Prof

Danny Eckert

Current Appointments

Principal Research Scientist (Honorary)

Associate Professor, UNSW R.D. Wright Fellow, NHMRC

Key Research Areas

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Professor Danny Eckert has been actively involved in human sleep and respiratory physiology research since 2001. In 2006, he completed his PhD at the University of Adelaide, based at the Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health. He was awarded the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand Allen and Hanburys Respiratory Research Fellowship, followed by an NHMRC CJ Martin Fellowship to pursue postdoctoral studies.

After three years of postdoctoral training at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, he was promoted to Faculty as Assistant Professor. In late 2011 Assoc Prof Eckert returned to Australia to establish a comprehensive sleep and respiratory physiology research program at NeuRA. His dedicated team continues to advance knowledge into the causes of sleep apnoea and develop new treatments. He currently serves on the board of the Australasian Sleep Association, the peak profession body and is Chair of the Research Committee.

Publications

2026 Dec

Multi night digital assessment of sleep disordered breathing is associated with accelerated vascular aging

View full journal-article on https://researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/publications/f29f38eb-d933-4aa7-a599-69389ea66370

2026 Aug

Sweet dreams at home

View full journal-article on https://researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/publications/a4fbb7d5-6f9b-4f32-957e-d58c8665434d

2026, 22 Jul

A Systematic Review of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Indigenous and First Nations Peoples Worldwide

View full other on https://doi.org/10.1093/sleepadvances/zpag080

2026 Jul

Differential associations of high ambient temperatures with sleep apnoea and snoring

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00309-2026

2026 Jul

High Respiratory Arousal Threshold as a Potential Pathophysiological Biomarker of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1002/resp.70261

2026 Jul

How do we sleep while our beds are burning? High ambient temperatures are associated with substantial sleep loss

View full journal-article on https://researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/publications/1a3e44b8-4bdf-4b08-8b8c-a3761efcba46

2026, 01 Jun

Differential genioglossus muscle responses to changes in breathing route in awake people with and without obstructive sleep apnea

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00588.2025

2026 Jun

High night-to-night variability in obstructive sleep apnea severity is associated with prevalent cardiovascular disease

View full journal-article on https://researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/publications/706837a9-f6c9-40e8-b07f-a6ea29732e63

2026, 10 Apr

Quetiapine modestly improves sleep and breathing but impairs next day performance in people with OSA and difficulty maintaining sleep: A randomized controlled trial

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1093/annalsats/aaoag092

2026, 01 Apr

Continuous positive airway pressure reduces nocturnal arrhythmia avalanche burden in obstructive sleep apnea

View full journal-article on https://researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/publications/4c78ea9b-dc6b-4ee1-8716-3d934ea949bd

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