed a successful engineering career in semiconductor chip fabrication. He has practiced meditation extensively in lay life since childhood. He first ordained in 2006 in the Theravada Forest Tradition with two decades of training with renowned meditation masters across a range of practices. He has more than 30 years experience living, working and practicing meditation in Europe, US, Asia and Australia. His teaching has been well received.

Emai Buddharakkhita on : knowtheheart@gmail.com

Knowing the heart talk on You Tube https://youtu.be/09SCzptegoE

Gratitude talk on You Tube https://youtu.be/oIohofxuIZc

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Ian Prior is the Captain of the new revamped Western Force. Prior’s reliability and consistent play have been an invaluable asset for the Force. His quick-footed play makes him a major threat on the attacking end and alongside his golden boot Prior will be sure to continue to keep team’s honest throughout the season. Prior returned to the Western Force following a brief stint with Harlequins in the English Premiership. In this episode Ian speaks about managing sleep and recovery as a professional athlete and the importance he has placed on it in recent years.

Representative Honours include Australian U20s – 2010, Queensland Reds – 2010-2011, ACT Brumbies – 2012-2013, Western Force – 2014-Present and Perth Spirit – 2014-Present Follow Ian on Twitter @ianprior90 Don't forget to subscribe to Sleep4Performance Radio on ITunes or Podbean and if you like the episodes, please leave a review.

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Associate Professor Siobhan Banks is Co-Director of the Behaviour-Brain-Body Research Centre at the University of South Australia. Siobhan Banks received her Ph.D. from Flinders University of South Australia in 2004 and undertook a post-doctoral fellowship at the University Of Pennsylvania before joining the faculty in the School of Medicine as a Research Assistant Professor in 2006. In 2009 she returned to Australia with a Fellowship for Women in Science from the University of South Australia. Banks' current research sits at the nexus of biology (fatigue and circadian rhythms), behaviour (individual and team performance) and technology (human centre design). Her research focuses on the impact of sleep deprivation and shift work on psychological and physiological functioning and how countermeasures may be used to prevent the deleterious effects of disturbed sleep, in particular novel technologies, dietary interventions, napping and caffeine. She has expertise in the objective measurement of fatigue and with designing tools and protocols to investigate the biological and behavioural responses to sleep deprivation, irregular work hours and stress. Her research has been funded by a range of government and industry sources including NHMRC, NIH, The US Air Force Office of Scientific Research, NASA National Space and Biomedical Research Institute, Beyond Blue, SA Department of Health and Aging and DST-Group. She has received over $6M in research funding during her career, ranging from basic to applied research. This work has been cited over 4000 times (GoogleScholar). Banks is on the editorial board of the specialty journal SLEEP, has been awarded a South Australian Young Tall Poppy Science Award (2010) and the Sleep Research Society Young Investigator Award (2011) and she also serves on the Sleep Health Foundation Board of Directors.

Contact Siobhan Email: Siobhan.Banks@unisa.edu.au Twitter: @DrSiobhanBanks LinkdedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siobhan-banks-64419419/

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Dr Melissa J Ree, Clinical Psychologist, BSc (Hons) MPsych (Clinical) PhD

Melissa’s main specialty is in the psychological management of adults with Insomnia and sleep difficulties. Melissa also works with many patients who are struggling with anxiety problems, low mood, and low self-esteem.

“Generally, my approach to psychological treatment is 'here and now' focussed, although past issues will be discussed when appropriate. I use evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).”

Melissa completed a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology and a Ph.D. with distinction at University of Western Australia in 2001. After her Ph.D. Melissa worked at the University of Oxford as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry. During this time, she worked on a treatment trial of Cognitive Therapy for Chronic Insomnia. Since returning to Perth Melissa has continued to be active in treatment, training, and research into psychological aspects of insomnia, anxiety, and depression and has published a number of papers on the subject and has written two treatment protocols for Insomnia. You can see her publications on Research Gate. Melissa works in both clinical and research roles at private psychiatric hospitals in Perth and has been in private practice since 2004.

In this episode we discuss; • Introduction and background • What is mindfulness? Is this just a waste of time? Is it a specific religion? • What is the difference between mindfulness and meditation? • Is this all related to stoic philosophy, Taoism and Buddhism? • What are the benefits of meditation and mindfulness? During the day and for sleep? • Do you recommend any western gurus to listen to? • Are apps or downloads any good to help guide you? If so, which ones do you recommend? • What is your favourite mindfulness/meditation book that you would recommend people read? • What book are you currently reading?

