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Biography
Dr. Drummond first became fascinated with sleep research when he volunteered as an undergraduate research assistant in the Sleep Research Laboratory at the University of Arizona under the direction of Richard Bootzin, PhD and Michael Perlis, PhD (then a graduate student). After college, he worked with Sarah Mosko, PhD at UC Irvine Medical Center investigating mother-infant co-sleeping. For graduate school, he attended the SDSU-UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology where he worked with J. Christian Gillin, MD. He completed his Pre-doctoral Internship at the Tucson VA hospital and then returned to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) as a Postdoctoral Fellow working with Gregory G. Brown PhD. He served on the UCSD Department of Psychiatry faculty from 2002-2014, and as a Staff Psychologist at the VA San Diego Healthcare System from 2005-2014. Dr. Drummond joined the Monash School of Psychological Sciences as a Professor of Clinical Neuroscience in Dec 2014. He currently also serves as the Director of the Sleep and Circadian Rhythms Research Theme within the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health.
Dr. Drummond has three main arms to his program of research: 1) cognitive neuroscience of sleep and sleep deprivation; 2) treatment of insomnia, especially in comorbid psychopathology; and 3) translational research examining the mechanistic role sleep plays in PTSD and mood disorders. With respect to cognitive neuroscience, his studies manipulate sleep deprivation in healthy adults and measure the consequent cognitive and cerebral changes through behavioral and cognitive testing, functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI), and EEG. His work also includes healthy older adults and clinical populations such as obstructive sleep apnea and insomnia. He is interested in a number of cognitive performance domains, particularly decision making, attention, executive function (broadly defined) and learning/memory. Dr. Drummond's clinical research focuses on the treatment of insomnia in various contexts. His translational research examines the interaction of sleep, sleep disruption, and psychiatric symptoms. In particular, he is interested in understanding the mechanistic role sleep plays in development, maintenance, and treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and mood disorders. His research has been funded by several sources, including the National Health and Medical Research Council, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, US Department of Defense, and industry. Dr Drummond's clinical expertise lies in treating behavioral sleep disorders, such as insomnia and chronic nightmares, as well as mood disorders such as depression and bipolar.
Community Service:
Immediate Past President of the Sleep Research Society (sleepresearchsociety.org)
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Research area keywords
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Sleep
- behavioural
- cognition
- decision making
- functional MRI
- insomnia
- mood disorders
- sleep deprivation
- sleep medicine
Network
Projects
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Identifying a modifiable risk factor for PTSD: insomnia-related disruption of trauma recovery mechanisms
Drummond, S. & Risbrough, V. B.
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia)
1/01/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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LAPSE: Is the ADHD brain a sleepy brain?
Andrillon, T., Silk, T. J., Windt, J., Tononi, G., Bellgrove, M. & Drummond, S.
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia)
1/01/21 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Fathoming sleep depth: a novel approach to the understanding and assessing of sleep-state misperception in insomnia
21/12/20 → 20/12/24
Project: Research
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Predicting Resilience in the Face of Uncertainty: Who is Adapting well to COVID-19?
Drummond, S. & Boardman, J.
Department of Defence (Australia)
5/06/20 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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Circadian mechanisms for antidepressant medication treatment
Cain, S., Phillips, A. & Drummond, S.
1/01/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
Research output
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The Bidirectional Relationship Between Sleep and Health
Stewart, E. M., Landry, S., Edwards, B. A. & Drummond, S. P. A., 2021, The Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology: Volume 4: Special Issues in Health Psychology. Cohen, L. M. & Gulliver, S. B. (eds.). 1st ed. United States: John Wiley & Sons, Vol. 4. p. 165-188 24 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Encyclopaedia / Dictionary Entry › Other › peer-review
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Acoustic slow wave sleep enhancement via a novel, automated device improves executive function in middle-aged men
Diep, C., Ftouni, S., Manousakis, J. E., Nicholas, C. L., Drummond, S. P. A. & Anderson, C., Jan 2020, In : Sleep. 43, 1, 11 p., zsz197.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Anxiety predicts dyadic sleep characteristics in couples experiencing insomnia but not in couples without sleep disorders
Walters, E. M., Phillips, A. JK., Hamill, K., Norton, P. J. & Drummond, S. PA., 1 Aug 2020, In : Journal of Affective Disorders. 273, p. 122-130 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Automated Method for Detecting Acute Insomnia Using Multi-Night Actigraphy Data
Angelova, M., Karmakar, C., Zhu, Y., Drummond, S. P. A. & Ellis, J., 20 Apr 2020, In : IEEE Access. 8, p. 74413-74422 10 p., 9072096.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Circadian disruption impairs fear extinction and memory of conditioned safety in mice
Clark, J. W., Hoyer, D., Cain, S. W., Phillips, A., Drummond, S. P. A. & Jacobson, L. H., 1 Sep 2020, In : Behavioural Brain Research. 393, 10 p., 112788.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)
Press / Media
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CREATORS: 'Immersive Installation Explores Sleep Culture and Insomnia'
Matthew Bird, Marcus McMahon, Shanthakumar Rajaratnam, Sean Drummond, Caitlyn Parry, J David Franke & Phillip Adams
7/07/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Review
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ART ALMANAC: 'Matthew Bird: Dormitorium'
Matthew Bird, Marcus McMahon, Shanthakumar Rajaratnam, Sean Drummond, Caitlyn Parry, J David Franke & Phillip Adams
10/06/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Review
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SMH: 'Trouble sleeping? Designers might have the answer (here's a clue: lose the blue)'
Matthew Bird, Marcus McMahon, Shanthakumar Rajaratnam, Sean Drummond, Caitlyn Parry, J David Franke & Phillip Adams
28/03/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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ABC RADIO NATIONAL: 'An invitation to sleep'
Matthew Bird, Marcus McMahon, Shanthakumar Rajaratnam, Sean Drummond, Caitlyn Parry, J David Franke & Phillip Adams
20/03/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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ARTSHUB: 'An exhibition that wants to send you to sleep'
Matthew Bird, Marcus McMahon, Shanthakumar Rajaratnam, Sean Drummond, Caitlyn Parry, J David Franke & Phillip Adams
14/03/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Review