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Sleep Psychologist and Researcher, The University of Melbourne

Dr Hailey Meaklim is a sleep psychologist, researcher, and founder of My Better Sleep. She is passionate about improving access to evidence-based treatments for sleep problems, like insomnia.

She works as a psychologist at St Vincent’s Hospital Sleep Centre and is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne. She also founded My Better Sleep in 2023, as part of the Melbourne Accelerator Program, to increase access to evidence-based sleep and insomnia information.

Hailey has completed a Bachelor of Science (Honours in Psychology) degree from The University of Melbourne, a Master of Psychology from Swinburne University of Technology and a PhD in Psychology from Monash University. Her PhD focused on translating evidence-based sleep and insomnia knowledge into healthcare training programs.

Experience

  • 2018–present
    Psychologist, St Vincent's Hospital Sleep Centre
  • 2020–present
    Honorary Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
  • 2023–present
    Founder, My Better Sleep
  • 2015–2018
    Psychologist, Melbourne Sleep Disorders Centre
  • 2012–2016
    Research officer, Institute for Breathing and Sleep
  • 2009–2012
    Officer, Department of Human Services

Education

  • 2023 
    Monash University, PhD in Psychology
  • 2015 
    Swinburne University of Technology, Master of Psychology (Counselling Psychology)
  • 2007 
    The University of Melbourne , Bachelor of Science (Honours)

Publications

  • 2018
    Evidenced Based Mental Health, Web-based cognitive behaviour therapy for insomnia shows long -term efficacy in improving chronic insomnia
  • 2017
    Sleep Medicine, The management, privacy and medico-legal issues of electronic CPAP data in Australia and New Zealand
  • 2017
    Journal of Sleep Research, Magnetic resonance imaging of the upper airway in patients with quadriplegia and obstructive sleep apnea

Grants and Contracts

  • 2023
    Melbourne Accelerator Program
    Role:
    CIA
    Funding Source:
    The University of Melbourne

Professional Memberships

  • Psychologist Registration Board of Australia
  • Member of the Australian Psychological Society
  • Member of the Australasian Sleep Association
  • Society for Behavioral Sleep Medicine
  • Sleep Research Society
  • Australian Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy
  • Sleep Health Foundation