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Don't miss the next WA state meeting, on Thursday 15 August 2024, 6pm at The University Club of Western Australia. Enjoy an evening of networking with drinks and canapes and hear from our sensational speakers on the topic of Sleep Across the Lifespan.
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Dimple Goel is a neonatologist and sleep physician at Perth Children’s Hospital. Dimple’s research focuses on improving outcomes of infants with sleep Pierre Robin Sequence by improving diagnostic methods for obstructive sleep apnoea. Dimple will talk about the challenges of assessing and monitoring disease severity in neonates and infants and present some innovative advances in this area. |
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Cele Richardson is a clinical psychologist and NHMRC Emerging Leadership researcher in the school of Psychological Science at UWA. Cele will speak about the challenges of sleep which are unique to the adolescent population and her research focusing on improving sleep and mental health in adolescents. |
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Nigel McArdle is a respiratory & sleep physician at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Nigel’s research interests include the epidemiology of obstructive sleep apnoea and cardiovascular sequelae of untreated OSA. Nigel will present current prevalence rates for a number of sleep disorders in young- and middle-aged adults and discuss recent advances in understanding of the links between sleep and sleep disorders and cardiovascular disease.
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Stephanie Rainey-Smith is a neuroscientist and NHMRC Emerging Leadership at Murdoch University where she leads the Lifestyle Approaches Towards Cognitive Health (LATCH) Research Group. Her research focuses on investigating modifiable risk factors, including sleep, for optimising healthy brain ageing. Stephanie will talk about the potential for sleep optimisation to reduce the risk of neurodegenerative disease in the older adult population. |
6:00 Arrival and canapes
6:45 Presentations with Q&A
7:45 Informal Discussion and Networking
8.30 Close
Where: The University Club of Western Australia, Hackett Entrance, 1 Hackett Dr., Crawley WA
Cost: Free to members and $55 for non-members, and registration is required**.