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Dr D'Rozario, BSc (Hons) PhD RPSGT is a NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow and Senior Lecturer, School of Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University. She is also a Research Leader, Sleep and Circadian Research Group and Director of the Centre for Chronic Disease of Ageing at the Woolcock Institute. She established and heads a world-class high-density electroencephalography (EEG) facility for sleep neuroscience research. Dr D'Rozario is a Chief Investigator on the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence to Optimise Sleep in Brain Ageing and Neurodegeneration (CogSleep CRE, 2019-23) where she leads the EEG Biomarker Discovery Program. She was awarded an NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship (2016-20) and a NHMRC EL2 Investigator Grant (2022-26) to investigate links between abnormal brain activity during sleep and cognitive impairment, and to improve cognitive outcomes through targeted sleep interventions in adults at risk for dementia.
Dr D'Rozario trained as a sleep technologist at St Thomas' Hospital (London, UK), and later commenced her PhD in Sleep Medicine at The University of Sydney. She was a recipient of the prestigious NHMRC Dora Lush Priority PhD Scholarship to examine novel brain biomarkers of cognitive dysfunction and sleepiness in obstructive sleep apnea and received the Helen Bearpark Memorial Scholarship from the Australasian Sleep Association (ASA), the peak national body for sleep health and sleep medicine. She is an active member of the ASA Research Committee and serves on the Board of the Australia and New Zealand Sleep Science Association.
Research interests
Sleep, cognition and memory
Sleep neurophysiology
Sleep disturbance in ageing and links with dementia risk
Sleep disorders in severe mental illness
Daytime sleepiness, performance impairment and driving accident risk in sleep-disordered populations
High-density electroencephalography (EEG) to investigate the impact of sleep and circadian disorders on brain function
Interventions to boost sleep and enhance cognition and brain health
Education/Academic qualification
Sleep Medicine, PhD, Electroencephalogram (EEG) Biomarkers of Neurobehavioural Dysfunction in Obstructive Sleep Apnea, University of Sydney
Award Date: 9 May 2014
Applied Biological Sciences, BSc (Hons), University of the West of England
Award Date: 4 Jul 2000
External positions
Director, Centre for Chronic Diseases of Ageing, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Macquarie University
Jul 2022 → …
Research Leader, Sleep & Circadian Research Group, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Macquarie University
May 2021 → …
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Projects
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Usyd led: Synergise, Integrate and Enhance Sleep Research to Transform Brain Ageing (SIESTA)
Naismith, S., D'Rozario, A., Grunstein, R., Martins, R., Gordon, C., Hoyos, C., Rainey-Smith, S., Anderson, C., Shine, J. M., Bourgeat, P., Coulson, E. J., Trickett, D., Wassing, R., Fripp, J., Postnova, S., Ward, S., Matar, E., Phillips, C., Jacobson, L., Hedner, J. & Eslick, S.
11/06/24 → 10/06/29
Project: Research
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MRFF- Flinders led: A novel targeted approach to deliver treatable trait-based precision medicine for obstructive sleep apnoea
Eckert, D., Grunstein, R. R., D'Rozario, A., Hoyos, C., Vakulin, A., Adams, R., Phillips, C., Chai-Coetzer, C. L., Yee, B., Bidargaddi, N., Lechat, B., Mukherjee, S., Wong, K., Dutta, R., Niland, J., White, A., Green, T., Kaambwa, B., Mackay, S., Donegan, M., Naismith, S., Gordon, C. & Rudge, S.
1/03/23 → 29/02/28
Project: Research
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Screening for obstructive sleep apnea in the memory clinic: a comparison of questionnaires, pulse oximetry, and polysomnography
Lam, A., D'Rozario, A. L., Kong, S., Ireland, C., Mowszowski, L., LaMonica, H. M., Phillips, C. L., Hoyos, C. M., Grunstein, R. R. & Naismith, S. L., Jan 2025, In: Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD. 103, 1, p. 218–229 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A method for measuring a human sleeping in a highly concentrated Epsom salt solution (float tank)
Cho, G., Nelson, A., D'Rozario, A. & Marshall, N., 8 Nov 2024, (Submitted) In: OSF Preprints. osf.io/7gkxy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Assessing sleep architecture and cognition in older adults with depressive symptoms attending a memory clinic
Ricciardiello, A., McKinnon, A. C., Mowszowski, L., LaMonica, H. M., Schrire, Z. M., Haroutonian, C., Lam, A., Hickie, I. B., D'Rozario, A. & Naismith, S. L., 1 Mar 2024, In: Journal of Affective Disorders. 348, p. 35-43 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Electroencephalographic slowing during REM sleep in older adults with subjective cognitive impairment and mild cognitive impairment
Lam, A. K. F., Carrick, J., Kao, C-H., Phillips, C. L., Zheng, Y. Z., Yee, B. J., Kim, J. W., Grunstein, R. R., Naismith, S. L. & D'Rozario, A. L., 1 Jun 2024, In: Sleep. 47, 6, p. 1-10 10 p., zsae051.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating possible 'next day' impairment in insomnia patients administered an oral medicinal cannabis product by night: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Suraev, A., McCartney, D., Marshall, N. S., Irwin, C., Vandrey, R., Grunstein, R. R., D'Rozario, A. L., Gordon, C., Bartlett, D., Hoyos, C. M. & McGregor, I. S., Sept 2024, In: Psychopharmacology. 241, 9, p. 1815-1825 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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