Dr Tracey Sletten - Researcher Profile

Biography

Tracey works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University as a Research Fellow.

Keywords

Sleep, Sleep loss, Sleep deprivation, Circadian rhythms, Light, Shift work, Fatigue, Sleep disorders

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: University of South Australia

Year awarded: 2007

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONORS)

Institution: Adelaide University

Year awarded: 2000

Publications

Book Chapters

Sletten, T., Arendt, J., 2012, Circadian Rhythm Disorders III Jet Lag, in The Oxford Handbook of Sleep and Sleep Disorders, eds Charles M. Morin, Colin A. Espie, Oxford University Press, United States, pp. 648-665.

Ftouni, S., Sletten, T., Barger, L., Lockley, S., Wilson Rajaratnam, S., 2012, Shift Worker Disorder, in Therapy in Sleep Medicine, eds TJ Barkoukis, JK Matheson, R Ferber, K Doghramji, Elsevier, US, pp. 378-389.

Journal Articles

Ftouni, S., Sletten, T.L., Howard, M., Anderson, C., Lenne, M.G., Lockley, S.W., Wilson Rajaratnam, S.M., 2013, Objective and subjective measures of sleepiness, and their associations with on-road driving events in shift workers, Journal of Sleep Research [E], vol 22, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 59-69.

Yeung, W., Sletten, T., Wilson Rajaratnam, S., 2011, A phase-advanced, extended sleep paradigm to increase sleep duration among early-morning shift workers: A preliminary investigation, Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health [P], vol 37, issue 1, Tyoterveyslaitos, Finland, pp. 62-69.

Roach, G., Darwent, D., Sletten, T., Dawson, D., 2011, Long-haul pilots use in-flight napping as a countermeasure to fatigue, Applied Ergonomics [P], vol 42, issue 2, Pergamon, UK, pp. 214-218.

Sletten, T., Vincenzi, S., Redman, J., Lockley, S., Wilson Rajaratnam, S.M., 2010, Timing of sleep and its relationship with the endogenous melatonin rhythm, Frontiers in Neurology [E], vol E, issue Art. No: 137, Frontiers Research Foundation, Switzerland, pp. 1-8.

Jud, C., Chappuis, S., Revell, V., Sletten, T., Saaltink, D., Cajochen, C., Skene, D., Albrecht, U., 2009, Age-dependent alterations in human PER2 levels after early morning blue light exposure, Chronobiology International [P], vol 26, issue 7, Informa Healthcare, Uk, pp. 1462-1469.

Sletten, T., Revell, V., Middleton, B., Lederle, K., Skene, D., 2009, Age-related changes in acute and phase-advancing responses to monochromatic light, Journal of Biological Rhythms [P], vol 24, issue 1, Sage Publications, Inc., USA, pp. 73-84.

Ackermann, K., Sletten, T., Revell, V., Archer, S., Skene, D., 2009, Blue-light phase shifts PER3 gene expression in human leukocytes, Chronobiology International [P], vol 26, issue 4, Informa Healthcare, UK, pp. 769-779.

Burgess, H.J., Savic, N., Sletten, T., Roach, G., Gilbert, S.S., Dawson, D., 2003, The relationship between the dim light melatonin onset and sleep on a regular schedule in young healthy adults, Behavioral sleep medicine [E], vol 1, issue 2, Routledge, UK, pp. 102-114.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

A randomised controlled trial of cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) in co-morbid insomnia and depression..

Supervisors:

Rajaratnam, S (Main), Sletten, T (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Sleepiness and neurobehavioural impairments in shiftworkers.

Supervisors:

Rajaratnam, S (Main), Sletten, T (Associate).