Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr Bei Bei is an Associate Professor and NHMRC Emerging Leadership (EL2) Fellow at School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, and leads the Behavioural Sleep Medicine service, rearch, and training at Monash University Healthy Sleep Clinic. She holds a Doctor of Psychology (Clinical) and a PhD from University of Melbourne. Her research and clinical work focus on the individual differences in sleep-wake behaviours, the relationship between sleep and mental health, and making evidence-based psychological interventions for better sleep more widely available to the community.
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Research interests
- Nature and mechanisms of sleep and circadian rhythm disorders;
- Interventions for sleep and circadian rhythm disorders, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia;
- The psychological and behavioural aspects of sleep and wake behaviours;
- The relationship between sleep and mental health (e.g., mood, anxiety, and other psychiatric symptoms/disorders);
- Sleep and wake behaviours in adolescents, including the effects of restricted and extended sleep opportunities on adolescents' wellbeing;
- Sleep in women, including interventions to improve sleep and wellbeing during pregnancy and postpartum periods.
Monash teaching commitment
PSY4270 - Psychological Assessment and Intervention
Clinical activities
Clinical Psychologist and supervisor of Clinical Psychology Registrars and Provisional Psychologists at Monash University Healthy Sleep Clinic
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Sleep
- clinical psychology
- insomnia
- mood
- adolescents
- women's health
- circadian rhythm
- Sleep disorders
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
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Healthy sleep: Advancing the treatment and prevention of insomnia
1/01/25 → 31/12/29
Project: Research
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The impact of circadian and sleep factors on neurodevelopment
Cropley, V. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Bei, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Zalesky, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wilson Rajaratnam, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Stone, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ella Tian, Y. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Allen, N. B. (Partner Investigator (PI))
18/04/24 → 17/04/29
Project: Research
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Welcome Trust: An international task force to create adaptive bio-psycho-social and environmental models of sleep, circadian rhythms, and youth depression and anxiety across five continents
Lian, T. C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bei, B. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Sletten, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Keng, S.-L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Abu Bakar, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Olivier, P. (Chief Investigator (CI))
10/04/24 → 10/04/29
Project: Research
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An international task force to create adaptive bio-psycho-social and environmental models of sleep, circadian rhythms, and youth depression and anxiety across five continents
Bei, B. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Sletten, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wilson Rajaratnam, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Raniti, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Olivier, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wiley, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Drummond, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Jobson, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Keng, S.-L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Pretorius, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Padmanabhanunni, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lekaota, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Foster, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Allen, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Czeisler, C. A. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Klerman, E. (Chief Investigator (CI))
10/04/24 → 9/04/29
Project: Research
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Zest – A personalised, digital intervention for sleep and wellbeing in Australian shift workers
Varma, P. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Murray, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Stone, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Booker, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Sletten, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bei, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Postnova, S. D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), King, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McNaney, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wilson Rajaratnam, S. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Walker-Bone, K. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Phillips, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Howard, M. E. (Associate Investigator (AI))
1/02/23 → 31/01/26
Project: Research
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What helps and what hurts adolescents’ sleep? An intense longitudinal ecological momentary assessment of daily facilitators and barriers of sleep on school and non-school nights
Maskevich, S., Shen, L., Wiley, J. F., Drummond, S. P. A. & Bei, B., Mar 2025, In: Sleep Medicine. 127, p. 178-185 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Bidirectional associations between maternal and infant sleep and mental health across the perinatal period
Astbury, L., Crowther, M., Pinnington, D., Milgrom, J. & Bei, B., Oct 2024, In: SLEEP Advances. 5, Supplement 1, p. A8 1 p., O024 .Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review
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Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia reduces actigraphy and diary measured sleep discrepancy for individuals with comorbid insomnia and major depressive disorder: A report from the TRIAD study
Spina, M. A., Bei, B., Rajaratnam, S. W., Krystal, A., Edinger, J. D., Buysse, D. J., Thase, M. & Manber, R., Feb 2024, In: Sleep Medicine. 114, p. 137-144 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Defining and empirically testing a two-stage build-maintain model of cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia
Drummond, S. P. A. & Bei, B., Jan 2024, In: Sleep Medicine. 113, p. 92-94 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Identifying risk factors for probable insomnia development during late pregnancy: Preliminary findings from an Australian cohort study
Crowther, M., Hughes, J. S., Clayton, K., Bennett, C. J., Davey, M., Drummond, S. P. A., Manber, R., Mol, B. W. J., Mortimer, D., O'Connor, D. A., L. Rolnik, D., Ryan, J., Wiley, J. F. & Bei, B., Oct 2024, In: SLEEP Advances. 5, Supplement 1, p. A11 1 p., O033.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
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Early Career Research Grant
Mariapun, J. (Recipient), rabindranath, Y. (Recipient), Kunchamboo, V. (Recipient), Ng, C. (Recipient), Dujaili, J. (Recipient), Li-Ann, H. (Recipient) & Bei, B. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 3 Editorial responsibility
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Sleep Medicine Reviews (Journal)
Bei Bei (Editorial board member)
2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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Sleep (Journal)
Bei Bei (Editorial board member)
2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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Behavioral Sleep Medicine (Journal)
Bei Bei (Editorial board member)
2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility