Kurt Lushington has a PhD and MPsych (Clinical) from Flinders University of South Australia. His thesis examined the role of the pineal hormone, melatonin, in the sleep of the aged.
Kurt is interested in all works to do with sleep, both applied and theoretical, and is currently working on several projects examining sleep in children and adults, fatigue in the workplace and work stress and sleep. He supervises the Insomnia Clinic a joint service involving the Respiratory and Sleep Unit Royal Adelaide Hospital and UniSA Psychology Clinic.
In addition, Kurt is interested in health aging. He is working with NGOs and industry partners examining financial well-being in older Australians and improving nutrition in aged care... Read more
About me
Kurt Lushington has a PhD and MPsych (Clinical) from Flinders University of South Australia. His thesis examined the role of the pineal hormone, melatonin, in the sleep of the aged.
Kurt is interested in all works to do with sleep, both applied and theoretical, and is currently working on several projects examining sleep in children and adults, fatigue in the workplace and work stress and sleep. He supervises the Insomnia Clinic a joint service involving the Respiratory and Sleep Unit Royal Adelaide Hospital and UniSA Psychology Clinic.
In addition, Kurt is interested in health aging. He is working with NGOs and industry partners examining financial well-being in older Australians and improving nutrition in aged care residents.
About me
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Evaluation Study of a Financial Scam Awareness Workshop, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, 17/07/2024 - 31/08/2025
Digital communication and work stress in universities: a multilevel study, ARC - Discovery Projects, 10/03/2019 - 22/12/2023
Maggie Beer Foundation analysis and review, The Maggie Beer Foundation Ltd, 09/10/2020 - 01/03/2021
Rapid review of the literature relating to workplace health and wellbeing (measurement tools and evidence), Preventive Health SA, 29/05/2020 - 31/07/2020
What 300,000 young Australian students tell us about bullying?, Resilient Youth Australia Limited, 15/03/2019 - 31/12/2019
The Financial Capability and Wellbeing of Older People, ANZ Bank, 01/12/2018 - 30/11/2019
Does adenotonsillectomy improve neurocognition in pre-school children with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)?, NHMRC - Project Grant, 01/01/2013 - 31/12/2018
Financial Literacy Australia - Financial capability and older people, Financial Literacy Australia Limited, 01/02/2018 - 30/11/2018
Development of a 30-Minute 3D Simulation-Based Learning Module for School-Based Councillors, SA Dept for Education and Children's Services, 26/06/2017 - 30/04/2018
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
Open access
9
8
15
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| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2018 |
Open access
6
6
3
|
| 2017 |
Open access
14
13
8
|
| 2015 |
6
26
7
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
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| 2017 |
Open access
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| 2016 |
Open access
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| 2013 |
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| 2013 |
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| 2012 |
1
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
Open access
72
|
| 2024 |
Open access
1
1
74
|
| 2024 |
Open access
8
|
| 2024 |
5
|
| 2024 |
Open access
|
| 2023 |
Open access
1
1
|
| 2023 |
Open access
1
|
| 2023 |
Open access
1
1
1
|
| 2023 |
Open access
3
2
28
|
| 2023 |
Open access
3
3
71
|
| 2023 |
Open access
|
| 2022 |
Open access
|
| 2022 |
Open access
1
|
| 2022 |
5
5
8
|
| 2022 |
1
1
4
|
| 2022 |
2
2
295
|
| 2022 |
Open access
5
4
1
|
| 2022 |
Open access
5
6
|
| 2022 |
Open access
11
8
7
|
| 2022 |
Open access
8
6
8
|
| 2022 |
8
8
3
|
| 2021 |
10
9
|
| 2021 |
5
5
1
|
| 2021 |
1
1
49
|
| 2021 |
Open access
8
7
54
|
| 2021 |
8
7
4
|
| 2020 |
Open access
10
