Professor Siobhan Banks is Director of the Behaviour-Brain-Body Research Group at the University of South Australia. Banks received her Ph.D. from Flinders University of South Australia in 2004 and undertook a post-doctoral fellowship at the University Of Pennsylvania before joining the faculty in the School of Medicine as a Research Assistant Professor in 2006. In 2009 she returned to Australia with a Fellowship for Women in Science from the University of South Australia. Banks' current research sits at the nexus of biology (fatigue and circadian rhythms), behaviour (individual and team performance) and technology (human machine interface). Her research focuses on the impact of sleep deprivation and shift work on... Read more
About me
Professor Siobhan Banks is Director of the Behaviour-Brain-Body Research Group at the University of South Australia. Banks received her Ph.D. from Flinders University of South Australia in 2004 and undertook a post-doctoral fellowship at the University Of Pennsylvania before joining the faculty in the School of Medicine as a Research Assistant Professor in 2006. In 2009 she returned to Australia with a Fellowship for Women in Science from the University of South Australia. Banks' current research sits at the nexus of biology (fatigue and circadian rhythms), behaviour (individual and team performance) and technology (human machine interface). Her research focuses on the impact of sleep deprivation and shift work on psychological and physiological functioning and how countermeasures may be used to prevent the negative effects of disturbed sleep, in particular work schedules, novel technologies, dietary interventions, napping and caffeine. She has expertise in the objective measurement of fatigue and with designing tools and protocols to investigate the biological and behavioural responses to sleep deprivation, irregular work hours and stress. Her research has been funded by a range of government and industry sources including NHMRC, National Institutes for Health in USA, The US Air Force Office of Scientific Research, NASA National Space and Biomedical Research Institute, Beyond Blue, SA Department of Health and Aging, Lockheed Martin Australia, Thales UK, US Naval Post Graduate School and DST-Group. She has received over $10M in research funding during her career, ranging from basic to applied research. This work has been cited over 6500 times (GoogleScholar). Banks is on the editorial board of the specialty journal SLEEP, has been awarded a South Australian Young Tall Poppy Science Award (2010) and the Sleep Research Society Young Investigator Award (2011), she also previously served on the Sleep Health Foundation Board of Directors. In 2019 she was awarded the Australian Council Graduate Research Award for Excellence in Promoting Industry Engagement in Graduate Research.
About me
Australasian Sleep Association, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Sleep Research Society, European Sleep Research Society, Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand
About me
Date | Title |
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22/04/2017 |
The 24-hour city on Future Tense, https://radio.abc.net.au/programitem/pewLeqongL?play=true |
10/05/2016 |
Sleep expert on SBS Insight program "Are we getting enough sleep?", http://www.sbs.com.au/news/insight/tvepisode/sleep-0 |
About me
Doctor of Philosophy Flinders University
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) University of South Australia
Bachelor of Arts University of South Australia
Siobhan’s research interests focus on the impact of sleep loss, irregular work schedules and sustained operations on neurobehavioural and physiological functioning. She has particular expertise with objective tests of daytime sleepiness and neurobehavioural performance. Siobhan's recent studies investigate countermeasures to the effects of fatigue. Her research provides “Science for the Workplace” solutions and evidenced based strategies to improve productivity and safety.
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Shifting Weight using Intermittent Fasting (the SWIFt study): A novel weight loss intervention in shift workers with obesity, NHMRC - Project Grant, 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2023
Prevalence, Nature, and Biopsychosocial Correlates of Sleep Disorders Among Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), US Dept of Defense - Medical Research Program, 01/07/2020 - 30/06/2022
Altering meal times to reverse the metabolic consequences of shift work, NHMRC - Project Grant, 01/01/2016 - 31/12/2020
Time Restricted Feeding, Glycaemic Control and the Adipose Tissue Transcriptome, Diabetes Australia Research Trust (DART) - General Grant, 01/07/2018 - 30/06/2019
Identification and validation of biological markers to predict and detect changes in operator state, Defence Science & Technology Organisation - Business & Commercialisation Office, 01/01/2014 - 31/01/2018
Salivary cortisol levels analysis, Defence Science & Technology Organisation - Business & Commercialisation Office, 01/05/2012 - 25/04/2014
Assessment of Sleepover Shifts, VALMAR Support Services Ltd., 09/09/2013 - 31/01/2014
Research
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.
