Margot Davey

A/Prof Margot Davey helped establish the Melbourne Children’s Sleep Centre (MCSC) in 1994 and was appointed Director in 2003.  In this position she has built a strategic clinical and scientific partnership with Monash University since 2004.  This collaboration has led to the establishment of a wide clinical paediatric sleep research program within the MCSC and an expansion of both infant and child sleep research projects.  Initial research focused on the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea in typically developing children and has expanded to focus on high-risk groups such as children with epilepsy, Prader- Willi and Down Syndrome to improve clinical outcomes.  She has developed a home-based non-invasive ventilation program to avoid need for hospitalisation of children who commence overnight ventilatory support. Recent research has focused on the use of new technology related to both non-invasive ventilation and role of home sleep testing in paediatrics.  Her clinical practice is centred on the management of infants and children with a variety of sleep disorders, which allows her the opportunity to continue to raise clinical questions for research and translate research into practice directly.