Our vision
Mission
- We undertake multi-disciplinary, collaborative research to advance scientific knowledge of circadian rhythms, sleep, and waking function.
- We improve health, safety, and well-being through collaborations with government agencies, industries, and community groups.
- We develop and provide research-based academic education, professional development, industry training and materials for sleep and circadian health promotion.
Goals
We aim to:
- Improve the health, functioning and well-being of individuals, communities, and populations.
- Address the biological, psychosocial and structural causes and consequences of inadequate sleep and circadian disruption across the lifespan
- Develop strategies to manage and address the adverse consequences of the 24/7 society, which generates conflict between societal demands and internal body clocks.
Values
- Striving for social justice.
- Embodying cultural respect.
- Striving for excellence - to be world class in all that we undertake.
- Respecting each other, our research participants and partners, their knowledge, skills, experience and values.
- Mentoring and developing future generations of scientists.
- Working and communicating with openness, honesty and integrity.
- Being passionate and innovative in all aspects of our work.
- Working and communicating with openness, honesty and integrity.
Our history
A Health Research Council Repatriation Fellowship enabled Philippa Gander to return to New Zealand and establish the Sleep/Wake Research Centre at Otago University School of Medicine, Wellington, in 1998. In 2003, the Centre moved to Massey University, where it has thrived and is now part of the School of Health Sciences in the College of Health. The Centre is New Zealand’s first research group dedicated to both research and education in sleep and circadian science and its applications.
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Our visitors
Dr Laura Howe was a visiting scholar between September 2013 and July 2014 and was funded by the UK Medical Research Council. She is presently a reader in epidemiology and medical statistics at the University of Bristol.
Lillith Apostle was on a doctoral student exchange from August 2015 to June 2016, funded by a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service. She is currently employed as a research associate at the Center for Religious Studies (CERES) at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.
Associate Professor Jim Burch undertook a sabbatical at the Sleep/Wake Research Centre between August and September 2015. A/Prof Burch is presently at the Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Cancer Prevention & Control Program, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina.
Saana Myllyntausta was a visiting doctoral candidate from January to June 2018 and was funded by the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation. She is currently employed as a project researcher at the School of Educational Sciences and Psychology at the University of Eastern Finland.
Dr Josefine Bojeryd was a student visitor from January to June 2019. She was partially funded by Uppsala University and Värmlands Nation Uppsala. Josefine is a physician at Sjukhuset Arvika.
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