Dr Jasneek Chawla

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Dr Jasneek Chawla

Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Physician, Queensland Children’s Hospital, Brisbane

Dr Jasneek Chawla undertook her specialist training in Edinburgh UK, followed by a Paediatric Sleep Medicine Fellowship at the Mater Children’s Hospital in Brisbane. She is now a Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Physician at the Queensland Children’s Hospital in Brisbane and Senior Lecturer with the Medical School, University of Queensland. Dr Chawla is actively involved in clinical research and has been awarded a Queensland Advancing Clinical Research Fellowship for 2020 towards her PhD, evaluating the impact of sleep interventions on outcomes in children with Down syndrome. Her areas of research interest include sleep in children with disability, the relationship between sleep and long-term cognitive & behavioural outcomes in children and optimisation of the utilisation of continuous oximetry in infants with chronic neonatal lung disease.

Melatonin and sleep medications in children – The latest evidence

The incidence of sleep disorders in children and its impact on the family- the role of melatonin and the pitfalls of unsupervised use in children

Melatonin and sleep medications in children – The latest evidence

The incidence of sleep disorders in children and its impact on the family- the role of melatonin and the pitfalls of unsupervised use in children

By Dr Jasneek Chawla, Prof Sarah Blunden