Educational Qualifications

1998 – 2001             Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)

                                    Department of Psychology

The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 

1997                           Bachelor of Science – Psychology (First Class Honours)

                                    The University of Melbourne

1994 – 1996              Bachelor of Science

                        The University of Melbourne

1)  Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

i)   Ftouni S, Rahman SA, Crowley KE, Anderson C, Rajaratnam SM, Lockley SW. (2013) Temporal dynamics of ocular indicators of sleepiness across sleep restriction.” Journal of  Biological Rhythms, 28(6):412-24.

ii) Crowley KE, Rajaratnam SM, Shea SA, Epstein LJ, Czeisler CA, Lockley SW; Harvard Work Hours, Health and Safety Group. (2013) “Evaluation of a single-channel nasal pressure device to assess obstructive sleep apnea risk in laboratory and home environments.” 1;9(2):109-16.

iii) Crowley, KE. (2011). “Sleep and Sleep Disorders in Older Adults” Neuropsychological Review, 21(1):41-53.

iv)   Colrain IM, Crowley KE, Nicholas CL, Afifi L, Baker FC, Padilla M, Turlington, SR, Trinder J. (2010) “Sleep evoked delta frequency responses show a linear decline in amplitude across the adult lifespan” Neurobiology of Aging, 31: 874-883.

v)   Johns M, Crowley K, Chapman R, Tucker A, Hocking C. (2009) “The effect of blink and saccade eye movements on visual reaction times” Attention, Perception and Psychophysiology, 71 (4): 783 - 8

vi)   Colrain IM, Crowley KE, Nicholas CL, Padilla M, Baker FC. (2008) “The impact of Alcoholism on Sleep Evoked Delta Frequency Responses” Biological Psychiatry, 66 (2): 177 - 84

vii)   Johns, MW, Chapman R, Crowley KE, & Tucker A. (2008) “A new method for assessing the risks of drowsiness while driving”, Somnologie, 12 (1): 66-74

viii)   Johns MW Tucker A, Chapman R, Crowley KE, & Michael N. (2007) “Monitoring eye and eyelid movements by infrared reflectance oculography to measure drowsiness in drivers”, Somnologie, 11 (4): 234-242

ix)     Nicholas CL, Trinder J, Crowley KE, Colrain IM. (2006) “The impact of slow wave sleep proximity on evoked K-complex generation” Neuroscience Letters 14;404 (1-2): 127-31

x)      Crowley KE, Sullivan E, Adalsteinsson E, Pfefferbaum A, Colrain IM. (2005)    Differentiating Pathological Delta from Physiological Delta in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease, Sleep, 28 (7): 865 – 870

xi)     Carrington MJ, Barbieri R, Colrain IM, Crowley KE, Kim Y & Trinder J. (2005)  “Changes in cardiovascular function in young adults during sleep onset”, Journal of Applied Physiology, 98 (2): 468-76

xii)    Crowley KE, Trinder J & Colrain IM. (2004) “A review of the evidence for P2 being an independent component process: Age, sleep and modality”, Clinical Neurophysiology, 115(4): 732-44

xiii)   Crowley KE, Trinder J & Colrain IM. (2004) “Evoked K-complex generation: the impact of sleep spindles and age”, Clinical Neurophysiology, 115 (2): 471-6       

xiv)   Bastien C, Crowley KE & Colrain IM. (2002) “Evoked potential components unique to non-rem sleep: Relationship to evoked K-complexes and vertex sharp waves”, International Journal of Psychophysiology, 46 (3): 257-74

xv)    Crowley KE, Trinder J, Kim T, Carrington M & Colrain IM. (2002) “The effects of normal aging on sleep spindle and k-complex production”, Clinical Neurophysiology, 113 (10): 1615 -1622

xvi)   Crowley K, Trinder J & Colrain IM. (2002) “An examination of evoked K-complex amplitude and frequency of occurrence in the elderly”, Journal of Sleep Research, 11 (2): 129-140

xvii)   Crowley KE & Colrain IM. (2000) “Self-Reported sleep patterns and daytime sleepiness in the neurologically healthy aged”, Journal of Sleep Research, 9 (1): 97-98

xviii) Crowley K, Colrain IM & Trinder J. (1999) “Dissociation of subjective and objective sleep quality in the neurologically healthy elderly”, Sleep Research Online. 2 (Suppl 1): 253

 

