President

A/Prof Jasneek Chawla 
Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane

Dr Jas Chawla is a Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Specialist at the Queensland Children’s Hospital, Brisbane and Senior Lecturer with the Children’s Hospital Queensland-Clinical Unit, University of Queensland.  Jas is an active clinician researcher with a specific interest in sleep and ventilation in children with disability, the relationship between sleep and long-term outcomes in children and the development of additional tools for the diagnosis and management of paediatric sleep disordered breathing.

Immediate Past President

Prof Garun Hamilton
Monash Health, VIC

Garun Hamilton is a Respiratory and Sleep Disorders physician at Monash Health, the Epworth Sleep Centre and Monash University. He is Director of Sleep Research at Monash Health, where he is also head of the Respiratory failure and Non-invasive ventilation service.  His research and clinical interests are broad and are spread across a range of sleep disorders.

Clinical Chair

Dr David Cunnington
Sunshine Coast Respiratory and Sleep ,QLD

Dr Cunnington is a specialist sleep physician at Sunshine Coast Respiratory and Sleep and co-founder and contributor to SleepHub (sleephub.com.au). His clinical practice covers all areas of sleep medicine, including snoring and sleep apnoea, disorders of sleepiness such as narcolepsy and hypersomnia and problems of getting to sleep and staying asleep such as insomnia and circadian rhythm disorders.

Clinical Chair roles and responsibilities

Conference Chair

The Woolcock Institute of Medical Research

Camilla M. Hoyos, PhD, MPH is a sleep researcher in the Centre for Sleep and Chronobiology at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and in the Faculty of Medicine, Human and Health Sciences at the Macquarie University. Her research focus is on conducting clinical trials to further understand the impacts of sleep disorders on health outcomes including cardio-metabolic health and cognitive decline. 

Conference Chair roles and responsibilities

Education Chair

Dr Moya Vandeleur
Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, VIC

Education Chair roles and responsibilities

Finance Chair

A/Prof Melinda Jackson
Monash University, VIC

Melinda Jackson is an academic and Director of Research Impact and Engagement in the School of Psychological Sciences and Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University. She is also an Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Austin Health and a registered Psychologist.

Finance Chair roles and responsibilities

Membership Chair

Dr Hannah Scott
Flinders University, SA

Dr Scott is an early career researcher and co-Lead of the Digital Innovations and Technology Development research group at the Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute: Sleep Health laboratory. Her research focuses on the use of technologies to better assess and manage sleep health and its disorders, particularly insomnia.

Membership Chair roles and responsibilities

Research Chair

Dr Andrew Vakulin
Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, Flinders University, SA

Andrew Vakulin is a senior researcher with an interest in the impact of sleep loss and sleep disorders on daytime sleepiness, sleep neurobiology and neurobehavioral function, particularly in relation to operational performance, motor vehicle accident risk and fall risk in older people with sleep disorders. More recently his research also investigates sleep measurement technology and digital decision support tools at the community, primary care and specialist settings. 

President, New Zealand Branch

Dr Karyn O'Keeffe 
Massey University, NZ

Karyn is a Senior Lecturer at the Sleep/Wake Research Centre at Massey University in Wellington, New Zealand.  She leads the university's undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programme in sleep and circadian science.  Her research primarily focuses on understanding experiences of shift work and workplace fatigue, and improving fatigue risk management, particularly in healthcare.

Invited ANZSSA Representative

Mrs Jane Douglas
President ANZSSA

Jane currently holds her Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT) and Certification in Clinical Sleep Health (CCSH) certifications from the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT). Jane also completed training as a NATA Technical Assessor, and has taken part in the assessment of Sleep Disorders Services in accordance with the NATA/ASA Standards for Sleep Disorders Services. Jane has been on the ANZSSA Board since 2023 and is the ANZSSA President for 2025-2027.