Contact Melissa at Sleep Matters https://www.sleepmattersperth.com

Jeffery & Ree Clinical Psychology https://www.jrpsych.com.au

Book links • Johann Hari, Lost Connections https://thelostconnections.com • Remains of the Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Remains_of_the_Day • How to Live a Good Life: Soulful Stories, Surprising Science, and Practical Wisdom Hardcover https://www.amazon.com/How-Live-Good-Life-Surprising/dp/1401948413

You can contact me at Dr Ian C Dunican Email: iandunican@sleep4performance.com.au www.sleep4performance.com.au Twitter @sleep4perform Podcast: https://sleep4performanceradio.podbean.com ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ian_C_Dunican LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-c-dunican-ph-d-mmineeng-mba-115b0a14/

How to Live a Good Life: Soulful Stories, Surprising Science, and Practical Wisdom

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In this episode I speak with Dr Corey Peacock PhD, CSCS, ACSM-CPT, CISSN. Dr. Corey Peacock is currently serving as the Head Performance Coach and Sports Scientist at Peacock Performance Inc. In this role, he is responsible for providing strength & conditioning, physiological analysis, and injury prevention methodologies for some of the world’s ‘Elite’ Combat Athletes including Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson, Volkan Oezdemir, Michael Chandler Jr, and Chris Algieri to name a few. He fulfilled this same role previously with MMA’s The Blackzilians. Prior to MMA, Dr. Peacock spent his time as a Strength and Conditioning Coach at the collegiate level, where he focused his application on Football. As a former collegiate football player, Corey graduated from Kent State University with a Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology. He works closely with many professionals from the NFL, NHL, MMA and NCAAF and is regarded as one of the top Performance Coaches and Sports Scientists in South Florida. Along with coaching, Dr. Peacock also serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance at Nova Southeastern University. As a researcher, he has contributed multiple peer-reviewed publications integrating the fields of exercise physiology, athletic performance, and supplementation. Dr. Peacock serves an Associate Editor for the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. He is also a Performance Consultant for both The International Society of Sports Nutrition and The Advanced Coaching Academy. In this episode we discuss: • Current role and educational background? • Athletes that you work with currently, MMA and other? • Where did you grow up? • What sport were you into as a kid? • Why did you pursue a PhD? • Do you get star struck working with such high-level athletes? • How important is sleep in the athlete recovery process? And if so, do the fighters take it seriously? • Do any of your athletes have sleep disorders and how do you help treat them? • Do you use any technologies to measure sleep? • Do you schedule training activities considering circadian biology? • Do you try to phase advance fighters for the main card? • What do you advocate for the week of a fight when they are weight cutting and have media obligations? • What do you typically focus on in camp, strength, skill, aerobic or anaerobic conditioning?

Follow or contact Corey Peacock Performance and Physiology https://peacockperformance.com Instagram: drcpeacock Twitter @DrCPeacock

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S4P Radio, Season 2, Episode 4 with Lama Surya Das on Tibetan Dream Yoga

Lama Surya Das is one of the foremost Western Buddhist meditation teachers and scholars. The Dalai Lama affectionately calls him “the American Lama”. He has spent over forty-five years studying Zen, Vipassana, Yoga, and Tibetan Buddhism with many of the great old masters of Asia, among them, some of the Dalai Lama’s own teachers. He is an authorized lama in the Tibetan Buddhist order, a leading spokesperson for Buddhism and contemporary spirituality, a translator, poet, meditation master, chant master, and spiritual activist. Lama Surya Das is the author of the international bestselling Awakening trilogy: Awakening the Buddha Within, Awakening to the Sacred andAwakening the Buddhist Heart, as well as his latest book, Make Me One with Everything: Buddhist Meditations To Awaken From The Illusion Of Separation and nine others.

In 1991 he established the Dzogchen Foundation and Dzogchen Retreats (www.dzogchen.org). In 1993,with the Dalai Lama, he founded the Western Buddhist Teachers Network and regularly organizes its International Buddhist Teachers’ Conferences. Today Lama Surya Das teaches and lectures around the world, conducting dozens of meditation retreats and workshops each year andis a regular contributor at The Huffington Postand Elephant Journal. His podcast “Awakening Now” can be found on the Be Here Now Network and his blog, Ask the Lamaat askthelama.com. Lama Surya’s lecture and retreat schedule can be viewed on his website surya.org. You can follow Lama on Facebook (Lama Surya Das), Twitter (@LamaSuryaDas), and Instagram (lamasuryadasusa). Lama Surya Das resides in Lexington, Massachusetts.

