Christopher Gordon is a Professor of Sleep Health at the Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University and the Research Leader of Insomnia and Chronobiology in the Sleep and Circadian Research Group at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research. He is a teaching and research academic with an extensive research program. Christopher has a background in clinical nursing and been an academic for over 20 years holding several senior teaching leadership positions.

At the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research he leads a multidisciplinary team of researchers and clinicians in the Insomnia and Chronobiology research program. His research focuses of the investigation of pathophysiological mechanisms of insomnia and sleep disturbance, conducting clinical trials in insomnia patients with an emphasis on digital therapeutics.

Professor Gordon has been recognised as a national leader of health professional education. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2021- current) and and has led several innovative health professional education programs and been recognised with numerous educational awards (national and university). He is the editor of the leading pathophysiology textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate health professional students (nursing, allied health) in Australia and New Zealand (Understanding Pathophysiology, 4^th Ed).

He has coordinated and taught extensively in health professional education, with past roles as Director of Postgraduate Studies, Coordinator of Postgraduate Coursework, and Honours Coordinator.

Professor Christopher Gordon supervises research students across a broad range of sleep and chronobiology research areas. He has supervised numerous Honours and Higher Degree Research (HDR) students from a range of health and non-health disciplines, including biomedical science, medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, psychology, engineering, data science, and epidemiology. He welcomes new HDR students with interests in:
Mechanistic research
- pathophysiological mechanisms that underpin insomnia
- electroencephalographic slow wave dissipation in insomnia
- relationships between skin temperature, sleep and vigilance
- using wearables to predict sleep disturbance
Interventions research
- digital sleep health intervention for the treatment of insomnia disorder
- digital sleep health intervention to treat sleep disturbance and cognitive decline
- lighting interventions to improve sleep and cognition

Professor Christopher Gordon has held a number of senior academic leadership roles in universities and advises and collaborates with external stakeholders, including industry and government. He is on the editorial board of sleep and physiology journals and co-leader of the nursing education subcommittee of the Australasian Sleep Association. He is a regular speaker to media (print, radio, television) about sleep and circadian health issues and provides professional presentations to industry.