Events

ASTN Open Forum meeting in Melbourne

7th October | 2009 3pm - 5pm


The Australasian Sleep Trials Network (ASTN), holds twice-yearly Open Forum meetings where researchers get first-hand information on designing and conducting investigator-initiated clinical trials, hear about ongoing and proposed trials and can discuss joining or provide input into new studies.

The October Open Forum meeting is being held in conjunction with the Annual scientific Meeting of the ASA/ASTA and is scheduled after the postgraduate courses on Wednesday 7th October. The agenda for the meeting includes the following items:

  • Strengthening Insomnia Research
  • Psychological Interventions to Improve CPAP Adherence
  • Changing the structure of the Australasian Sleep Trials Network

All interested researchers are welcome and registration is free.

If you would like to attend, please email Anthony Williams at: info@sleeptrials.net or call 0411 895 226


Strengthening Insomnia Research

Sydney, 31st July, 2009


The Australasian Sleep Trials Network is hosting an insomnia research workshop where researchers can work together to identify key research questions, discuss ongoing and proposed trials and establish new investigator relationships.

The 'Strengthening Insomnia Research' workshop will be held on Friday 31st July at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in Sydney. It is a great opportunity for researchers with an interest in the area to discuss current research priorities.

The meeting will be facilitated by Professor Dan Buysse from the School of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr Buysse 's research interests focus on insomnia, sleep in ageing, and sleep in psychiatric disorders, particularly sleep in depression. This work includes the assessment, diagnostic reliability, and pharmacologic treatment of insomnia; circadian aspects of age-related sleep changes; and sleep correlates of treatment outcome in depression.

Come along and discuss a range of potential areas of focus:

  • Insomnia literacy
  • The burden of disease
  • Measuring sleep disturbance
  • Risk factors, interventions and outcomes
  • Quality use of medicines
  • Insomnia and depression
  • The role of pharmacy

The Australasian Sleep Trials Network is funded by the NHMRC to facilitate multicentre clinical trials in sleep-health.

To Register


All interested researchers are welcome and registration is free and a travel subsidy is available to all interstate attendees*.

If you would like to attend, please email Anthony Williams.

*The travel subsidy is $300 for attendees from Western Australia and $150 for attendees from other states.