In this awesome episode of Sleep4Performanc Radio, Surya Das and I discuss Tibetan Dream Yoga and much more, including;

The basics of Buddhism
Did the Buddha talk about sleep?
How does meditation help you relax and reduce stress?
Why and how meditation helps you sleep?
Why does meditation make me less sleepy?
The benefits of meditation retreats.
Dream yoga, how it works?
The benefits of dream yoga in our waking life
How can people support the Dzogchen centre?

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In this episode I talk with Dr Shona Halson.Dr Shona Halson is the Senior Recovery Physiologist at the ‪Australian Institute of Sport and an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. Her work involves providing athletes with advice and assistance to minimise fatigue and maximise recovery, she is responsible for conducting applied research to evaluate techniques to reduce fatigue and increase recovery. Shona has worked closely with the Australian Dolphins and their specific preparation for the Rio Olympics. Shona has a wealth of experience in the area of fatigue and recovery and she spent a number of years working as the Recovery Centre Director for the Australian Olympic Committee.

Follow Shona on Twitter @ShonaHalson

And S4P @sleep4perform and contact me at iandunican@sleep4performance.com.au

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In this episode I speak with my friend Bram Connolly. Bram is an expert in both fields of crisis management and leadership.

He spent 20 years in the Australian Defence Force, 15 years of which were spent in the Australian Special Forces and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for leadership in combat in 2012.

Bram is the CEO of Hindsight Crisis Management and the founder and president of Warrior U (Pty Ltd) an enterprise that seeks to "mobilise and motivate the next generation", as well as an accomplished public speaker, tackling such topics as PTSD, Veteran victimisation and the changing face of terrorism. His position on these topics are underpinned by a Bachelor of International Studies, at the University of New England (UNE), majoring in societies and peace studies.

Bram is the author of "The Fighting Season" and "Off Reservation" both published by Allen and Unwin in 2016 and 2017 respectively. You can find links to purchase these and more information at http://www.bramconnolly.com and you can contact Bram at bram.connolly@me.com and follow Bram on Twitter @bramconnolly

As always follow me @sleep4perform and contact me at iandunican@sleep4performance.com.au

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Dr. Bender is Clinical Program Director of Athlete Services at the Centre for Sleep and Human Performance and is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary. She received her PhD and Master of Science degrees in Experimental Psychology from Washington State University specializing in sleep EEG.

Her current research focuses on optimizing sleep in Canadian Olympic Team athletes and the impact on performance. Her research interests stem from being an athlete herself; she is a Hall of Fame basketball player, has enjoyed some mountaineering, completed an Ironman in 2009, and currently runs after her 3 children who are all 5 and under. She is driven to help high-performers optimize sleep to enhance their well-being and productivity.

Catch her on Twitter @sleep4sport

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In this episode I address listener queries from a recent Webinar I conducted for the British Association of Sport and Exercise Scientists.

What are your favourite sleep supplements?
Any previous research on how the amount of sleep can impact on YOUNG CHILDREN?
Are short naps (30min) really the best way to recover or would you recommend longer napping time? Would it differ for match day?
As a PT I often start early finish late is napping or one long sleep a week the same as regular 8 hrs?
At what range of rest (hrs of sleep) is it deemed dangerous to train? (i.e high injury risk)
Best strategies to promote sleep in soccer players when kick off is 8pm
Can nutritional intake affect sleep?
Can u clarify what you mean by 'athlete', and to what extent ur principles apply to non-professional athletes?
Current gaps in research with regards to sleep and elite team sport athlete’s wellbeing.
Does sleep requirement change or just the type of sleep during high-volume training periods? how is this best managed?
How can we trust actigraphy data from a third party ie Fatigue science vs raw actigraphy data?
How do you get more Slow Wave Sleep? What if after analyzing the sleep cycles that although asleep you stay in your light sleep
How to deal with a jet lag
I am interested in the sleep strategies employed for prolonged military excursions.

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In this episode, I give an update on upcoming episodes, studies in progress, what has been happening so far, and my new business "Melius Consulting"

Links associated with this episode

Human Kinetics Webinar http://www.humankinetics.com/all-webinars/all-webinars/-sleep-and-performance

My Pacey Performance episode https://www.strengthofscience.com/pacey-performance-podcast/pacey-performance-podcast-174-ian-dunican/

Audio abstracts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPQnZIxHHEw&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLgqwkoucAQ&feature=youtu.be

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Tim Smithies recently completed his BSc (Hons) at the University of Western Australia. Supervised by Dr. Ian Dunican, Dr. Jennifer Walsh and Prof. Peter Eastwood, his honours project was with the former Super Rugby team (and most travelled professional sporting team in the world) the Western Force, and aimed to assess how long distance international travel affects the sleep of Super Rugby players. Furthermore, the project assessed how this travel can affect the team's game performance. Tim also plays premier grade cricket in Perth, and is travelling to the U.K. this year to play cricket.

