Dr Jill Dorrian

Jill is a Lecturer in the School of Psychology and Program Director of the Bachelor of Psychology Honours Program. Her primary research experience is in human sleep, biological rhythms and performance. Her PhD investigated fatigue and performance impairment in shiftwork. Following her PhD, she undertook a Research Fellowship with The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. While there, she conducted research for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, investigating unobtrusive measurement techniques for workload-induced stress. In addition, she was involved in several other basic and applied research projects examining the effects of altered sleep wake schedules on human performance. Currently, as a member of the Centre for Sleep Research, she works with the Australian Rail and Healthcare Industries investigating fatigue, workload, operational performance and safety.

• psychology
• sleep
• shiftwork
• stress

The Australian Psychological Society (APS)

Sleep Research Society (SRS)

World Federation of Sleep Research Societies (WFSRS)

Working Time Society (WTS)

The Australasian Sleep Association (ASA)

PhD Behavioural Science

• Neurobehavioural effects of sleep deprivation
• Productivity and safety in shiftwork operations
• Self-awareness

Journal Articles

Brear P, Dorrian J (2009). Does Professional Suitability Matter? A National Survey of Australian Counselling Educators in Undergraduate and Post Graduate Training. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, in press, accepted September 2009.

Vakulin A, Baulk SD, Catcheside PG, van den Heuvel CJ, Antic N, Dorrian J, McEvoy. (2009) Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Patients are More Vulnerable to Alcohol and Sleep Restriction as Measured by Driving Simulation. Annals of Internal Medicine, 151:447-455.

Dorrian J and Wache D (2009). Introduction of an online approach to flexible learning for on-campus and distance education students: Lessons learned and ways forward. Nurse Education Today, 29(2):157-167.

Peters J, Biggs SN, Bauer K, Lushington K, Dorrian J (2009). A Palm-Based Psychomotor Vigilance Task is Sensitive to Sleep Restriction in Children. Journal of Sleep Research, 18: 173-77.

Dorrian J, Tolley C, Lamond N, van den Heuvel C, Pincombe J, Rogers AE and Dawson D (2008). Work Hours, Sleep and Errors in a Group of Australian Hospital Nurses at Work and During the Commute, Applied Ergonomics, 39(5):605-13.

Dorrian J, Lamond N, Kozuchowski K and Dawson D (2008). The Driver Vigilance Telemetric Control System (DVTCS): Investigating Sensitivity to Experimentally-Induced Sleep Loss and Fatigue. Behavior Research Methods, 40(4):1016-25.

Brear P, Luscri G, Dorrian J (2008). Preparing our future counselling professionals: An important challenge for gatekeeping research. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 8(2): 93 - 101.

Lamond N, Jay SM, Dorrian J, Ferguson SA, Roach GD, and Dawson D (2008). The Sensitivity of a Palm-based Psychomotor Vigilance Task to Severe Sleep Loss, Behavior Research Methods, 40(1), 347-352.

Dorrian J, Hussey F & Dawson D (2007). Train driving efficiency and safety: Examining the cost of fatigue, Journal of Sleep Research, 16(1):1-11.

Jay SM, Lamond N, Ferguson SA, Dorrian J, Jones CB and Dawson D (2007). The dynamics of recovery sleep when recovery opportunity is restricted. Sleep, 30(3):353-60.

Dorrian J, Roach G, Fletcher A and Dawson D (2007). Simulated train driving: Fatigue, self-awareness and cognitive disengagement. Applied Ergonomics, 38(2):155-66. Epub 2006 Jul 18.

Lamond N, Jay S, Dorrian J, Ferguson S, Jones C & Dawson D (2007). The dynamics of neurobehavioural recovery following sleep loss, Journal of Sleep Research, 16(1):33-41.

Biggs S, Smith A, Dawson D, van den Heuvel C, Dorrian J, Reid K, Baulk SD (2007). Subjective sleepiness and driving performance: Can sleepy drivers accurately predict driving performance after caffeine? Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 63: 573-577.

Dorrian J, Lamond N, van den Heuvel C, Pincombe J & Dawson D (2006). A pilot study of the safety implications of Australian nurses’ sleep and work hours. Chronobiology International, 23(6):1149-63.

Kandelaars KJ, Fletcher A, Dorrian J, Baulk SD, Dawson D (2006). Predicting the timing and duration of sleep in an operational setting using social factors. Chronobiology International, 23(6):1265-76.

Jones CB, Dorrian J, Jay SM, Lamond N, Ferguson S, Dawson D. (2006). Self-awareness of impairment and the decision to drive after an extended period of wakefulness. Chronobiology International, 23(6):1253-63.

Dorrian J, Roach G, Fletcher A & Dawson D (2006). The effects of fatigue on train handling during speed restrictions. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behavior, 9(4):243-257.

Jones CB, Dorrian J, Rajaratnam SMW & Dawson D. (2005). Working hours regulations and fatigue in transportation: A comparitive analysis. Safety Science, 43(4)225-252.

