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Human Sleep Research Laboratory

Ian M. Colrain, Ph.D.

Director, SRI International’s Human Sleep Research Laboratory

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

1987	University of Tasmania, PhD, Psychophysiology (Sleep)
1984	University of Tasmania, BSc (Hons), Psychology
1983	University of Tasmania, BSc, Psychology and Computer Science

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING

1988	Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anatomy, University of Tasmania Medical School

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS and POSITIONS

2007-present	Professorial Fellow, Department of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
2005-present	Associate Director, Center for Health Sciences, SRI International
2003-present	Principal Fellow and Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne
2001-present	Director, Human Sleep Research Program, SRI International
1999-2001	Clinical Senior Research Scientist, Sleep Research Center, Stanford University
1998	Visiting Assoc. Prof. Sleep Research Center, Stanford University
1997-2003	Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne
1995 - 1996	Lecturer in Biological Psychology. Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne
1993-1994	Deputy Chair, University of Auckland Human Subjects Ethics Committee
1992-1994	Deputy Director, Research Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Auckland
1991-1994	Lecturer in Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Auckland
1989-1990	Research Fellow in Psychophysiology, Department of Psychology, University of Auckland

CONSULTANCIES

2003-present	Pulmonary Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania
2001-present	Sleep Disorders Clinic, Stanford University
2001-2003	Pediatric Pulmonary Division, Johns Hopkins University
1999-2001	Neurosciences Program, SRI International
1996-present	Sleep Research Laboratory, University of Ottawa
1995-present	Respiratory Neurophysiology Laboratory, University of Florida

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

European Sleep Research Society

Sleep Research Society (USA)

Academy of Sleep Medicine (USA) Member, Research Committee 2003-2005

Research Society on Alcoholism. Member, Elections Committee, 2007-present

Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco

RESEARCH

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Total publications (as of March 2008): 145

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles, Book Chapters and Technical Monographs (30 of 61):

Colrain IM, Swan GE. (2008) The effects of smoking cessation and related treatments on sleep. The International Journal of Sleep and Wakefulness – Primary Care. 1(3): 90-94.

Baker FC, Lamarche L, Iacovides S, Colrain IM. (2008) Sleep and Menstrual-related Disorders. Sleep Medicine Clinics, 3(1) 23-35.

Melendres MC, Marcus CL, Abi-Raad RF, Trescher WH, Lutz JM Colrain IM. (2008) Respiratory-related evoked potentials during sleep in children. Sleep. 31(1): 55-61.

Huang J, Colrain IM, Melendres MC, Karamessinis LR, Pepe MS, Samuel JM, Abi-Raad RF, Trescher WH, Marcus CL. (2007) Cortical processing of respiratory afferent stimuli during sleep in children with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Sleep. 31(3): 403-410.

Baker FC, Kahan TL, Trinder J, Colrain IM. (2007) Sleep quality and the sleep electroencephalogram in women with severe premenstrual syndrome. Sleep. 30(10): 1283-1291.

Colrain IM, Campbell K (2007) The use of evoked potentials in sleep research. Sleep Medicine Reviews. 11(4):277-293.

Colrain IM, Trinder J (2007) Central and autonomic nervous system consequences of apnea. In Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Pathophysiology, Comorbidities and Consequences. Kushida C (Ed); Taylor and Francis, London. P275-292

Nicholas, CL, Trinder J, Colrain IM (2006) The Impact of Slow Wave Sleep Proximity on Evoked K-Complex Generation. Neuroscience Letters 404: 127-131.

Crowley KE, Sullivan EV, Adalsteinsson E, Pfefferbaum A, Colrain IM. (2005) Differentiating ‘pathological’ delta from healthy ‘physiological’ delta in Alzheimer’s disease. Sleep Sleep 28(7): 865-870.

Colrain IM, Crowley KE (2005) Evoked potentials during nonREM sleep: utility and functional Significance. In Clinical Neurophysiology of Sleep Disorders: Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology Series. Guilleminault C (Ed); Daube JR & Mauguiere F (series Eds), Elsevier, Amsterdam, ISBN 0444515178.

