Nicole Lovato

Associate Professor Lovato is a Senior Practitioner Research Fellow and Psychologist (provisional) at the Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, Flinders University. She has extensive experience in insomnia and circadian physiology. Her research is particularly focused on the development of new, innovative therapeutic interventions and models of care for the management of chronic insomnia and circadian rhythm sleep disorders and associated chronic mental and physical ill-health. She works closely with consumers, primary care, and other key stakeholders to translate this knowledge to make best-practice sleep healthcare accessible and cost-effective for the community.
She is co-Chair of the Chronobiology Council of the Australasian Sleep Association (ASA), Australia’s peak advocacy body representing clinicians, scientists, and researchers in sleep medicine. A/Prof Lovato’s professional leadership has shaped practice change with the inclusion of chronobiology in education modules and guidelines for the management of chronic insomnia. She is co-inventor and holds patents for a sleep disorders diagnostic tool.