Prof

Danny Eckert

Current Appointments

Principal Research Scientist (Honorary)

Associate Professor, UNSW R.D. Wright Fellow, NHMRC

Key Research Areas

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Professor Danny Eckert has been actively involved in human sleep and respiratory physiology research since 2001. In 2006, he completed his PhD at the University of Adelaide, based at the Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health. He was awarded the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand Allen and Hanburys Respiratory Research Fellowship, followed by an NHMRC CJ Martin Fellowship to pursue postdoctoral studies.

After three years of postdoctoral training at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, he was promoted to Faculty as Assistant Professor. In late 2011 Assoc Prof Eckert returned to Australia to establish a comprehensive sleep and respiratory physiology research program at NeuRA. His dedicated team continues to advance knowledge into the causes of sleep apnoea and develop new treatments. He currently serves on the board of the Australasian Sleep Association, the peak profession body and is Chair of the Research Committee.

Publications

2025, 03 Mar

Diagnostic Modalities in Sleep Disordered Breathing: Current and Emerging Technology and Its Potential to Transform Diagnostics

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.70012

2025 Mar

Power-law properties of nocturnal arrhythmia avalanches

View full journal-article on https://researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/publications/d74692cb-5e8e-499f-94a2-86796376e988

2025, 28 Mar

Performance evaluation of an under‐mattress sleep sensor versus polysomnography in > 400 nights with healthy and unhealthy sleep

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.14480

2025, 03 Mar

Characterisation of nocturnal arrhythmia avalanche dynamics: Insights from generalised linear model analysis

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.14465

2024, 01 Dec

Comparison of awake respiratory control versus sleep obstructive sleep apnea endotypes

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00138.2024

2024 Dec

Efficacy of obstructive sleep apnea treatment in reducing fall risk in older adults

View full journal-article on https://researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/publications/b81746ec-2f84-44e4-b4ee-cb5896947908

2024, 01 Dec

A circadian-informed lighting intervention accelerates circadian adjustment to a night work schedule in a submarine lighting environment

View full journal-article on https://researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/publications/642572f7-2038-4793-bc2d-953bf5354b72

2024, 01 Dec

Low-Dose Morphine Does Not Cause Sleepiness in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

View full journal-article on https://researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/publications/6570551e-5367-4205-9424-bcf936443ecf

2024 Dec

Circadian-informed lighting improves vigilance, sleep, and subjective sleepiness during simulated night-shift work

View full journal-article on https://researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/publications/0b043adc-a20c-46c2-8e98-86a936d99f40

2024, 11 Oct

Performance evaluation of an under-mattress sleep sensor versus polysomnography in≥400 nights with healthy and unhealthy sleep

View full preprint on https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.09.24312921

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