10
2
|
| 2020 |
Open access
14
13
14
|
| 2020 |
Open access
10
9
1
|
| 2020 |
Open access
14
|
| 2020 |
Open access
7
5
|
| 2020 |
Open access
47
38
72
|
| 2019 |
Open access
9
8
15
|
| 2019 |
Open access
7
7
4
|
| 2019 |
5
4
|
| 2018 |
Open access
27
26
23
|
| 2018 |
Open access
15
14
10
|
| 2018 |
Open access
9
8
8
|
| 2018 |
Open access
6
6
3
|
| 2018 |
9
9
4
|
| 2017 |
18
18
6
|
| 2017 |
Open access
36
28
6
|
| 2017 |
12
12
12
|
| 2017 |
Open access
14
13
8
|
| 2017 |
Open access
5
3
|
| 2017 |
Open access
13
8
|
| 2017 |
15
15
|
| 2016 |
Open access
7
6
|
| 2016 |
15
15
2
|
| 2016 |
2
1
|
| 2016 |
24
23
269
|
| 2016 |
8
6
1
|
| 2016 |
8
9
4
|
| 2016 |
44
42
3
|
| 2015 |
Open access
16
17
3
|
| 2015 |
Open access
16
11
|
| 2015 |
6
26
7
|
| 2015 |
Open access
42
36
4
|
| 2014 |
Open access
6
6
|
| 2014 |
43
43
17
|
| 2014 |
28
26
4
|
| 2014 |
Open access
13
12
22
|
| 2014 |
Open access
89
76
5
|
| 2014 |
18
|
| 2014 |
7
7
|
| 2013 |
81
76
|
| 2013 |
58
52
|
| 2013 |
Open access
86
81
|
| 2013 |
Open access
3
|
| 2012 |
26
24
|
| 2012 |
Open access
36
36
|
| 2012 |
2
1
|
| 2012 |
1
|
| 2012 |
Open access
|
| 2012 |
11
9
|
| 2012 |
39
35
|
| 2011 |
103
96
|
| 2011 |
|
| 2011 |
7
4
|
| 2011 |
41
37
|
| 2011 |
14
15
|
| 2011 |
32
27
|
| 2010 |
11
12
|
| 2010 |
20
18
|
| 2010 |
Open access
70
63
|
| 2010 |
118
104
|
| 2010 |
79
77
|
| 2010 |
59
56
|
| 2010 |
Open access
141
134
|
| 2010 |
Open access
46
37
|
| 2010 |
Open access
13
12
|
| 2009 |
53
43
|
| 2009 |
Open access
96
84
|
| 2009 |
Open access
29
27
|
| 2009 |
|
| 2009 |
82
66
|
| 2009 |
114
105
|
| 2009 |
Open access
15
15
|
| 2009 |
51
42
|
| 2008 |
62
46
|
| 2008 |
3
2
|
| 2008 |
|
| 2008 |
197
170
|
| 2008 |
58
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
Open access
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| 2022 |
Open access
|
| 2019 |
Open access
|
Research
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Adelaide City Council | AUSTRALIA |
| Adelaide Zoo | AUSTRALIA |
| Austin Health | AUSTRALIA |
| Central Queensland University | AUSTRALIA |
| Children, Youth and Women's Health Service | AUSTRALIA |
| Children's Health Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
| Childrens Hospital at Westmead | AUSTRALIA |
| CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research organisation) | AUSTRALIA |
| Department for Families and Communities | AUSTRALIA |
| Diabetes SA | AUSTRALIA |
| ECH Incorporated | AUSTRALIA |
| Erasmus University Rotterdam | NETHERLANDS |
| Flinders Medical Centre | AUSTRALIA |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| Griffith University | AUSTRALIA |
| IRCCS Foundation | ITALY |
| Laval University | CANADA |
| Mahasaraswati Denpasar University | INDONESIA |
| Mater Children's Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
| Mater Medical Research Institute | AUSTRALIA |
| Max Planck Institute | GERMANY |
| Monash Medical Centre | AUSTRALIA |
| Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
| Murdoch Childrens Research Institute | AUSTRALIA |
| National Centre for Vocational Education | AUSTRALIA |
| Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience | NETHERLANDS |
| Queensland Children's Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
| Repatriation General Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
| Resilient Youth Australia Limited | AUSTRALIA |
| RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
| Robinson Research Institute | AUSTRALIA |
| Royal Adelaide Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
| Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children | AUSTRALIA |
| Royal Australia Air Force | AUSTRALIA |
| Saarland University | GERMANY |
| Sapienza University of Rome | ITALY |
| South Australian Health and Medical and Research Institute (SAHMRI) | AUSTRALIA |
| The College of Medicine and Public Health | AUSTRALIA |
| The Maggie Beer Foundation Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