You can contact Tim at tidasmi@gmail.com and obtain a copy of his thesis via email.

And as always contact Sleep4Performance at

iandunican@sleeep4performance.com.au

www.sleep4performance.com.au

twitter @sleep4perform

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Daniel Bonnar is a clinical psychologist and Masters graduate of the world class insomnia research group at Flinders University, South Australia. He currently works as a clinical psychologist treating children, adolescents and adults with sleep disorders at Jeffery and Ree Clinical Psychologists – Sleep Matters. He is a published researcher associated with Flinders University and has worked on international collaborations and been invited to peer review papers for scientific journals. The focus of his research over the last few years has been in the area of sleep and athletic performance.

Peer reviewed journal publications

Bonnar D, Bartel K, Kakoschke N, & Lang C. (2017). Sleep interventions designed to improve athletic performance and recovery: A systematic review of current approaches. Sports Medicine, 48(3), 683-703.
Bonnar D, & Gradisar M. (2015). Caffeine and sleep in adolescents: A systematic review. Journal of Caffeine Research, 5(3), 105-114.
Bonnar D, Gradisar M, Moseley L, Coughlin AM, Cain N, & Short MA. (2015). Evaluation of novel school-based interventions for adolescent sleep problems: Does parental involvement and bright light improve outcomes? Sleep Health, 1(1), 66 – 74.
Tlauka M, Donaldson P, & Bonnar D. (2015). Immediate and delayed recall of a small-scale spatial-array. Memory, 23(3), 420 – 426.

Conference Presentations

Cain, N., Bonnar, D., Moseley, L., Coughlin, A.M., Short, M. and Gradisar, M. (2014). Motivated to sleep in: A randomised controlled trial of motivational school-based sleep interventions for adolescents. 26th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Sleep Association and Australasian Sleep Technologists Association. Oct 2014.
Bonnar, D., Gradisar, M., Moseley, L., Coughlin, A.M. and Cain, N. (2014). Evaluation of school-based sleep interventions: Does adjunct bright light therapy and parental involvement improve treatment outcomes? 22nd Congress of the European Sleep Research Society. Tallinn, Estonia. Sep 2014.

Qualifications

Psych.(Clin.) (Flinders Univ., 2014); B.Sc.(Hon.) (Flinders Univ., 2012).

Contact Details

Ph: 6267 6033

E-mail: dkbonnar@hotmail.com

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Maddison graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor degree and Honours in Sport Science. In conjunction with the Western Australian Institute of Sport, she has been investigating the influence of evening electronic device use on sleep in athletes for her PhD, which is currently in the final review phase. Maddison has worked with a range of Olympic sports in the Physiology departments at the WA Institute of Sport and the Australian Institute of Sport, particularly with the Sailing and Rowing programs. An ex-rower herself, she has also coached high school rowing since 2009. She has recently moved to Brisbane and hopes to continue helping people improve their sleep and athletic performance.

Scientific work

Jones MJ, Peeling P, Dawson B, Halson S, Miller J, Dunican I, Clarke M, Goodman C, Eastwood P (2018). Evening electronic device use: The effects on alertness, sleep and next-day physical performance in athletes. Journal of Sports Sciences, 36(2), 162-170. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2017.1287936

Jones, M. J., Dunican, I. C., Murray, K., Peeling, P., Dawson, B., Halson, S.,Eastwood, P. R. (2018). The psychomotor vigilance test: a comparison of different test durations in elite athletes. J Sports Sci, 1-5. doi:10.1080/02640414.2018.1433443.

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In today’s episode, I speak to Johnpaul Caia from University of Queensland. John Paul is a performance scientist for the Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Club and is currently completing his PhD at the University of Queensland examining sleep and recovery methods in professional rugby league athletes. Prior to this, Johnpaul received his Bachelor's Degree and First-Class Honours in Human Movement from RMIT University, before completing his Master's Degree in Health and Sport Science at the University Memphis. Johnpaul has extensive sport science experience across multiple team sports at the professional, collegiate and junior levels and is interested strategies to improve the performance and recovery of athletes.

In this episode of S4P Radio we cover

Short introduction and background
Why and how did you get interested in sleep and performance research?
Can you give an overview of your research and the groups that you work with?
Why did you conduct this study? Can you explain rugby league players anthropometric characteristics?
There is very little on this subjective (few studies in NFL and ice hockey), What was the aim/s of the study?
Methods, how did you do this? Objective/subjective measures
What did you find?
Did the results surprise you, the team and the management?
What does this mean in the context of improving athletic performance?
What is your next project?
What is your “number one sleep do” and “sleep don’t” for listeners?

