Dr Denise O'Driscoll

Research Fellow

The Ritchie Centre

Dr Denise O’Driscoll worked as a Senior Sleep Scientist (RPSGT) both in Australia and the UK before joining the Clinical and Academic Unit of Sleep and Breathing at Imperial College London and the Royal Brompton Hospital London in 2002.

Dr O’Driscoll completed her PhD at Imperial College in 2005, researching the cardiovascular mechanisms at arousal from sleep in adults. In 2006 Dr O’Driscoll returned to Melbourne to join The Ritchie Centre as the inaugural Kaarene Fitzgerald Research Fellow (2006-08).

In 2008, Dr. O’Driscoll became a co-chief investigator on a NHMRC project grant (2008-2010) investigating the impact of sleep disordered breathing on cardiovascular, behavioural and neurocognitive function in preschool children. In 2009 Dr O’Driscoll was awarded the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand/Allen and Hanburys Respiratory Research Fellowship to investigate the impact of obstructive sleep apnoea on cardiovascular function in children with Down Syndrome.

Dr O’Driscoll is currently the National Delegate Representative for Australia at the European Society of Sleep Technologists and serves on the International Task Force for the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists.