Philippa Gander
New Zealand sleep researcher
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Philippa Helen Gander ONZM is a New Zealand sleep researcher. In 2021, she was conferred with the title of emeritus professor by Massey University, where she had been inaugural director of the Sleep/Wake Research Centre until stepping down from that role in 2019.[1]
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| Alma mater | University of Auckland |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Sleep medicine |
| Institutions | Massey University |
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| Doctoral students | Leigh Signal, Riz Tupai-Firestone |
Academic career
Gander wrote her master's thesis at the University of Auckland in 1976 with the title A model for the circadian pacemaker of Hemideina thoracica derived from the effects of temperature on its activity rhythm.[2] After a 1980 PhD titled Circadian organization in the regulation of locomotor activity and reproduction in Rattus exulans at the same institution,[3] Gander took up a Fulbright Fellowship at Harvard Medical School in 1980. She moved to the NASA-Ames Research Center in 1983 as part of the flight crew fatigue and jet-lag research programme. Gander returned to New Zealand in 1998, and established the Sleep/Wake Research Centre at the Wellington School of Medicine with the assistance of funding from the Health Research Council of New Zealand. She moved to Massey University and was appointed a full professor in 2003, and the research centre became part of Massey's newly established research school of public health.[1][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
In 2009, Gander was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.[11] In the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the study of sleep and fatigue.[12]
Notable students of Gander's include Leigh Signal and Ridvan Tupai-Firestone, both professors at Massey University.[13][14]
Selected works
- Paine, Sarah-Jane; Gander, Philippa H.; Travier, Noemie (2006). "The epidemiology of morningness/eveningness: influence of age, gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic factors in adults (30-49 years)". Journal of Biological Rhythms. 21 (1): 68–76.
- Marshall, Nathaniel Stuart; Barnes, Maree; Travier, Noemie; Campbell, Angela J.; Pierce, Robert J.; McEvoy, R. Doug; Neill, Alister M.; Gander, Philippa Helen (2006). "Continuous positive airway pressure reduces daytime sleepiness in mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnoea: a meta-analysis". Thorax. 61 (5): 430–434.
- Gander, Philippa; Hartley, Laurence; Powell, David; Cabon, Philippe; Hitchcock, Edward; Mills, Ann; Popkin, Stephen (2011). "Fatigue risk management: Organizational factors at the regulatory and industry/company level". Accident Analysis & Prevention. 43 (2): 573–590.
- Rosekind, Mark R.; Smith, Roy M.; Miller, Donna L.; Co, Elizabeth L.; Gregory, Kevin B.; Webbon, Lissa L.; Gander, Philippa H.; Lebacqz, J. Victor (1995). "Alertness management: strategic naps in operational settings". Journal of Sleep Research. 4: 62–66.
- Lilley, Rebbecca; Feyer, Anne-Marie; Kirk, Patrick; Gander, Philippa (2002). "A survey of forest workers in New Zealand: Do hours of work, rest, and recovery play a role in accidents and injury?". Journal of Safety Research. 33 (1): 53–71.
- Signal, T. Leigh; Gale, Jesse; Gander, Philippa H. (2005). "Sleep measurement in flight crew: comparing actigraphic and subjective estimates to polysomnography". Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. 76 (11): 1058–1063.