Associate Professor Nicole Lovato

Associate Professor in Sleep Health

College of Medicine and Public Health

place Mark Oliphant Building
GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

My research is focused on insomnia and circadian rhythms, particularly the development of new, innovative therapeutic interventions and models of care for the management of chronic insomnia and associated mental ill-health.

Qualifications
PhD
Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)
Honours, awards and grants

I am the recipient of several awards in recognition of my research and leadership. The most prestigious are listed below:

  • Early Career Research Award, Flinders University, 2020; one of two distinguished early career researchers who have demonstrated excellence in publications, research funding, and HDR completions over the past 12-months.
  • Fresh Science SA, Science in Public, 2018; a national award for excellence in science communication.
  • Early Career Researcher Award, Australian Psychological Association, 2016 (First recipient from Flinders University); in recognition of excellence in scientific achievement in psychology. The achievements of awardees are considered outstanding and of a calibre that places them significantly ahead of their peers.
  • South Australian Tall Poppy Award, Australian Institute of Policy & Science, 2016; prestigious award to recognise and celebrate intellectual and scientific excellence of Australian scientists.
  • Career Development Award, Australasian Sleep Association/Chinese Sleep Research Society, 2014 (First ever recipient); awarded to a high achieving emerging researcher to enhance career/future collaboration opportunities.
  • Vice Chancellor Award for Early Career Researchers, Flinders University, 2013; recognises and values outstanding contributions from early career researchers.
Supervisory interests
Bright light therapy
Circadian rhythms
Cognitive behaviour therapy for insomnia
Insomnia
Mental health
Sleep
Higher degree by research supervision
Current
Principal supervisor: Insomnia (1), Insomnia and circadian rhythms (1)
Associate supervisor: Insomnia and daytime functioning (1)
Completion
Principal supervisor: Insomnia and circadian rhytms (9)
Associate supervisor: Insomnia and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (1), Insomnia, circadian rhythms, daytime functioning (26), Circadian rhythms (3)
Expert for media contact
Ageing
Biological rhythms
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Primary health care
Psychology
Research
Sleep, insomnia, circadian rhythms
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