Year | Output |
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2019 |
Open access
9
8
4
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2019 |
Open access
3
2
|
2019 |
Open access
2
|
2019 |
Open access
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2017 |
Open access
41
39
46
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Year | Output |
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2018 |
Open access
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Year | Output |
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2019 |
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2015 |
Open access
16
|
2015 |
3
|
2014 |
30
|
2012 |
2
|
2011 |
18
|
2010 |
17
4
|
2010 |
90
80
|
2009 |
3
|
Year | Output |
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2021 |
Open access
1
1
15
|
2021 |
Open access
6
|
2021 |
Open access
1
1
13
|
2021 |
1
|
2021 |
153
|
2021 |
30
|
2021 |
1
2
1
|
2021 |
5
|
2020 |
Open access
4
8
323
|
2020 |
Open access
2
2
2
|
2020 |
Open access
1
1
5
|
2020 |
Open access
10
|
2020 |
Open access
|
2019 |
Open access
9
8
4
|
2019 |
6
7
1
|
2019 |
10
12
8
|
2019 |
Open access
6
7
7
|
2019 |
Open access
3
2
|
2019 |
Open access
9
6
13
|
2019 |
Open access
15
14
37
|
2019 |
Open access
40
38
18
|
2019 |
Open access
3
3
6
|
2019 |
Open access
2
1
9
|
2019 |
1
2
|
2019 |
Open access
7
8
17
|
2019 |
Open access
16
14
66
|
2018 |
Open access
1
1
|
2018 |
Open access
12
9
7
|
2018 |
Open access
23
18
1
|
2018 |
Open access
14
22
|
2018 |
Open access
4
4
3
|
2018 |
Open access
24
25
6
|
2018 |
3
2
83
|
2017 |
Open access
8
6
2
|
2017 |
22
23
3
|
2017 |
Open access
7
6
1
|
2017 |
Open access
41
39
46
|
2017 |
Open access
20
19
24
|
2017 |
Open access
25
21
52
|
2017 |
Open access
37
38
19
|
2017 |
Open access
5
|
2017 |
Open access
15
14
8
|
2017 |
6
4
5
|
2017 |
Open access
22
18
225
|
2016 |
Open access
2
1
|
2016 |
Open access
16
14
63
|
2016 |
Open access
7
7
258
|
2016 |
Open access
46
43
98
|
2016 |
Open access
22
22
187
|
2016 |
14
14
|
2016 |
Open access
17
16
3
|
2016 |
8
7
1
|
2016 |
17
16
269
|
2016 |
Open access
34
35
46
|
2015 |
Open access
11
9
11
|
2015 |
21
23
1
|
2014 |
25
24
288
|
2014 |
Open access
4
2
|
2014 |
Open access
34
35
|
2013 |
Open access
61
57
1
|
2013 |
Open access
|
2012 |
151
142
62
|
2012 |
Open access
46
41
92
|
2012 |
Open access
213
185
147
|
2012 |
Open access
144
135
228
|
2012 |
12
12
|
2011 |
Open access
40
37
|
2011 |
Open access
73
64
|
2010 |
186
48
|
2010 |
80
41
|
2010 |
62
59
|
2010 |
Open access
84
78
|
2010 |
Open access
33
32
|
2009 |
Open access
131
113
|
Year | Output |
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2019 |
Open access
2
|
2019 |
Open access
|
2011 |
Open access
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Research
Siobhan’s research interests focus on the impact of sleep loss, irregular work schedules and sustained operations on neurobehavioural and physiological functioning. She has particular expertise with objective tests of daytime sleepiness and neurobehavioural performance. Siobhan's recent studies investigate countermeasures to the effects of fatigue. Her research provides “Science for the Workplace” solutions and evidenced based strategies to improve productivity and safety.
