Danny Eckert
Current Appointments
Principal Research Scientist (Honorary)Key Research Areas
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
2024, 13 Mar
Low-Dose Morphine Does Not Cause Sleepiness in COPD: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202310-1780OC
2024, 01 Mar
A novel TASK channel antagonist nasal spray reduces sleep apnea severity in physiological responders: a randomized, blinded, trial
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00541.2023
2024 Mar
Plant-based and vegetarian diets are associated with reduced obstructive sleep apnoea risk
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00739-2023
2024, 17 Feb
Regular snoring is associated with uncontrolled hypertension
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-024-01026-7
2024, 10 Feb
Content Comparison of Quality-of-Life Instruments Used in Economic Evaluations of Sleep Disorder Interventions
View full journal-article on https://researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/publications/c41651e3-4346-4422-a9c0-35f8e7ed048c
2024 Feb
Are we getting enough sleep? Frequent irregular sleep found in an analysis of over 11 million nights of objective in-home sleep data
View full journal-article on https://researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/publications/aebef856-3f7b-4c3b-9c78-9635f4c4bc2c
2023, 12 Dec
Pharmacological management of co-morbid obstructive sleep apnoea and insomnia
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1080/14656566.2023.2292186
2023, 01 Dec
Ventilatory Burden: Development of a New Approach to Better Quantify Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity and Its Impacts
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202310-1718ED
2023 Dec
Multi-night measurement for diagnosis and simplified monitoring of obstructive sleep apnoea
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2023.101843
2023 Dec
Regional associations between inspiratory tongue dilatory movement and genioglossus activity during wakefulness in people with obstructive sleep apnoea
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1113/JP285187