Danny Eckert
Current Appointments
Principal Research Scientist (Honorary)Key Research Areas
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
2023, 31 Jan
The scent of love is in the air(way): a potential drug target for sleep apnea?
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsad019
2023 Jan
Single-Night Diagnosis of Sleep Apnea Contributes to Inconsistent Cardiovascular Outcome Findings
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2023.01.027
2022, 15 Oct
Opioid Use Disorder, Sleep Deficiency, and Ventilatory Control: Bidirectional Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202108-2014CI
2022 Oct
All-Cause Mortality in People with Co-Occurring Insomnia Symptoms and Sleep Apnea: Analysis of the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.2147/NSS.S379252
2022 Oct
The association of co‐morbid insomnia and sleep apnea with prevalent cardiovascular disease and incident cardiovascular events
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13563
2022, 01 Sep
Regional genioglossus reflex responses to negative pressure pulses in people with obstructive sleep apnea
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00083.2021
2022, 01 Jul
Reply to Martinez-Garcia et al. and to Abreu and Punjabi
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202201-0116LE
2022 Jul
Comorbid insomnia and sleep apnoea is associated with all-cause mortality
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01958-2021
2022, 13 Jun
The relationship between mandibular advancement, tongue movement, and treatment outcome in obstructive sleep apnea
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsac044
2022 Jun
Novel avenues to approach non-CPAP therapy and implement comprehensive obstructive sleep apnoea care
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01788-2021
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