Dr Stephanie Centofanti

Online Course Facilitator University of South Australia Online

City West Campus (CS4-01)
tel +61 8 830 29324

email Stephanie.Centofanti@unisa.edu.au

Available for media comment

About me

Consequences of Sleep Deprivation
Fatigue Countermeasures
Resilience and Psychological Coping Styles

I am the online course facilitator for the Bachelor of Psychological Science and Sociology and have responsibility for leading the development and delivery of online teaching for UniSA Online students. My role involves working closely with divisional staff at UniSA to provide high-quality online teaching to undergraduate students, and to coordinate the day-to-day activities of online tutoring staff.

I have been involved in teaching numerous undergraduate Psychology and Social Work courses at UniSA since 2012. I am passionate about educating students and the community on health psychology and in particular the importance of sleep for our health. My PhD research involved investigating countermeasures for reducing the negative... Read more

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Research

Research focus

Medical and Health Sciences
Psychology
Public Health and Health Services
Biological Sciences
Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Chapters

Year	Output
2019	Dorrian, J, Centofanti, S, Smith, A & McDermott, KD 2019, 'Self-regulation and social behavior during sleep deprivation', Progress in brain research, Elsevier, Netherlands, ch. 4, pp. 73-110. 18 16 23

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2022	Agostini, A, Centofanti, SA, Colella, A, Devine, L, Dingle, C, Galindo, H, Pantelios, S, Brkic, G, Banks, S & Dorrian, J 2022, 'The relationships between coping styles and food intake in shiftworking nurses and midwives: a pilot study', Industrial Health, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 470-474. Open access
2022	Correa, VS, Centofanti, S, Dorrian, J, Wicking, A, Wicking, P & Lushington, K 2022, 'The effect of mobile phone use at night on the sleep of pre-adolescent (8-11 year), early adolescent (12-14 year) and late adolescent (15-18 year) children: a study of 252,195 Australian children', Sleep Health, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 277-282.
2021	Agostini, A & Centofanti, S 2021, 'Normal sleep in children and adolescence', Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, vol. 30, no.1, pp. 1-14. Open access 4 4 44
2021	Gupta, CC, Centofanti, S, Dorrian, J, Coates, AM, Stepien, JM, Kennaway, D, Wittert, G, Heilbronn, L, Catcheside, P, Tuckwell, GA, Coro, D, Chandrakumar, D & Banks, S 2021, 'The impact of a meal, snack, or not eating during the night shift on simulated driving performance post-shift', Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment and Health, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 78-84. Open access 1 1 13
2020	Centofanti, S, Banks, S, Coussens, S, Gray, D, Munro, E, Nielsen, J & Dorrian, J 2020, 'A pilot study investigating the impact of a caffeine-nap on alertness during a simulated night shift', Chronobiology International: The Journal of Biological and Medical Rhythm Research, vol. 37, no. 9-10, pp. 1469-1473. Open access 4 8 329
2020	Chandrakumar, D, Dorrian, J, Banks, S, Keage, H, Coussens, S, Gupta, C, Centofanti, S, Stepien, J & Loetscher, T 2020, 'The relationship between alertness and spatial attention under simulated shiftwork', Scientific Reports, vol. 10, no. 1, article no. 14946, pp. 1-12. Open access 2 2 2
2019	Banks, S, Landon, LB, Dorrian, J, Waggoner, LB, Centofanti, SA, Roma, PG & Van Dongen, HP 2019, 'Effects of fatigue on teams and their role in 24/7 operations', Sleep Medicine Reviews, vol. 48, article no. 101216, pp. 1-9. Open access 10 9 4
2019	Centofanti, S, Lushington, K, Wicking, A, Wicking, P, Fuller, A, Janz, P & Dorrian, J 2019, 'Establishing norms for mental well-being in young people (7-19 years) using the General Health Questionnaire-12', Australian Journal of Psychology, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 117-126. Open access 4 4 4
2019	Gupta, CC, Centofanti, S, Dorrian, J, Coates, A, Stepien, JM, Kennaway, D, Wittert, G, Heilbronn, L, Catcheside, P, Noakes, M, Coro, D, Chandrakumar, D & Banks, S 2019, 'Altering meal timing to improve cognitive performance during simulated nightshifts', Chronobiology International: The Journal of Biological and Medical Rhythm Research, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 1691-1713. Open access 10 8 13
2019	Gupta, CC, Centofanti, S, Dorrian, J, Coates, AM, Stepien, JM, Kennaway, D, Wittert, G, Heilbronn, L, Catcheside, P, Noakes, M, Coro, D, Chandrakumar, D & Banks, S 2019, 'Subjective hunger gastric upset and sleepiness in response to altered meal timing during simulated shiftwork', Nutrients, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 1-24. Open access 15 14 37
2019	Perrin, SL, Dorrian, J, Gupta, C, Centofanti, S, Coates, A, Marx, L, Beyne, K & Banks, S 2019, 'Timing of Australian flight attendant food and beverage while crewing: a preliminary investigation', Industrial Health, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 547-553. Open access 7 9 17
2019	Reynolds, AC, Meltzer, LJ, Dorrian, J, Centofanti, SA & Biggs, SN 2019, 'Impact of high-frequency email and instant messaging (E/IM) interactions during the hour before bed on self-reported sleep duration and sufficiency in female Australian children and adolescents', Sleep Health, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 64-67. Open access 10 8 22
2018	Centofanti, S, Banks, S, Colella, A, Dingle, C, Devine, L, Galindo, H, Pantelios, S, Brkic, G & Dorrian, J 2018, 'Coping with shift work-related circadian disruption: a mixed-methods case study on napping and caffeine use in Australian nurses and midwives', Chronobiology International: The Journal of Biological and Medical Rhythm Research, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 853-864. Open access 23 18 1
2018	Centofanti, S, Dorrian, J, Hilditch, C, Grant, C, Coates, A & Banks, S 2018, 'Eating on nightshift: A big vs small snack impairs glucose response to breakfast', Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms, vol. 4, pp. 44-48. Open access 15 22
2017	Centofanti, SA, Dorrian, J, Hilditch, CJ & Banks, S 2017, 'Do night naps impact driving performance and daytime recovery sleep?', Accident Analysis and Prevention, vol. 99, part B, pp. 416-421. Open access 12 9 11
2017	Hilditch, C, Dorrian, J, Centofanti, S & Van Dongen, H 2017, 'Sleep inertia associated with a 10-min nap before the commute home following a night shift: a laboratory simulation study', Accident Analysis and Prevention, vol. 99, pp. 411-415. Open access 19 17 2
2016	Centofanti, SA, Hilditch, CJ, Dorrian, J & Banks, S 2016, 'The impact of short night-time naps on performance, sleepiness and mood during a simulated night shift', Chronobiology International: The Journal of Biological and Medical Rhythm Research, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 706-715. Open access 16 14 63
2016	Hilditch, C, Short, M, Van Dongen, HP, Centofanti, SA, Dorrian, J, Kohler, M & Banks, S 2016, 'Sleep inertia during a simulated 6-h on/6-h off fixed split duty schedule', Chronobiology International: The Journal of Biological and Medical Rhythm Research, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 685-696. Open access 7 7 258
2016	Hilditch, CJ, Centofanti, SA, Dorrian, J & Banks, S 2016, 'A 30-minute, but not a 10-minute nighttime nap is associated with sleep inertia', Sleep, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 675-684. Open access 48 46 98
2016	Short, MA, Centofanti, S, Hilditch, C, Banks, S, Lushington, K & Dorrian, J 2016, 'The effect of split sleep schedules (6h-on/6h-off) on neurobehavioural performance, sleep and sleepiness', Applied Ergonomics: Human Factors in Technology and Society, vol. 54, pp. 72-82. 18 17 269

