Selected publications

Nguyen E, Meadley B, Harris R, Rajaratnam SMW, Williams B, Smith K, Bowles KA, Dobbie ML, Drummond SPA, Wolkow AP. Sleep and mental health in recruit paramedics: A 6-month longitudinal study. Sleep. 2023; zsad050. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsad050

Czeisler M, Wolkow AP, Czeisler CA, Howard ME, Rajaratnam SMW, Lane RI. Association between burnout and adherence with mask usage and additional COVID-19 prevention behaviours: findings from a large-scale, demographically representative survey of US adults. BMJ Open. 2023;13(3):e066226. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066226

Harris R, Beatty CJ, Cori JM, Spitz G, Soleimanloo SS, Peterson SA, Naqvi A, Barnes M, Downey LA, Shiferaw BA, Anderson C, Tucker AJ, Clark A, Rajaratnam SMW, Howard ME, Sletten TL, Wolkow AP. The impact of break duration, time of break onset, and prior shift duration on the amount of sleep between shifts in heavy vehicle drivers. J Sleep Res. 2022 Oct 4:e13730. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13730

Harris R, Drummond SPA, Meadley B, Rajaratnam SMW, Williams B, Smith K, Bowles KA, Nguyen E, Dobbie ML. Wolkow AP. Mental health risk factors for shift work disorder in paramedics: A longitudinal study. Sleep Health. 2023. Feb;9(1):49-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2022.09.009

Soleimanloo SS, Sletten TL, Clark A, Cori JM, Wolkow AP, Beatty C, Shiferaw B, Barnes M, Tucker AJ, Huda MM, Anderson C, Rajaratnam SMW, Howard ME. The association of schedule characteristics of heavy vehicle drivers with continuous eye-blink parameters of drowsiness. Transp Res F: Traffic Psychol and Behav. 2022; 90: 485-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2022.08.019

Meadley B, Wolkow AP, Smith K, Perraton L, Bowles KA, Bonham MP. Cardiometabolic, dietary and physical health in graduate paramedics during the first 12-months of practice - a longitudinal study. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2021; 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2021.1949081

Cori JM, Downey LA, Sletten TL, Beatty CJ, Shiferaw BA, Soleimanloo SS, Turner S, Naqvi A, Barnes M, Kuo, J, Lenné MG, Anderson C, Tucker AJ, Wolkow AP, Clark A, Rajaratnam SMW, Howard ME. The impact of 7-hour and 11-hour rest breaks between shifts on heavy vehicle truck drivers' sleep, alertness and naturalistic driving performance. Accid Anal Prev. 2021; 159: 106224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2021.106224

Ferris M, Bowles KA, Bray M, Bosley E, Rajaratnam SMW, Wolkow AP. The impact of shift work schedules on PVT performance in naturalistic settings: a systematic review. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2021; 94(7):1475-1494. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-021-01668-0

Wolkow AP, Rajaratnam SMW, Wilkinson V, Shee D, Baker A, Lillington T, Roest P, Marx B, Chew C, Tucker A, Haque S, Schaefer A, Howard ME. The impact of heart rate-based drowsiness monitoring on adverse driving events in heavy vehicle drivers under naturalistic conditions. Sleep Health. 2020. Jun;6(3):366-373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2020.03.005

Howard ME, Wolkow AP, Wilkinson V, Swann P, Jordan AS, O'Donoghue FJ, Pierce RJ, Hare DL. Feasibility of cardiovascular risk and sleep health screening in the transport industry. J Transp Health. 2020; 18: 100878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2020.100878

Meadley B, Caldwell J, Perraton L, Bonham M, Wolkow AP, Smith K, Williams B, Bowles K. The health and wellbeing of paramedics – a professional priority. Occup Med. 2020; 7(3):149-59. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqaa039

