Sarah Appleton

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Dr Sarah Appleton

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7292-9714
1991 …2025

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Dr Sarah Appleton is a chronic disease epidemiologist and commenced as Senior Research fellow at AISH in January of 2019.  Prior to this she was working in The Health Observatory  (Discipline of Medicine), Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide. She completed her PhD in 2010 in The Health Observatory after working there as research officer across a broad range of laboratory-based basic science and clinical research areas since 1988. She is an Associate Investigator for the North West Adelaide Health Study (NWAHS), a biomedical cohort study established in 2000-01, and mentors post-graduate students and early career researchers.

Sarah’s research has aimed to identify clinical phenotypes of people at risk of poor health outcomes in order to inform evidenced based policy for the improved delivery of health services and prevention of chronic disease.  Since 2012, she has made contributions to -identifying the burden of undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in men and its relationship with chronic disease outcomes life in the Men Androgens Inflammation Lifestyle Environment and Stress (MAILES) study as the most productive epidemiologist investigating the co-morbidities of OSA in Australia. Given the size of the population at risk of OSA related health problems that her work has identified, current research projects aim to better identify who actually is at risk and require treatment. This will involve the investigation of whether electrophysiological signals (EEG and ECG) on sleep studies (power spectral analysis, heart rate variability) improves risk stratification.  Her partners include collaborators at The University of Adelaide based at SAHMRI, and the Woolcock Institute at Sydney University. Her major goal will be the acquisition of research funds to investigate women participants of the NWAHS as to date women are far less likely to be diagnosed with OSA than men and are vastly under-represented in OSA research studies despite recent findings suggesting a quarter of women may be affected by OSA.

Research Interests

Epidemiology

Sleep disorders

Obstructive sleep apnea

Insomnia

Chronic disease

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, University of Adelaide

Award Date: 1 Oct 2010

Bachelor of Science (Honours), Flinders University

Award Date: 1 Apr 1987

Bachelor of Science, University of Adelaide

Award Date: 1 Apr 1986

External positions

South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute Faculty- Research Fellow

1 Jan 2020 → 31 Dec 2022

Adjunct Fellow -University of Adelaide

1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2021

Supervision

  • Registered

Supervisory Interests

  • Sleep and chronic disease epidemiology

Keywords

  • RZ Other systems of medicine
  • Epidemiology
  • sleep health
  • Sleep disorders

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):

  1. SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
    SDG 2 Zero Hunger
  2. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  3. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality
  4. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  5. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  6. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  7. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  8. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  9. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
    SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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