Contact Johnpaul

Email: Johnpaul.Caia@broncos.com.au

Twitter: @JohnpaulCaia

JPs research papers

Johnpaul Caia,Heidi R. Thornton, Vincent G. Kelly, Tannath J. Scott, Shona L. Halson, Balin Cupples, Matthew W. Driller. (2017) Does self-perceived sleep reflect sleep estimated via activity monitors in professional rugby league athletes?. Journal of Sports Sciences 0:0, pages 1-5.
Johnpaul Caia,Shona L. Halson, Tannath J. Scott, Vincent G. Kelly. (2017) Intra-individual variability in the sleep of senior and junior rugby league athletes during the competitive season. Chronobiology International 34:9, pages 1239-1247.
Andrew Scott, Johnpaul Caia, Riley Forbes, Vincent Kelly, Sleep disordered breathing and cephalometric predictors in an Australian rugby league team http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/50/suppl_61/PA2345, European Respiratory Journal 2017 50: PA2345.

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Luca Turrini is an ultra-runner athlete who runs marathons and ultramarathon on road, trails, around the track and even ran for 24 hours straight on a treadmill (breaking a Guinness World Record in the process)! For how crazy this may sound to many, most of the running he does is to raise funds for cancer prevention through his OUTRUNCANCER, not for profit.

More information on Luca https://www.outruncancer.com/about/meet-luca/

Contact Luca

Luca Turrini +61 (0) 40 6599821

Websites

https://www.lucaturrini.com

https://www.outruncancer.com

Twitter @outruncancer

Facebook www.facebook.com/outruncancer

What's the Outruncancer Corporate Treadmill Marathon: https://youtu.be/HTxw5GUU8pE

What's the 5in5 training program: https://www.lucaturrini.com/5marathonsin5days.html

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Ian Dunican has 20 yrs international professional experience in Health, Safety and Business Improvement in military, mining, rail, oil & gas, utilities. He is the Director of Melius Consulting/Sleep4Performance and a researcher with the University of Western Australia (UWA), where he works with elite sporting organisations/athletes to optimise performance with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and professional teams in Super Rugby, Australian Rules Football, Basketball and Martial Arts.

He regularly contributes to articles within the popular media and has been featured on the health report on ABC radio, numerous podcasts and has appeared on ABC television, Channel 7, Channel 10 and Channel 9 in Australia. He has authored and co-authored a number of scientific articles and technical reports and is a regular reviewer for scientific peer reviewed journals. He was a TEDxPerth 2017 speaker.

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Sleep4Performance Radio Episode #15

Fatigue Management in High Risk Industries (Mining, Oil, Gas, Aviation, Rail)

This week’s guest is Todd Dawson from Caterpillar (Yes, the company that makes big mining and construction equipment). Todd works with Caterpillar Safety Services as the Global Fatigue Solutions Manager.

Todd graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Biological Anthropology where he focused on circadian rhythms and hormones, writing a senior thesis on the effects of working night shift on human salivary cortisol. Todd went on to become a leader in the field of human fatigue management. Over the past 20 years he has worked all over the globe and in many industries implementing fatigue risk management systems, providing training to shiftworkers, and implementing technologies to mitigate fatigue. He also enjoys the great outdoors and is an avid fisherman and hunter as well as the occasional binge watcher of Vikings, Supernatural, Game of Thrones and documentaries. Todd currently lives just outside Boston, Massachusetts.

Contact Todd Dawson Fatigue Solutions Manager Caterpillar, Inc. Dawson_Todd_A@cat.com cell: 617-759-2117

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In this episode Jason returns to discuss how to stay fit and healthy over Christmas, how to use the breath to help your mental health and how to kick start the new year fitness goals.

Links to Jason and links discussed in the show

The Cell Coach

www.thecellcoach.com.au

www.thecellcoach.com.au/7dayfitnesschallenge.html

www.instagram.com/thecellcoach

www.facebook.com/jasdondonaldsonthecellcoach

Power Speed Endurance/The Art of Breath

www.powerspeedendurance.com

www.instagram.com/powerspeedendurance

www.facebook.com/powerspeedendurance

Meditation Apps

www.brain.fm

www.calm.com

The Oxygen Advantage - Patrick McKeown

www.oxygenadvantage.com

The Oxygen Advantage Book - http://amzn.to/2BKTxUE

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Go to www.sleep4performance.com.au for more information

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Over the past 5-years, Jacob has worked with mining, transportation, construction and professional sports organizations to apply wearable technology and bio-mathematical science to optimize human performance and to improve productivity, safety and health. Recently, Jacob and Fatigue Science have been actively supporting firms responsible for delivery of Europe's largest construction project: Crossrail a $19-billion, 118-kilometre railway line under development in London, UK, that at its peak employed some 14,000 people. Jacob is based in Toronto, Canada.

