Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0988420

Funded Activity Summary

The relative impacts of sleep, wake and the internal body clock on human performance. The 24h society presents a number of challenges to the shiftworker. First, shiftworkers have to maintain a balance between the competing needs of work, family, leisure and social life. Second, shiftwork has been identified as a risk factor for obesity, diabetes and heart disease. Third, shiftworkers have an increased risk of injury and death at work. This project will use an innovative research protocol to provide critical information about the independent and combined effects of sleep loss and body clock disruption on human performance. Work schedules designed on the basis of a better understanding of sleep loss and circadian disruption will result in healthier employees, safer workplaces, and reduced costs to the community.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 31-10-2009

End Date: 31-03-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $416,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Industrial And Organisational Psychology | Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Psychology | Sensory Processes, Perception And Performance |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Changing work patterns | Occupational health (excl. economic development aspects) | Behaviour and health

Other Keywords

Behaviour and health | Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Changing work patterns | Industrial And Organisational Psychology | Occupational health (excl. economic development aspects) | Psychology | Sensory Processes, Perception And Performance

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