· Sleep for bushfire survivors
· Cane waste to rebuild soil health
· The real carbon cost of your travel
· Creating tri-sector careers
Four early career researchers from Canberra, Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne recognised by Cooperative Research Australia for their innovative research and their ability to present it clearly and simply.
“These researchers illustrate the difference that deeply collaborative research can make for Australia,” says Jane O’Dwyer, the CEO of Cooperative Research Australia.
After the fires: dealing with insomnia, nightmares and trauma
An online self-paced intervention is being trialled to treat insomnia, nightmares, and trauma symptoms in bushfire survivors. Participants are welcome.
Many survivors of bushfires have a range of disruptive long-term sleep disorders that can lead to PTSD and depression. In a sample of 126 participants, 49.2% reported clinical insomnia, 28.7% reported nightmares, and 77.88% reported trauma symptoms.
Fadia Isaac, an early career researcher with Natural Hazards Research Australia and Federation University has developed the intervention which is called Sleep Best-i. “We’re in the tenth week of a clinical trial, with promising results. We hope to make it widely available by early 2024,” says Fadia.
“I hope that Sleep Best-i will give individuals increasing self-governance, a sense of personal responsibility, and greater privacy,” says Fadia.
Fadia won the CRA Early Career Research Competition, presented by the University of South Australia.
