Sleep, exercise and healthy eating are the corner stones of leading a healthy life. Missing out on sleep or having a sleep disorder that robs you of good quality sleep can have serious short and long-term health consequences.

Poor sleep can result in memory and mood disturbance and lead to daytime sleepiness, poor concentration and accidents. In the long-term chronic sleep deprivation may contribute to a host of health problems including obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Sleep disorders are varied and can affect anyone at any time.

The Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health has over 40 staff members, including many health professionals and researchers who are national and international leaders in their field.

Our multidisciplinary team of qualified and experienced health and research professionals provides world-class clinical research in a range of sleep disorders. We are sleep physicians, specialist nurses, psychologists, a psychiatrist, technologists, scientists, administrative staff and postgraduate students.

By combining clinical, physiology, psychology and engineering expertise, we are ideally placed to design and translate novel and practical diagnostic and treatment approaches to address the major burden of sleep problems in the community.

Sleep study gets Anita’s life back on track

Over many years Anita had difficulty sleeping and felt like she was living on a knife edge. She suffered from constant headaches, feeling tired all day and found it difficult to function. At the Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health Anita was given the treatment she needed to improve her sleep health and overall wellbeing.

Quality sleep is a life change for Geoff

At 60 years old Geoff was a serious long-term snorer and woke each morning feeling tired and grumpy. His doctor referred him for a sleep test that showed he had chronic obstructive sleep apnoea, causing him to subconsciously wake throughout the night. With support from the Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health Geoff was fitted with a CPAP machine, delivering constant and steady air pressure to keep his airways open at night. ‘From day one it was a life changer,’ says Geoff.