2)  Published Abstracts

 i)   Crowley K, Johns MW, Chapman RJ, Tucker AJ & Patterson J. (2008) “An Ocular Measure of Drowsiness and the EEG: Changes with Sleep Deprivation” Sleep, 31: A119

 ii)   Johns MW, Crowley K, Chapman RJ, Tucker AJ & Hocking C. (2008) “The test-retest reliability of an ocular measure of drowsiness”, Sleep, 31: A118

 iii)   Chapman RJ, Johns MW, & Crowley K. (2006) “In the drowsy state, errors of omission in a visual reaction-time test occur with eyes open or closed”, Sleep. 29: A364

 iv)   Crowley K, Sullivan E, Adalsteinsson E, Pfefferbaum A & Colrain IM. (2004) “Differentiating ‘Pathological’ Delta From Healthy ‘Physiological’ Delta in Alzheimer’s Disease”, Sleep. A27: A133

 v)   Colrain IM, Crowley K & Ponton C. (2004) “Independent Components Analysis of Sleep Evoked Potentials”. Sleep. A370: A133

 vi)   Crowley K, Sullivan E & Colrain IM. (2003) “K-complex elicitation and amplitude and independent of ISI”, Sleep. 26: A70

 vii)   Nicholas C, Trinder J, Crowley K & Colrain IM. (2003) “Scalp topography of the <1Hz oscillation in the human sleep EEG”, Sleep. 26: A73

 viii)  Nicholas C, Trinder J, Crowley K & Colrain IM. (2003) “Evoked K-complex elicitation at transitions from Stage 2 to Slow Wave Sleep and Stage 2 to REM sleep”, Sleep. 26: A74

 ix)    Colrain IM, Afifi L, Nicholas C. Trinder J, Pfefferbaum A & Crowley K. (2003) “Averaged evoked K-complex amplitude correlates with aging over the adult lifespan”, Sleep. 26: A162

 x)     Crowley K, Colrain IM & Trinder J. (2002) “The effects of sleep spindles on evoked K-complex generation”, Sleep: A321

 xi)    Carrington M, Jones M, Crowley K, Colrain IM, Kim Y & Trinder J. (2002) “Alterations in blood pressure across the sleep onset period”, Sleep: A 174

 xii)   Crowley K, Colrain IM, Carrington M, Kim Y & Trinder J. (2001) “Effects of age on cardiac autonomic nervous system activity during sleep”, Sleep. 24: A225

 xiii)   Crowley K, Trinder J, Carrington M, Kim Y & Colrain IM. (2001) “The effects of normal aging on phasic events during sleep”, Sleep. 24: A165

 xiv)   Crowley K, Trinder J & Colrain IM. (2000) “Auditory evoked potentials during stage 2 NREM sleep in the elderly”, Sleep 23: A124

 

 3)  Book Chapters

 i)   Colrain IM, Crowley K. (2005) Evoked potentials during non-REM sleep: utility and functional significance. In Guilleminault, C. Sleep and Its Disorders. Series: Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology.

4)  Conference Presentations

i)   Crowley, K. (2010) “Sleep Architecture and EEG changes in Normal Aging” Invited Plenary session address, 22nd Annual Scientific Meeting of Australasian Sleep Association and Australasian Sleep Technologists Association, Christchurch, New Zealand.

ii)   Crowley, K. (2009) “Use of infrared reflectance oculography for monitoring the drowsiness of drivers”, 21st Annual Scientific Meeting of Australasian Sleep Association and Australasian Sleep Technologists Association, Melbourne, Australia.

iii)   Crowley, K. (2005) Sleep in normal aging”, Meeting of the China Medical Association, Shanghai, China (Invited Speaker)

iv)   Crowley, K. (2004) “Sleep-related electrophysiological indices of normal aging”, Stanford Grand Rounds, Palo Alto, California, U.S.A. (Invited Speaker)

v)   Crowley, K. (2003) “Dissociation between objective and subjective sleep quality in normal aging’, Dynamic Processes in Ageing, Canberra, A.C.T, Australia.

vi)  Crowley, K. (2002) “Basic science and clinical applications of sleep evoked potential recording”, 16th Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

vii)   Crowley, K. (2000) “Auditory evoked potentials during stage 2 NREM sleep in the elderly”, 14th Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Las Vegas, Navada, U.S.A.

 viii)   Crowley, K. (1998) “Effect of aging on sleep, sleepiness and cognitive performance”, 14th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society, Madrid, Spain.