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Philippa Gander
ONZM
Gander in 2003
Alma materUniversity of Auckland
Scientific career
FieldsSleep medicine
InstitutionsMassey University
Theses
Doctoral studentsLeigh Signal

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]

Academic career

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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]

Gander (left), after her investiture as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit by the governor-general, Dame Patsy Reddy, at Government House, Wellington on 31 August 2017

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, professor at Massey University.[13]

Selected works

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  • 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.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Professor Philippa Gander awarded title of emeritus professor". Massey University. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  2. ^ Gander, Philippa (1976). A model for the circadian pacemaker of Hemideina thoracica derived from the effects of temperature on its activity rhythm (Masters thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/2924.
  3. ^ Gander, Philippa (1980). Circadian organization in the regulation of locomotor activity and reproduction in Rattus exulans (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/2479.
  4. ^ Betts, Marianne (8 February 2003). "Medical school loses another researcher". Dominion Post. p. 4.
  5. ^ Zealand, Massey University, New. "Prof Philippa Gander - Director - Massey University". www.massey.ac.nz.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Professor Philippa Gander | Health Research Council". www.hrc.govt.nz.
  7. ^ "Professor Philippa Gander | SleepWake". www.sleepwake.ac.nz.
  8. ^ "About Us – Sleep Health New Zealand".
  9. ^ "Scientists reveal the secrets to a restorative sleep". Stuff.
  10. ^ Jacobson, Julie. "Kiwi sleep expert on working for NASA and why shift work could affect our health". Now To Love.
  11. ^ "G-I". Royal Society Te Apārangi.
  12. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2017". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  13. ^ Signal, T. Leigh (2002). Scheduled napping on the night shift : consequences for the performance and neurophysiological alertness of air traffic controllers (PhD thesis). Dissertation submitted to University of Otago. Published by Massey Research Online, Massey University.
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