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Research Biography
Barbara is a biostatistician with more than 15 years of professional experience ranging from the government to the university sector. Prior to joining Flinders University she provided statistical advice and support to her colleagues at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), UNSW, Sydney and National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), UNSW, Sydney.
She has also a combined 7 years experience working in demography at the Office for National statistics (UK) and Statistics NZ (NZ). In that time she focused on geographical variation in mortality, mortality by cause of death, life expectancy in small areas, dynamics and motivations of migrations.
Barbara is currently the president of the South Australia branch of Statistical Society Australia. Her current research interests are survival analysis, meta-analysis, mixed models and count models.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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An investigation into sleep, perceived experiences, and exercise performance in elite male cyclists during the Tour de France
Fitton, J., Lechat, B., Reynolds, A. C., Toson, B., Manners, J., Nguyen, P., Loffler, K. A., Altree, T. J., Catcheside, P. & Eckert, D. J., May 2025, In: Physiological Reports. 13, 10, 12 p., e70395.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Associations of polysomnographic measures of obstructive sleep apnea, and nocturnal oxygen saturation with incident type 2 diabetes mellitus in middle-aged and older men
Appleton, S. L., Naik, G., Nguyen, D. P., Toson, B., Lechat, B., Loffler, K., Catcheside, P. G., Vakulin, A., Martin, S. A., Wittert, G. A. & Adams, R. J., Jun 2025, In: Journal of Sleep Research. 34, 3, 15 p., e14357.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bidirectional associations between sleep and physical activity investigated using large-scale objective monitoring data
Fitton, J., Nguyen, D. P., Lechat, B., Scott, H., Toson, B., Manners, J., Dunbar, C., Sansom, K., Pinilla, L., Hudson, A., Naik, G., Vakulin, A., Reynolds, A. C., Catcheside, P., Escourrou, P. & Eckert, D. J., 8 Dec 2025, In: Communications Medicine. 5, 1, 11 p., 519.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparing the efficacy of technology-enabled treatments for insomnia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Scott, H., Green, M., Jones, K., Loffler, K. A., Lovato, N., Toson, B., Bensen-Boakes, D. B., Perlis, M., Drummond, S. P. A., Kaambwa, B. & Lack, L., 2025, In: Sleep Advances. 6, 1, 9 p., zpaf010.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Global warming may increase the burden of obstructive sleep apnea
Lechat, B., Manners, J., Pinilla, L., Reynolds, A. C., Scott, H., Vena, D., Bailly, S., Fitton, J., Toson, B., Kaambwa, B., Adams, R. J., Pepin, J. L., Escourrou, P., Catcheside, P. & Eckert, D. J., 16 Jun 2025, In: Nature Communications. 16, 11 p., 5100.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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