Contact Jacob

Jacob Fiedler,

Sales Director, Fatigue Science

jacob.fiedler@fatiguescience.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-fiedler/

+1 (604) 408-0085 x124

+44 (020) 3884 1061

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Oh yeah and if you want to see an awesome performance of Insomnia by the Faithless …watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bHLifwHrN0

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In this episode I discuss my recent TEDxPerth experience and address some recent questions from the audience, TEDx attendees and oteh commonly asked questions.

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"Matt and I initially met over coffee to talk about running, after our partners had suggested we meet. Six months later we were training for an 100km mountain ultramarathon and he went on to complete the race, having not run more than a half marathon previously. Through the course of the final stages of training, and the race itself, Matt was conned in to a sleep study by myself.

Matt is a father who enjoys gardening and getting out on the trails on the weekends. He has worked in small and large scale mining operations across Australia for 15 years, and also served in the Australian Army for 6 years. Check out www.sleep4performance.com.au feedback at iandunican@sleep4performance.com.au

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In this episode, I speak to Joanna about her Ph.D. research at UWA. Joanna has spent over a decade in the fitness industry including 6 years as the regional Master Coach for the Australian Institute of Fitness (WA). With over 15 years of dance training and conditioning experience, Joanna fills her passion for teaching as a pole dancing instructor. Joanna is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Western Australia and is conducting research into the science of pole dancing. The overall aim of her research is to build foundation knowledge on the psychological (participation motives and outcomes), physiological (metabolic and cardiovascular demand, fitness and body composition changes) and biomechanical (muscle activation, kinematics and injury surveillance) characteristics of pole dancing.

Pole dancing has become a popular form of physical activity over the last 10 years; however, little research has been devoted to understanding pole dancing as a form of physical activity from an exercise science perspective. The outcomes of Joanna’s research will this assist in educating the community, health professionals and studio owners on the associated benefits, limitations and risks of pole dancing; plus serve as a platform for future research to be conducted in the areas of pole dancing psychology, physiology and biomechanics.

Contact details and social media

Email: joanna.nicholas@uwa.edu.au

Mobile: 0403 732 905

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/poledancingresearch/?hl=en

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoannaCNicholas

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/153151078358475/

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joanna_Nicholas

Joanna is recruiting females for a training study looking at the effects of pole dancing on the body and mind. To be eligible participants must be female, over 18 years, uninjured and able to exercise, and have not participated in regular pole dancing classes in the past. Participants will attend a testing session at UWA completing a 2D DXA body composition scan, fitness tests and a survey. They will then attend two pole dancing classes a week (average 60 minutes in duration) for 8 weeks at a Perth-based studio before returning to UWA for follow up tests. Pole dancing terms commence late October so if interested please contact Joanna ASAP.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who can sign up for the study? Females over 18 years that have not done regular pole dancing classesat a studio before.
Do I need to be really fit? No, so long as you are uninjured and in good health (medically cleared to exercise) you are able to participate.
What do I get in return for paying for my classes? You will receive two free 2D DXA body composition scans and fitness assessments which can cost up to $300 at an exercise clinic.
Is it ok if the studio I choose doesn’t run 8 week terms? Yes. It is ok if your studio runs shorter or longer terms, so long as you complete your daily online training diary.
Can I attend classes at different studios? No. Unfortunately for consistency participants are required to attend all classes at the same studio.
Can I sign up for other aerial/fitness classes that the studio offers? No. For this study we require participants stick to two beginner pole classes a week (classes that involve learning beginner moves on a pole).
Can I start other new exercise regimes? No. It is important that your physical activity levels outside of your pole dancing classes remain minimal or at a level that is consistent to before starting the study.

Keen to be on board? What to do next…

Choose and contact a studio - book and pay for 2 classes a week for one term (payment made directly to your studio)
Notify us of the studio you wish to attend and the date of your first class
Book pre-testing session at UWA
Include your contact phone number in your reply email

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In this episode #009, I have a chat with my new friend Gavin McClurg via Zoom. Gavin is based in Idaho, USA. I have recently been working with Gavin for his sleep/recovery and performance optimisation strategy in his lead up to the Red Bull X-Alps a paragliding / foot race across the Alps from Salzburg to Monaco. In ten days Gavin flew 1560 kilometres, walked 498 (12+ marathons) and scaled 52,000 meters of vertical ascent on foot (Everest 5 times). Gavin makes my finish at Leadville 100 and other ultra-marathons look amateur with this impressive resume.