Colrain IM (2005) The K-complex: A seven-decade history. Sleep, 28(2):255-273

Colrain IM, Trinder J, Swan GE. (2004) The impact of smoking cessation on central and autonomic nervous system activity during sleep: Review, synthesis and recommendations Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 6(6):913-925.

Carmelli D, Colrain IM, Swan GE, Bliwise DL (2004) Genetic and environmental influences in sleep disordered breathing in older male twins Sleep, 27(5):917-922.

Afifi L, Guilleminault C, Colrain IM (2003) Sleep and breathing-specific ERP abnormalities in OSAS Respiration Physiology and Neurobiology 136:221-234.

Manber R, Kuo T, Cataldo N, Colrain IM .(2003) The Effects of HRT on Sleep Disordered Breathing in Postmenopausal Women: A Pilot Study Sleep 15(2):163-168.

Crowley KE, Trinder J, Colrain IM (2002) An examination of evoked K-complex amplitude and frequency of occurrence in the elderly. Journal of Sleep Research. 11:129-140.

Nicholas CL, Sullivan, EV, Pfefferbaum A, Trinder J, Colrain IM (2002) The effects of alcoholism on evoked responses during non-REM sleep. Journal of Sleep Research 11(3): 247-253.

Crowley KE, Trinder J, Kim Y, Carrington M, Colrain IM (2002) The effects of normal aging on phasic events during sleep. Clinical Neurophysiology 113: 1615-1622.

Gora J, Trinder J, Pierce, R, Colrain IM (2002) Respiratory related evoked potentials in moderate obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: Evidence of a sleep specific blunted cortical response. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 166(9):1225-34.

Nicholas CL, Trinder J, Colrain IM (2002) Increased production of evoked and spontaneous K-complexes following a night of sleep fragmentation. Sleep. 25(8): 882-887.

Kadotani H, Kadotani T, Young T, Peppard PE, Finn L, Colrain IM, Murphy GM, Mignot E. (2001) Apolipoprotein E e4 predisposes to sleep disordered breathing in the general adult population. Journal of the American Medical Association, 22:2888-2890.

Colrain IM, Webster KE, Hirst G, Campbell KB. (2000) The roles of vertex sharp waves and K-complexes in the generation of N300 in auditory and respiratory-related evoked potentials during early stage 2 NREM sleep. Sleep, 23(1): 97 - 106.

Black J, Guilleminault C, Colrain IM, Carrillo O. (2000) Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome: Central EEG power and changes in breathing effort. American Review of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Aug;162(2 Pt 1):406-11.

Webster KE, Colrain IM. (2000) The relationship between respiratory-related evoked potentials and the perception of inspiratory resistive loads. Psychophysiology 37(6): 831-841.

Gora J, Colrain IM, Trinder J. (1999) Respiratory-related evoked potentials at the transition from wake- to sleep-type activity in the EEG Journal of Sleep Research 8(2):123-134.

Webster KE, Colrain IM. (1998) Multi-channel EEG analysis of Respiratory Evoked Potential Components during wake and NREM sleep. Journal of Applied Physiology 85: 1727-1735.

Logie SL, Colrain IM, Webster KE. (1998) Source Dipole Analysis of the Early Components of the RREP. Brain Topography 11(2) 153-164.

Davenport PW, Colrain IM, Hill PMcN. (1996) Scalp Topography of the Short Latency Components of the Respiratory Related Evoked Potential in Children. Journal of Applied Physiology 80(5): 1785-1791.

Colrain IM, Taylor J, Buttery R, McLean S, Wise G, Bell K, Montgomery IM. (1993) Dose dependent effects of alcohol on Visual Evoked Potentials. Psychopharmacology 112: 383-388.

Colrain IM, Trinder J, Fraser G, Wilson G. (1987) Ventilation during sleep onset. Journal of Applied Physiology, 63(5): 2067-2074.

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