Conferences

Year	Output
2019	Gupta, CC, Centofanti, S, Rauffet, P, Banks, S, Coppin, G & Chauvin, C 2019, 'Framework and metrics for online fatigue monitoring within submarine teams working in 24/7 environments', 14th International-Federation-of-Automatic-Control (IFAC) Symposium on Analysis, Design, and Evaluation of Human Machine Systems (HMS), Elsevier, vol. 52, no. 19, pp. 259-264. Open access 2

Non Traditional Outputs

Year	Output
2019	Bailey, L, Buckskin-James, K, Dollard, M, Centofanti, S, Mitchell, L & Sivak, L 2019, Connect for, Hedonism, Australia, 24 May - 3 November 2019. Open access

Reports

Year	Output
2017	Dorrian, J, Centofanti, S, Colella, A, Devine, L, Dingle, C, Galindo, H, Pantelios, S, Brkic, G, Bull, C, Almond, T, Dhillon, V, Carskadon, M & Banks, S 2017, Coping with shiftwork: understanding and communicating resilience strategies for performance, safety and health, University of South Australia with SA Health and SafeWork SA, Australia. Open access

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Central Queensland University	AUSTRALIA
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation)	AUSTRALIA
Delta Air Lines	UNITED STATES
Department of Health and Ageing	AUSTRALIA
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Government of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
NASA Johnson Space Center	UNITED STATES
National Jewish Health	UNITED STATES
Northern Adelaide Local Health Network	AUSTRALIA
Resilient Youth Australia Limited	AUSTRALIA
South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI)	AUSTRALIA
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University	UNITED STATES
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of South Brittany	FRANCE
Washington State University	UNITED STATES
Washington State University Spokane	UNITED STATES

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Dr Stephanie Centofanti

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