| Torrens University Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| Towson University | UNITED STATES |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Canberra | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Leeds | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Ottawa | CANADA |
| University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Rome - La Sapienza | ITALY |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| Women's and Children's Health Network Incorporated | AUSTRALIA |
| Women's and Children's Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
MemberAustralasian Sleep Association |
2017 |
MemberSleep Research Society |
2017 |
MemberAustralian Psychological Society (APS) |
2017 |
Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student LearningOffice for Learning and Teaching, Department of Education and Training, Australian Government |
2013 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| 111196 - EEG-derived measures of sleepiness | Current |
| Comparing the electrophysiological mechanisms and behavioural outcomes of sleepbased and retrieval-mediated memory consolidation | Current |
| Financial planning of older Australian women from different residential environments | Current |
| Increasing fictional queer representation through textual intervention. | Current |
| Investigating the combined effect of fatigue, circadian rhythms and workload on cognitive performance. | Current |
| Lived experiences of older Australians with a mortgage debt | Current |
| Attitudes toward same-sex family rights: the connection between marriage and family within the marriage equality debate | Completed |
| Becoming and being a Metalhead: exploring the significance of heavy metal music and culture for youth identities and aspiration biographies | Completed |
| 'Best interests of the child': inter-professional communication in child protection trials | Completed |
| Can financial planning instruments such as trauma insurance assist in the quality of life of cancer survivors? | Completed |
| Controlled flight into emotional terrain | Completed |
| Developing, delivering and evaluating a psychology based informational intervention for reducing food waste in households | Completed |
| Exploring responsibility and accountability in clinical handover | Completed |
| From stillness to action: meditation-based enhancement of cognitive control processes underlying motor sequence learning | Completed |
| Health and mental health support for Indigenous peoples of Mexico: service use access and barriers | Completed |
| Natural history of snoring in children: do neurocognitive deficits improve if snoring resolves? | Completed |
| Nurses' sensemaking: the social context of occupational health and safety decision making | Completed |
| Resonance in visual communication design practice | Completed |
| Rethinking poverty: a qualitative study of becoming resource and relationship constrained in South Australia | Completed |
| Sleep and sleep disorders during early childhood: investigations of cognition, temperament, co-sleeping and cerebrovascular functioning in sleep disturbed toddlers and preschoolers | Completed |
| Sleep based associative processing | Completed |
| Sleep, wake and the internal body clock: homeostatic and circadian interactions on performance | Completed |
| The associations between sleep and health in adolescence | Completed |
| The circadian and homeostatic influences on sleep quantity and quality | Completed |
| The effect of a 10-minute physical activity break on elementary male students' on-task behaviour, sustained attention and daily physical activity | Completed |
| The financing of healthcare: theoretical, empirical and practical considerations | Completed |
| The impact of insufficient sleep on healthy functioning in men | Completed |
| The psychology of volunteering : an in-depth examination of the job demands-resources model in the volunteer workforce | Completed |
| Three essays on the beta anomaly | Completed |
| Working wounded or engaged? : Australian work conditions and consequences through the lens of the job demands-resources model | Completed |