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Air Liquide Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Austin Health | AUSTRALIA |
Australian College of Applied Psychology | AUSTRALIA |
Biomedical Statistical Consulting | UNITED STATES |
Central Queensland University | AUSTRALIA |
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation) | AUSTRALIA |
Defence Science and Technology Group | AUSTRALIA |
Defence Science and Technology Organisation | AUSTRALIA |
Delta Air Lines | UNITED STATES |
Department of Defence | AUSTRALIA |
Department of Health and Ageing | AUSTRALIA |
Federal Express Corporation | UNITED STATES |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
Government of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Harvard University | UNITED STATES |
Institutes for Behavior Resources, Inc | UNITED STATES |
Integrated Safety Support | AUSTRALIA |
Loughborough University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Monash Medical Centre | AUSTRALIA |
Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
MRC Biostatistics Unit | UNITED KINGDOM |
NASA Johnson Space Center | UNITED STATES |
Northern Adelaide Local Health Network | AUSTRALIA |
Philips Sleep and Respiratory Care | AUSTRALIA |
Repatriation General Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Repatriation General Hospital Inc | AUSTRALIA |
ResMed | AUSTRALIA |
RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
Royal Adelaide Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Royal North Shore Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Sleep Disorders Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Stanford University | UNITED STATES |
The Alfred Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of California, Los Angeles | UNITED STATES |
University of Cambridge | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Los Angeles Medical Centre | UNITED STATES |
University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
University of Montana | UNITED STATES |
University of Pennsylvania | UNITED STATES |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Brittany | FRANCE |
University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
University of Wollongong | AUSTRALIA |
Walter Reed Army Institute for Research | UNITED STATES |
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research | UNITED STATES |
Washington State University | UNITED STATES |
Washington State University Spokane | UNITED STATES |
Women's and Children's Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Award for Excellence in Promoting Industry Engagement in Graduate ResearchAustralian Council for Graduate Research |
2019 |
Board of DirectorsSleep Health Foundation |
2018 |
Editorial Board MemberJournal SLEEP, Sleep Research Society |
2018 |
Academic Excellence, International Collaboration ResearchDivision of Education, Arts and Social Sciences, University of South Australia |
2017 |
Board of DirectorsSleep Health Foundation |
2017 |
Editorial Board MemberJournal SLEEP, Sleep Research Society |
2017 |
MemberAustralasian Sleep Association |
2017 |
MemberAmerican Academy of Sleep Medicine |
2017 |
MemberSleep Research Society |
2017 |
MemberEuropean Sleep Research Society |
2017 |
MemberThoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand |
2017 |
Academic Excellence, Industry EngagementDivision of Education, Arts and Social Sciences, University of South Australia |
2016 |
Board of DirectorsSleep Health Foundation |
2016 |
Editorial Board MemberJournal SLEEP, Sleep Research Society |
2016 |
Board of DirectorsSleep Health Foundation |
2015 |
Editorial Board MemberJournal SLEEP, Sleep Research Society |
2015 |
Board of DirectorsSleep Health Foundation |
2014 |
Editorial Board MemberJournal SLEEP, Sleep Research Society |
2014 |
Editorial Board MemberJournal SLEEP, Sleep Research Society |
2013 |
Editorial Board MemberJournal SLEEP, Sleep Research Society |
2012 |
Editorial Board MemberJournal SLEEP, Sleep Research Society |
2011 |
Young Investigator AwardSleep Research Society, USA |
2011 |
Editorial Board MemberJournal SLEEP, Sleep Research Society |
2010 |
Finalist, Tall Poppy AwardAustralian Institute of Policy and Science |
2010 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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Acute Stress, cortisol awakening response and cognitive performance in shift workers. | Current |
An Evaluation of Fatigue Risk Management Systems among Airlines in South Asia | Current |
Distributed teams: individual and team performance. | Current |
Fatigue and Team Performance in the Maritime Environment | Current |
Investigating the combined effect of fatigue, circadian rhythms and workload on cognitive performance. | Current |
Mixed Reality to Enhance Distributed Team Performance | Current |
Shiftwork, circadian rhythms, sleep, and diet methods for measuring and shifting body timing systems | Current |
Strategies for an integrated use of simulation tools for integrated use of simulation tools for developments and verification in designing human spaces in capsule environments | Current |
The Impact of Circadian Misalignment on Cognitive Performance, Team Cohesion and Physiological Markers of Stress | Current |
The relationship between diet and cognitive function in adult survivors of cancer | Current |
A randomised controlled trial of a school-based sleep education program in pre-adolescents | Completed |
Cognitive performance, subjective sleepiness, and ratings of hunger and gastric upset in shiftworkers and simulated shiftwork | Completed |
Dietary caffeine and sugar and their relationship with sleep and behaviour in children and adults | Completed |
Dietary countermeasures to reduce the impact of alternate shift schedules on glucose metabolism, mood state, sleepiness and performance | Completed |
Investigation of peripheral biomarkers for assessing operator alertness and attention during sleep loss | Completed |
New methods for harnessing the unconscious: testing metaphor to generate ideas | Completed |
Sleep inertia during split duty schedules and following short night-time naps | Completed |
Sleep, wake and the internal body clock: homeostatic and circadian interactions on performance | Completed |
Spatial attention and alertness in healthy adults | Completed |
The circadian and homeostatic influences on sleep quantity and quality | Completed |
The impact of diet quality on telomere length as a marker of cellular ageing in mid-age to older Australian adults | Completed |
The impact of insufficient sleep on healthy functioning in men | Completed |
The Impact of split shifts and naps on sleep, performance and mood | Completed |
The transition from primary to secondary school and its relationship to musculoskeletal health | Completed |