Dinges DF, Rider RL, Dorrian J, McGlinchey EL, Rogers NL, Cizman Z, Goldenstein SK, Vogler C, Venkataraman S, Metaxas DN (2005). Optical computer recognition of facial expressions associated with stress induced by performance demands. Aviation, Space & Environmental Medicine 76(6), B172-182.

Jones CB, Dorrian J, & Rajaratnam SMW (2005). Fatigue and the criminal law. Industrial Health, 43(1), 63-70.

Roach GD, Lamond N, Dorrian J, Burgess H, Holmes A, Fletcher A, McCulloch K, & Dawson D (2005). Changes in the concentration of urinary 6-sulphatoxymelatonin during a week of simulated night work. Industrial Health, 43(1), 193-196.

Lamond N, Dorrian J, Burgess HJ, Holmes AL, Roach GD, McCulloch K, Fletcher A, & Dawson D (2004). Assessment of performance during seven nights of simulated shift work. Ergonomics 47(2), 154-165.

Loh S, Lamond N, Dorrian J, Roach GD, & Dawson D (2004). The validity of psychomotor vigilance tasks of less than 10 minutes duration. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments & Computers, 36(2):339-46.

Dorrian J, Lamond N, Holmes AL, Burgess HJ, Roach GD, Fletcher A & Dawson D (2003). The ability to self-monitor performance during a week of simulated night shifts, Sleep, 26(7), 871-877.

Lamond N, Dorrian J, Roach GD, McCulloch K, Holmes AL, Burgess HJ, Fletcher A, & Dawson D (2003). The impact of a week of simulated night work on sleep, circadian phase and performance. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 60(11), e13.

Jones CB, Dorrian J, & Dawson D (2003). Fatigue and the law in Australia. Journal of Industrial Relations, 45(3), 344-359.

Lamond N, Dorrian J, Roach GD, Burgess HJ, Holmes AL, McCulloch K, Fletcher A, & Dawson D (2001). Performance, sleep and circadian phase during a week of simulated night work. Journal of Human Ergology (ISSN 0300-8134), 30(1-2), 133-138.

Roach GD, Dorrian J, Fletcher A, & Dawson D (2001). Comparing the effects of fatigue and alcohol intoxication on locomotive engineers’ performance in a rail simulator. Journal of Human Ergology (ISSN 0300-8134), 30(1-2), 121-126.

Roach GD, Burgess H, Lamond N, Dorrian J, Holmes A, Fletcher A, McCulloch K, & Dawson D (2001). A week of simulated night work delays salivary melatonin onset. Journal of Human Ergology (ISSN 0300-8134), 30(1-2), 248-253.

Holmes AL, Burgess HJ, McCulloch K, Lamond N, Fletcher A, Dorrian J, Roach GD, & Dawson D (2001). Daytime cardiac autonomic activity during one week of continuous night shift. Journal of Human Ergology (ISSN 0300-8134), 30(1-2), 217-222.

Dorrian J, Lamond N & Dawson D (2000). The ability to self-monitor performance when fatigued. Journal of Sleep Research, 9(2):137-144.

Book Chapters

Dorrian J & Dinges DF (2005). Sleep deprivation and its effects on cognitive performance. In Lee-Chiong T (Ed), Encyclopedia of Sleep Medicine, John Wiley and Sons, pp139-144.

Dorrian J, Rogers NL & Dinges DF (2004). Behavioural alertness as assessed by psychomotor vigilance performance. In Kushida, CA. (Ed), Sleep Deprivation: Clinical Issues, Pharmacology, and Sleep Loss Effects. Marcel Dekker, NY, pp39-70.

Rogers NL, Dorrian J & Dinges DF (2003). Sleep, waking and neurobehavioral performance. In Kreuger, J. M. (Ed), Frontiers in Bioscience 8(Sept 1): s1056-1067.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Articles

Dorrian J, Hussey F & Dawson D (2005). The effects of fatigue on train driving performance: A data logger study, Proceedings of the International Conference on Fatigue Management in Transportation, Seattle USA, September 2005.

Dorrian J & Dawson D (2005). Modeling the relationship between sleep/wake history and fatigue-related truck accidents, Proceedings of the International Conference on Fatigue Management in Transportation, Seattle USA, September 2005.

Jones CB, Dorrian J & Dawson D (2005). Lay attributions of accountability, responsibility and liability for fatigue related road accidents, Proceedings of the International Conference on Fatigue Management in Transportation, Seattle USA, September 2005.

Kandelaars KJ, Dorrian J, Fletcher A, Roach GD, Dawson D (2005). A review of biomathematical fatigue models: Where to from here? Proceedings of the International Conference on Fatigue Management in Transportation, Seattle USA, September 2005.

I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:

Discipline: Psychology

• Sleep, sleep deprivation and human performance
• Shiftwork, productivity and safety