Rob Pierce Grant in Aid open

The ASA Research Committee is pleased to announce the opening of the Rob Pierce Grant in Aid award.

The aim of this award is to facilitate a project in the field of sleep research for a new investigator (up to five years post-doctorate) who is a member of ASA or ANZSSA. Applicants should be training in sleep research or a clinical sleep discipline. Applications close Friday 26 April.

Ready for a new project in 2024? Volunteers wanted

Expression of interest submissions close Friday 22 March 2024.

With the start of a new year, opportunities abound to get more involved with your professional community. ASA is looking for new members for a number of internal and external committees and working groups. 

Members from all locations, career stages and backgrounds are encouraged to get involved to help us reflect the values in our Diversity and Inclusion Policy.

Upcoming webinars

Insider insights on navigating the PhD journey
For those looking into or are amid a PhD, it can at times feel like a journey without clear signposts. The first NEST webinar of 2024 aims to help you put together or strengthen your flight plan to navigate through your PhD journey.

This webinar will seek to provide prospective and current PhD students with some nuggets of wisdom to guide them through their PhD. Key topics include juggling your PhD with other commitments/responsibilities, dealing with and overcoming the inevitable yet unanticipated setbacks you encounter, and some tips on how to go about your transition from PhD life to academia or industry. The aim is not to regurgitate information commonly taught by supervisors or in courses, but to provide some Easter (or NEST!) eggs from those who are still in or have recently left the PhD roost!

Following presentations from our 3 exceptional speakers, attendees will have the opportunity to engage in a Q+A with the speakers.

Chair: Aislinn Lalor
Speakers: Dr Hannah Thorne, Bindiya Shenoy, Mitchell Turner

Date: Wednesday 17 April, 2024

Date: Friday 22 March, 2024
Time: 12pm - NSW, ACT, TAS and VIC
          11am - QLD
          10.30am - NT
          11.30am - SA
          9am - WA 
          2pm - New Zealand 
Cost: Members free, non-members $10

Oral appliances (MAS) and severe OSA – endotyping application in clinical practice

With the recent developments and discussion around personalized sleep medicine and  endotyping OSA, oral appliances are becoming more appropriate in a wider range of OSA severity  levels, especially when combination therapy is taken into consideration. This webinar will apply current  knowledge to clinical practice, reworking the traditional mindset of OSA management models and treatment pathways so that patients benefit from better primary treatment outcomes. 

This presentation and discussion session aims to begin translating the research around this field so that it may provide clinicians confidence and guidance in applying this information with oral appliances into practice.

Chair: Dr David Cunnington
Speakers: Prof Danny Eckert, Dr Amal Osman

Date: Wednesday 17 April, 2024
Time:7pm - QLD, NSW, ACT, TAS and VIC
          6.30pm - NT, SA
          5pm - WA 
          9pm - New Zealand 
Cost: Members free, non-members $45

Sleep in Aotearoa 2024

The NZ Branch of the ASA are pleased to welcome colleagues to the 2024 Sleep In Aotearoa annual scientific meeting to be held in Dunedin on 20-21 June 2024.