This is to promote and celebrate World Sleep Day 2023. World Sleep Day is an annual celebration of sleep and a call to action on important issues related to sleep. Challenges seen at unique life stages will be presented along with potential solutions to poor sleep health, taking snapshots of evidence from research and clinical practice, and where possible our own NZ-based research and experience. The webinar will cover issues, for example, from the child who has a fear of going to sleep, to the teen whose device use takes precedence over sleep, through to older adults where sleep patterning and disturbances have unique challenges. A discussion will follow to keep the sleep conversations going and promote good sleep health, every day, and especially on #WorldSleepDay. 

Professor Dawn Elder

University of Otago (Wellington) and Paediatric Council. Dawn Elder is a Paediatric Sleep Medicine Specialist based in Wellington, NZ, Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics and current acting chair of the Paediatric Sleep Medicine Clinical Network supported by the Paediatric Society. Discussion topic: Infant and child sleep health.

Research Professor Barbara Galland

University of Otago (Dunedin), Paediatric Council and President of NZ branch committee of ASA. Barbara is a physiologist by training with a specialist interest and extensive research profile in children’s sleep health, spanning all paediatric age groups with a current focus on adolescent sleep. Discussion topic: Adolescent Sleep Health

Dr Rosie Gibson

Senior Lecturer Massey University: NZ branch committee of ASA (previously NEST Council and Research Committees) Rosie has a background in psychology and clinical sleep practice, she is affiliated with the Health and Ageing Research Team and the Sleep/Wake Research Centre of Massey where she conducts research on sleep with ageing, dementia and caregiving. Discussion topic: Factors affecting sleep health in older adulthood.

This webinar is free for everyone, but registration is required. To register you will need to log in with your member details, or create an account on this website if you’re not a member.

This webinar will be recorded and made available online afterwards. By registering to attend you are giving your permission to be recorded.

Please note

• Registrations will close two hours before the webinar starts and you will not be able to register after that.
• We will email you the webinar access details after you register and again a few hours before the webinar commences.

Time: 12pm- 1pm NZT

          10am-11am NSW, ACT, Tasmania and Victoria

          9am-10am QLD 

          9:30am-10:30am SA

          7am-8am WA