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Email

cln@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Laboratory Management
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0002-3837-3609

Dr Christian Nicholas

Laboratory Management
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences

185 Scholarly works
8 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Perfectionism Contributes to Sleep-Wake State Discrepancy: The Mediating Role of Pre-Sleep Arousal
    DOI: 10.3390/brainsci16060600
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Bidirectional Associations between Daily Symptoms of Perfectionism and Poor Sleep: The Mediating Role of Stress
    DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2026.2657920
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The Effect of Suvorexant on Fear Extinction Recall: A Double-Blind Randomised Controlled Pilot Trial in Healthy Individuals
    DOI: 10.1111/jsr.70033
  • 2024

    Journal article

    O006 A double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial on the effect of suvorexant on REM sleep and fear extinction recall
    DOI: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpae070.006
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Motor control of the palatoglossus and genioglossus during changes in breathing route
    DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00055.2024
  • 2018

    Research Contracts

    Use of EEG and Physiological Measures in the Assessment of Patients With Epilepsy
  • 2017

    Research Grant

    Motor Control of the Upper Airway Muscle Genioglossus
Christian Nicholas

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2018
Disability Advocacy Fellowship - Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne
2017
R Douglas Wright Fellowship - Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences The University of Melbouene
2014
Research & Teaching Fellowship - MSPS, The University of Melbourne
2011
NHMRC Fellowship (NHMRCF)

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2024

    Journal article

    Mechanisms underlying the prolonged activation of the genioglossus following arousal from sleep
    DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsad202
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Perfect Enough to Sleep? Perfectionism and Actigraphy-Determined Markers of Insomnia
    DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2024.2355476
  • 2023

    Journal article

    O069 Links between sleep outcomes and lifestyle factors in young adults who sustained traumatic brain injury in childhood
    DOI: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpad035.069
  • 2023

    Journal article

    P021 Daily association between post-traumatic stress symptoms and sleep in trauma-exposed young adults
    DOI: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpad035.106
  • 2023

    Journal article

    The influence of alcohol on genioglossus single motor units in men and women during wakefulness
    DOI: 10.1113/EP090580

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2017

    Research Contracts

    Sleep Disturbance as a Feature of Dementia With Lewy Bodies
  • 2016

    Research Grant

    Understanding the Physiological Changes Accompanying Arousal From Sleep
  • 2011

    Research Grant

    Acute and Chronic Effects of Alcohol on Sleep and Sleep Related Brain Functioning in Adolescents

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