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Prof

Amy Jordan

Professor
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
sleep
respiratory physiology
pharyngeal muscle control
mental health
sleep loss
sleep disordered breathing
science & technology
life sciences & biomedicine
neurosciences
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Prof

Amy Jordan

 
Division
Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Neuroscience
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Projects

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Motor Control of the Upper Airway Muscle Genioglossus

This project aims to evaluate a recent proposal about the motor control of the upper airway muscle Genioglossus. The upper airway muscles, t..

2017 - 2022
Completed
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Understanding the physiological changes accompanying arousal from sleep

This project aims to investigate neural memory in upper airway dilator muscles. Following brief awakening from sleep (arousal), upper airway..

2016 - 2019
Completed
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Assessing a model of the physiological changes at arousal from sleep.

Arousals from sleep are common in the elderly and have adverse consequences. This project will investigate a model of the changes in bodily ..

2011 - 2018
Completed
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Lung volume and obstructive sleep apnea

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disorder of repetitive upper airway collapse during sleep. Reducing the volume of air in the lungs..

2012 - 2017
Completed
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OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA PHENOTYPES AND TREATMENT IN QUADRIPLEGIA

Losing function in your arms and legs after an injury (quadriplegia) is a catastrophic event. Quadriplegia also results in obstructive sleep..

2014 - 2016
Completed
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Common Synaptic Inputs to Human Upper Airway Muscles

Changes in the activity of upper airway muscles at sleep onset contribute to the development of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea. The aim of this pr..

2012 - 2015
Completed
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Can Obstructive Sleep Apnea be treated with increased Lung Volume?

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Projects

Project Types

6

Research Grant

1

Internal Research Grant

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Scholarly Works

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Fatigue and Sleep in Airline Cabin Crew: A Scoping Review.

Candice CY Wen, Darsh Cherian, Maya T Schenker, Amy S Jordan

Journal article  |  2023  |  Int J Environ Res Public Health

Airline cabin crew operate in dynamic work environments that are continuously changing, from unpredictable shift work hours to tra..

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Rebuttal From Dr Edwards et al

Bradley A Edwards, Amy S Jordan, Christopher N Schmickl, Robert L Owens

Journal article  |  2023  |  CHEST

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Are OSA Phenotypes Clinically Useful? Yes

Bradley A Edwards, Amy S Jordan, Christopher N Schmickl, Robert L Owens

Journal article  |  2023  |  CHEST

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The influence of alcohol on genioglossus single motor units in men and women during wakefulness

Joanne Avraam, Andrew Dawson, Christian LL Nicholas, Monika DD Fridgant, Feiven Lee Fan, Amanda Kay, Zi Yi Koay, Rachel Greig, Fergal JJ O'Donoghue, John Trinder, Amy SS Jordan

Journal article  |  2022  |  EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

NEW FINDINGS: What is the central question of this study? How does alcohol intake, which worsens obstructive sleep apnoea, alter m..

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Sex differences in the effect of subjective sleep on fear conditioning, extinction learning, and extinction recall in individuals with a range of PTSD symptom severity

Maya T Schenker, Sevil Ince, Luke J Ney, Chia-Ming K Hsu, Daniel V Zuj, Amy S Jordan, Christian L Nicholas, Kim L Felmingham

Journal article  |  2022  |  BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY

Sleep has been found to play a key role in fear conditioning, extinction learning and extinction recall, and sleep disturbances ar..

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The independent effects of sleep deprivation and sleep fragmentation on processing of emotional information

V Vien Lee, Rachel Schembri, Amy S Jordan, Melinda L Jackson

Journal article  |  2022  |  BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Disrupted sleep through sleep deprivation or sleep fragmentation has previously been shown to impair cognitive processing. Neverth..

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Dreaming of New Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatments

Amy S Jordan, Kristina Kairaitis

Journal article  |  2022  |  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

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Understanding Sleepiness and Fatigue in Cabin Crew Using COVID-19 to Dissociate Causative Factors

Candice Chien-Yu Wen, Christian L Nicholas, Mark E Howard, John Trinder, Amy S Jordan

Journal article  |  2022  |  AEROSPACE MEDICINE AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE

OBJECTIVES: Airline cabin crew experience high levels of fatigue and sleepiness. Whether these are solely related to their work sc..

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Sex predicts post-concussion symptom reporting, independently of fatigue and subjective sleep disturbance, in premorbidly healthy adults after mild traumatic brain injury

Jacqueline FI Anderson, Amy S Jordan

Journal article  |  2021  |  NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION

The relationship between sex and post-concussion symptom (PCS) reporting after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is not well unde..

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P125 Sleep and fear conditioning, extinction learning and extinction recall: a systematic review and meta-analysis of polysomnographic findings

M Schenker, L Ney, L Miller, K Felmingham, C Nicholas, A Jordan

Journal article  |  2021  |  SLEEP Advances

Abstract Sleep may contribute to the long-lasting consolidation and processing of emotional memories. Experimental ..

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Keyword Analysis

Clinical Health
Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology
Biological Psychology
Expanding Knowledge
Medical Physiology
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Neurosciences
Clinical Sciences
Clinical and Health Psychology
Cognitive and Computational Psychology

News

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Scaring the daylights out of our body clocks

Amy Jordan

We should all be feeling uncommonly rested after gaining an extra hour’s sleep after the switch from daylight saving time, but even after a..

April 7, 2016
pursuit Article

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2015

Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences Teaching Excellence Award
2011

World Sleep Federation
2009

American Thoracic Society
2004

American Sleep Medicine Association
2001

University of Adelaide
2001

Australasian Sleep Association
2001

Australasian Sleep Association
2001

Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand
1997

Asthma Foundation of South Australia
1996

University of Adelaide
2009

Honorary Fellow: Institute for Breathing and Sleep

2002

Post-Doctoral Fellow: Harvard Medical School

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Professor

Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences

Member

American Physiological Society

Inaugural Member

Sleep Health Foundation

Member

American Thoracic Society

Education

PHILOSOPHY

Adelaide University

SCIENCE

Adelaide University

SCIENCE

Adelaide University

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International Linkages

Brigham and Women's Hospital

United States