Season 7, Episode 12 w Dr Cassie Hilditch on combating sleep inertia

Today I am joined by Dr Cassie Hilditch from San José State University Research Foundation. In this episode, we will be discussing Cassie's work around sleep inertia. 

Some of Cassie's papers 

Hilditch CJ, Arsintescu L, Gregory KB, Flynn-Evans EE. Mitigating fatigue on the flight deck: how is controlled rest used in practice? Chronobiol Int. 2020 Sep-Oct;37(9-10):1483-1491. doi: 10.1080/07420528.2020.1803898. Epub 2020 Aug 24. PMID: 32838563. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32838563/  

Kovac K, Vincent GE, Paterson JL, Reynolds A, Aisbett B, Hilditch CJ, Ferguson SA. The impact of a short burst of exercise on sleep inertia. Physiol Behav. 2021 Dec 1;242:113617. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2021.113617. Epub 2021 Oct 1. PMID: 34606883. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34606883/ 

Hilditch CJ, Flynn-Evans EE. Fatigue, Schedules, Sleep, and Sleepiness in U.S. Commercial Pilots During COVID-19. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2022 May 1;93(5):433-441. doi: 10.3357/AMHP.6031.2022. PMID: 35551720. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35551720/ 

Hilditch CJ, McHill AW. Sleep inertia: current insights. Nat Sci Sleep. 2019 Aug 22;11:155-165. doi: 10.2147/NSS.S188911. PMID: 31692489; PMCID: PMC6710480. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31692489/ 

Hilditch CJ, Short M, Van Dongen HP, Centofanti SA, Dorrian J, Kohler M, Banks S. Sleep inertia during a simulated 6-h on/6-h off fixed split duty schedule. Chronobiol Int. 2016;33(6):685-96. doi: 10.3109/07420528.2016.1167724. Epub 2016 Apr 14. PMID: 27078176. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27078176/ 

Connect with Cassie

LinkedIn 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassie-hilditch-phd-817a1816/ 

Google Scholar 

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uUJGxwoAAAAJ&hl=en

Contact me at iandunican@sleep4performance.com.au  or www.sleep4performance.com.au  and check out the YouTube channel.