Peterson SA*, Wolkow AP*, Lockley SW, O’Brien CS, Qadri S, Sullivan JP, Czeisler CA, Rajaratnam SMW, Barger LK. The associations between shift work characteristics, shift work schedules, sleep and burnout in North American police officers: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2019; 9(11): e030302. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030302 *Co-first author

Main LC, Wolkow AP, Tait JL, Gatta PD, Raines J, Snow R, Aisbett B. Firefighter's Acute Inflammatory Response to Wildfire Suppression. J Occup Environ Med. 2019; 62(2): 145-148. 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001775

Wolkow AP, Barger LK, O'Brien CS, Sullivan JP, Qadri S, Lockley SW, Czeisler CA, Rajaratnam SMW. Associations between sleep disturbances, mental health outcomes and burnout in firefighters, and the mediating role of sleep during overnight work: A cross-sectional study. J Sleep Res. 2019; 28(6): e12869. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12869

Wolkow AP, Rajaratnam SMW, Anderson C, Howard ME, Mansfield D. Recommendations for current and future countermeasures against sleep disorders and sleep loss to improve road safety in Australia. Intern Med J. 2019; 49 (9): 1181-84. https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.14423

Dickinson DL*, Wolkow AP*, Rajaratnam SMW, Drummond SPA. Personal sleep debt and daytime sleepiness mediate the relationship between sleep and mental health outcomes in young adults. Depress Anxiety. 2018; 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22769 *Co-first author

Vincent GE, Aisbett B, Wolkow A, Jay SM, Ridgers ND, Ferguson SA. Sleep in wildland firefighters: what do we know and why does it matter? Int J Wildland Fire. 2018; 27(2):73-84. https://doi.org/10.1071/WF17109

Chambers TP, Wolkow AP, Main LC. Quantifying the physiological stress response to simulated maritime pilotage tasks: The influence of task complexity and pilot experience. J Occup Environ Med. 2017;59(11):1078-83. 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001161

Wolkow AP, Aisbett B, Jefferies S, Main LC. Effect of heat exposure and simulated physical firefighting work on acute inflammatory and cortisol responses. Ann Work Expo Health. 2017; 61(5):600-03. https://doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxx029

Wolkow AP, Aisbett B, Ferguson SA, Reynolds J, Main LC. Psychophysiological relationships between a multi-component self-report measure of mood, stress and behavioural signs and symptoms, and physiological stress responses during a simulated firefighting deployment. Int J Psychophysiol. 2016; 110: 109-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.10.015

Wolkow AP, Aisbett B, Reynolds J, Ferguson SA, Main LC. Acute psychophysiological relationships between mood, inflammatory and cortisol changes in response to simulated physical firefighting work and sleep restriction. Appl PsychophysiolBiofeedback. 2016; 41(2): 165-80. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10484-015-9329-2

Wolkow AP, Aisbett B, Reynolds J, Ferguson, SA, Main LC. The impact of sleep restriction while performing simulated physical firefighting work on cortisol and heart rate responses Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2016; 89(3): 461-75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-015-1085-3

Wolkow AP, Ferguson SA, Vincent GE, Larsen B, Aisbett B, Main LC. The impact of sleep restriction and simulated physical firefighting work on acute inflammatory stress responses. PLoS One. 2015; 10(9): e0138128. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0138128

Larsen B, Snow R, Vincent GE, Tran J, Wolkow A, Aisbett B. Multiple days of heat exposure on firefighters' work performance and physiology. PLoS One. 2015; 10(9): e0136413. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136413

Wolkow AP, Aisbett B, Reynolds J, Ferguson SA, Main LC. Relationships between inflammatory cytokine and cortisol responses in firefighters exposed to simulated wildfire suppression work and sleep restriction. Physiol Rep. 2015; 3(11): e12604. https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.12604

Vincent GE, Ferguson SA, Larsen B, Wolkow AP, Tran J, Aisbett B. Sleep restriction during simulated wildfire suppression: effect on physical task performance. PLoS One. 2015; 10(1): e0115329. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115329

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