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Associate Professor Aisling Heavey

Dr Aisling Heavey is an Adjunct Associate Professor and Research Scholar specialising anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology. Aisling  supervises HDR students within the School of Nursing & Midwifery and her research interests are centred on investigating the role of sleep in health and disease.

Professional Associations

  • Sigma Theta Tau International
  • Australian Association of Gerontology

Awards and Recognition

  • 2020: Sigma Theta Tau: Emerging Nurse Leader
  • 2020: Emerging Researchers in Ageing (ERA) bursary for the 53rd Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) Conference
  • 2018: ECU SNM Excellence in Teaching award
  • ECU Athena SWAN Advancement Scheme (Kickstart Science Prize)
  • 2015: ECU Faculty grant recipient.

Research Areas and Interests

  • Sleep in Health and Disease

Aisling's research portfolio is dedicated to investigating the role of sleep in health and disease. She has researched the impact of sleep in a variety of populations and in regards to a variety of chronic conditions including sleep in caregiving, the impact of sleep in diabetes and sleep in the clinical setting. Aisling is co-founder of the ECU Collaborative Sleep Research Group. She supervises a number of M.Sc and PhD students.

Other publications

  • Smyth, A. (2016). Adjuvant corticosteroid therapy for acute bacterial meningitis. AJN The American Journal of Nursing, 116(10), 63. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NAJ.0000503309.83251.e4
  • McMorrow JP., Crean, D., Gogarty, M.,Smyth, A., Connolly, M., Cummins, E., Veale, D., Fearon, U., Tak, P., Fitzgerald, O., Murphy, E., (2013),Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibition Modulates Thrombospondin-1 Expression in Human Inflammatory Joint Disease through Altered NR4A2 Activity.The American Journal of Pathology,183(4),1243-1257
  • Mix, KS., McMahon, K., McMorrow, JP., Walkenhorst, DE.,Smyth, A., Petrella, B., Gogarty, M., Fearon, U., Veale, D., Attur, MG., Abramson, SB., Murphy, EP., (2012),Orphan Nuclear Receptor NR4A2 Induces Synoviocyte Proliferation, Invasion, and Matrix Metalloproteinase 13 Transcription.Arthritis and Rheumatism,64(7),2126-2136,United States, DOI: 10.1002/art.34399.
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