Gavin is no stranger to adventure and exploration. He is a 2015 National Geographic “Adventurer of the Year” for his unpowered paragliding expedition across the Canadian Rockies. He became the first person to traverse the full length of the Alaska Range by foot and paraglider (unsupported) in 2016. He is the owner, founder and Captain of “Offshore Odysseys”, a global kitesurfing/surfing/sailing expedition. He has twice circumnavigated the world by sail, living at sea for 13 straight years, including short-handed roundings of both notorious capes (Horn and Good Hope). Gavin holds the current North American-record for foot launched cross-country paragliding, a flight of 240 miles deep into Montana from his home town of Sun Valley, Idaho.

Check out more on Gavin at

Facebook: facebook.com/gavinnmcclurg

Instagram: @gavinmcclurg

Twitter: @cloudbasemayhem

Website: www.cloudbasemayhem.com

Films: http://www.cloudbasemayhem.com/visual-delights/

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Dr Adam Fletcher is an international researcher and consultant. He is best known for applying sleep, fatigue and performance sciences in workplace settings. His research PhD, completed in 1999, investigated the measurement and prediction of human performance in higher risk work environments. Adam has held research roles with the US Army (Walter Reed Army Institute of Research), and the Universities of Adelaide and South Australia.

The work now done by Adam and his team at Integrated Safety Support measurably improves risk management, safety, compliance and productivity with industry and government services. Example consulting clients include: Air France, Babcock Mission Critical Services, Boeing, Chevron, Honeywell, NASA, Newcrest Mining, South Australian Ambulance Service, The Royal Flying Doctor Service, Transport Canada, Virgin, and Zurich.

Contact details for Adam and Integrated Safety Support

adam@integratedsafety.com.au 

+65 (0) 9039 8880 (Singapore) 

+61 (0) 416 231 456 (Australia)

https://www.youtube.com/user/IntegratedSafe

https://twitter.com/AdamFletcherPhD

http://www.integratedsafety.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/integratedsafetysupport

Fatigue Management event for on-call workforces

The Fatigue Insider Seminar hosted by Integrated Safety Support, this much-anticipated seminar take place in Melbourne on the 30th October 2017 at The Hall, NAB Docklands. Join industry peers, leaders and experts across Emergency Services (ambulance, fire, police, security), Essential Services & Utilities (telecommunications, gas, water, electricity) as well as Healthcare and other industries for a day of learning and discussion. The agenda has been designed to help you better manage the key challenges faced within 24-hour work environments, including on-call, stand-by and other ‘as required’ work roles. Register here for the upcoming seminar with Adam

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/fatigue-insider-seminar-tickets-35717363596

Please visit our Kickstarter campaign to raise $1,000 for sound equipment for the podcast. We have some great rewards including a chance to have lunch with David Wessels and a selected player from the Force and a signed jersey from the Force.

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Episode #007 Nathan Pitchford- Let Sleeping Western Bulldogs Lie!

In this episode #006, I sit down on the grass under a tree in Essen, Germany with Nathan…soon to be Dr Pitchford. Nathan is a Tassie-born lad (Tasmania is an island off Australia…but is still part of Australia…I call it the Hawaii of Australia) with a background playing soccer, cricket and football. Nathan is currently completing his PhD with Victoria University and the Western Bulldogs football club, where he is also the Head Strength Coach for the Footscray Bulldogs VFL team. Prior to this, Nathan undertook his Bachelor and Honours degrees in Exercise Science at the University of Tasmania before moving on to complete a Masters of high Performance Sport from the Australian Catholic University. Nathan’s current PhD position combines applied research investigating the relationships between sleep, training and recovery in team-sport athletes, whilst also providing day-today sport science and strength and conditioning services to athletes playing at both the AFL and VFL levels. Nathan has 5+ years’ experience working as a Strength and Conditioning Coach and Sport Scientist with elite youth and senior athletes. Nathan is currently involved in multiple sleep and performance related research projects including the influence of sleep extension on recovery following exercise, the influence of heat training on sleep characteristics, the influence of light exposure on travel adjustment in athletes and the habitual sleep of team-sport athletes.

Check out more about Nathan at the following links

Twitter @PitchfordN

Email: nathan.pitchford@live.vu.edu.au

Linkedin Click here to connect with Nathan

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In this episode #006, Dave Wessels and I sit down for a chat in his office at Rugby HQ, Floreat to discuss the recent events and the poor decision by the Australian Rugby Union to cut the Western Force from Super Rugby. Dave goes into detail how he and the team have been cultivating a “can do” culture at the Force the focus on positive emotions. Dave has an optimistic view on the future of rugby in Western Australia and the upcoming NRC competition. We also go into detail regarding his personal strategies to deal with stress before bed, balancing work and stress whilst travelling.

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In this episode I speak with Georgia Romyn. This podcast was recorded at the Working Time Society (WTS) conference at the stunning Uluru in central Australia.

Georgia is a sport scientist currently based in Canberra as a PhD Scholar at the Australian Institute of Sport and Central Queensland University. Her research focuses on the impact of sleep and daytime napping on athletic performance, as well as strategies to optimise athlete performance when travelling. Coming from a background as a netball athlete, Georgia has a passion for high performance sport. Since finishing a first-class honours degree in Sport Science, Exercise and Health from the University of Western Australia in 2013, Georgia has worked with elite, professional and Olympic athletes from a range of sports. When she is not researching, thinking about, or actually getting some sleep, she can be found coaching, hiking, camping or planning a new travel adventure.

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LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/georgia-romyn/

Twitter: @GeorgiaRomyn

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Georgia_Romyn

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In this episode, I speak to Mark J Keenan about his journey from Engineer to Novelist. Mark discusses the changes in his life from mental health to physical health, including his challenge with alcohol, the loss of 20 kg of bodyweight, the elimination of snoring, the improvement of sleep and his longest run but to name a few.

Mark Keenan is a husband, father, runner, writer, engineer. He is a co-founder and Non-Executive Director of Momentum Engineering, a company established in 2005 which provides engineering and design services. In recent years, Mark has moved his focus from engineering and management to creative writing, and he is currently working on his first full length fiction manuscript.

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In this episode I speak with Jason Donaldson. We discuss Jason's time in the West Australian Police Force and how he managed to stay fit, healthy and strong whilst working shiftwork. These days, Jason works with Power Speed Endurance and with a range of athletes as the online Cell Coach. Hope you enjoy the episode

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In this episode we introduce myself (the host) Ian Dunican and the podcast Sleep4Performance.

Host Bio

Ian Dunican (MineEng, MBA,GCASSc,BA) has twenty years international professional experience in Project Management, Health and Safety and Fatigue Risk Management Systems (FRMS) in military, mining, oil and gas. He is the Director of Sleep4Performance, an expert consultancy for FRMS and operations, and a researcher at the University of Western Australia (UWA), where he works with elite sporting organisations for optimisation of performance and recovery. He is currently the adviser to the Western Force and has worked with combat sports at the Australian Institute of Sport and the Perth Wildcats. Ian has led and guided the improvement of FRMS in a range of diverse mining locations including Mozambique, Canada, USA, Australia and Mongolia, in his role as the Global Principal Adviser for Rio Tinto for Fatigue/Human Performance. His consultancy organisation, Sleep4Performance, is focused on supporting predominantly WA mining companies in the effective and safe management of shifts and rosters. Clients include South 32, Karara Mining, Peabody and BroadSpectrum. He is the founding Chair and previously, from 2012-2015 the Co-Chair Special Interest Group (SIG) Occupational, Health, Safety & Performance, of the Australasian Sleep Association (ASA). He is a regular invited reviewer for peer reviewed scientific journals, and a regular keynote, invited speaker and chair at universities and international conferences in mining, oil and gas. Conferences include the International Council of Minerals and Metals (ICMM), Australian Journal of Mining and the Sleep Down Under, Australasian Sleep Association. He has made numerous media appearances on radio, television, podcasts, papers and magazines such as Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Channel 9 and 7, Financial Review in relation to shiftwork, fatigue and optimisation of recovery for elite athlete

Goals of this Podcast are to

Educate our listeners about sleep science and the benefits to recovery and performance.
Expand my own knowledge and this who listen (point 1)
Entertain our listeners to the cool and fun aspects of sleep science and how different people and organisations optimise sleep.

Upcoming guest

Elite level athletes including Rugby, Basketball, MMA, Judo
Coaches and managers
Physiologist, scientist, strength coaches, nutritionist etc.
Researchers, laboratory and applied.
Leaders of industry from mining, oil, gas, rail and transportation.
Medical aspects of sleep with sleep disorder physicians and specialists.

Frequency

I am really excited about doing the podcast and meeting all these great people. As I confirm guests, I will let you know so you can keep an eye out for the release of these. You can also sign up to the newsletter from sleep4performance released every month, 2 week spacing. Regular posts on twitter and every 2-3 days on Facebook. I hope you enjoy the upcoming shows.

Ian Dunican

Email: iandunican@sleep4performance.com.au

Website: www.sleep4performance.com.au

Twitter: @sleep4perform

Facebook: Sleep4Performance page

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