Publications

Publications

Leota, J., Messman, B. A., Le, F., Jasinski, S., Capodilupo, E. R., Facer-Childs, E. R., & Wiley, J. F. (2026). How many nights are needed? The short-term stability of intraindividual variability in sleep parameters derived from accelerometry data in a cohort of normal sleepers. Sleep, zsag040.

Walsh, E., Leota, J., Huynh, M., Liddle, S. K., Drummond, S., & Facer-Childs, E. R. (2026). Sleep and Circadian Interventions to Improve Athletes’ Mental Health, Mood and Well-Being: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Sports Medicine, 1-15.

Vella, J. D., Facer-Childs, E. R., Ogden, J., Liddle, S., Engelman, A., Volchek, I., & King, K. (2026). Influences on the mental health and well-being of retired professional athletes from high contact team sports: a mixed methods systematic review. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 60(1), 67-77.

Leota, J., Czeisler, M. É., Le, F., Presby, D. M., Capodilupo, E. R., Scott, H., ... & Facer-Childs, E. R. (2025). Sleep duration and timing are associated with next-day physical activity: Insights from two large-scale wearable sensor studies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(27), e2420846122.

Leota, J., Presby, D. M., Le, F., Czeisler, M. É., Mascaro, L., Capodilupo, E. R., ... & Facer-Childs, E. R. (2025). Dose-response relationship between evening exercise and sleep. Nature communications, 16(1), 3297.

Mascaro, L., Leota, J., Hoffman, D., Rajaratnam, S. M., Drummond, S. P., & Facer‐Childs, E. R. (2024). Disruptions to sleep and circadian rhythms are associated with poorer athlete mental health in female, but not male, elite Australian Rules footballers. Journal of sleep research, 33(6), e14186.

Sim, J. E., Leota, J., Mascaro, L., Hoffman, D., & Facer-Childs, E. R. (2023). Sleep patterns before and after competition: A real-world examination of elite athletes. Journal of Sports Sciences, 41(22), 2014-2026.

Facer-Childs, E. R., Kim, M., & Montagnese, S. (2023). Translational and clinical chronobiology. Frontiers in physiology, 14, 1191580.

Mascaro, L., Drummond, S. P., Leota, J., Boardman, J. M., Hoffman, D., Rajaratnam, S. M., ... & Facer-Childs, E. R. (2023). Cognitive fitness modulates gender differences in sleep and mental health among competitive athletes under chronic stress. Frontiers in physiology, 14, 1118822.

Leota, J., Hoffman, D., Mascaro, L., Czeisler, M. E., Nash, K., Drummond, S. P., ... & Facer-Childs, E. R. (2022). Home is where the hustle is: The influence of crowds on effort and home advantage in the National Basketball Association. Journal of Sports Sciences, 40(20), 2343-2352.

Leota, J., Hoffman, D., Czeisler, M. É., Mascaro, L., Drummond, S. P., Anderson, C., ... & Facer-Childs, E. R. (2022). Eastward jet lag is associated with impaired performance and game outcome in the national basketball association. Frontiers in physiology, 13, 892681.

Facer-Childs, E. R., Mascaro, L., Hoffman, D., Mansfield, D., Drummond, S. P., & Rajaratnam, S. M. (2022). Sleep as a Major Determinant for Mental Health Outcomes in Elite Australian Football League (AFL) Athletes. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 54(4), 665-672.

Facer-Childs, E. R., de Campos, B. M., Middleton, B., Skene, D. J., & Bagshaw, A. P. (2021). Temporal organisation of the brain's intrinsic motor network: the relationship with circadian phenotype and motor performance. Neuroimage, 232, 117840.

Facer-Childs, E. R., Hoffman, D., Tran, J. N., Drummond, S. P., & Rajaratnam, S. M. (2021). Sleep and mental health in athletes during COVID-19 lockdown. Sleep, 44(5), zsaa261.

Facer-Childs, E. R., Middleton, B., Bagshaw, A. P., & Skene, D. J. (2020). Human circadian phenotyping and diurnal performance testing in the real world. Journal of visualized experiments, 2020(158), e60448.

Facer-Childs, E. R., & Mascaro, L. (2020). Time to win gold: Could chronobiology make the difference between winning and losing for elite athletes?. Physiology News Magazine, 118, 36-40.

Facer-Childs, E. R., Middleton, B., Skene, D. J., & Bagshaw, A. P. (2019). Resetting the late timing of ‘night owls’ has a positive impact on mental health and performance. Sleep medicine, 60, 236-247.

Facer-Childs, E. R., Pake, K., Lee, V. Y., Lucas, S. J., & Balanos, G. M. (2019). Diurnal variations in vascular endothelial vasodilation are influenced by chronotype in healthy humans. Frontiers in Physiology, 10, 901.

Facer-Childs, E. R., Campos, B. M., Middleton, B., Skene, D. J., & Bagshaw, A. P. (2019). Circadian phenotype impacts the brain’s resting-state functional connectivity, attentional performance, and sleepiness. Sleep, 42(5), zsz033.

Facer-Childs, E. R., Boiling, S., & Balanos, G. M. (2018). The effects of time of day and chronotype on cognitive and physical performance in healthy volunteers. Sports medicine-open, 4(1), 47.

Facer-Childs, E., Campos, B. M., Cendes, F., Middleton, B., Skene, D. J., & Bagshaw, A. P. (2017). Functional connectivity differences between early and late circadian phenotypes predict cognitive performance and daytime sleepiness. Sleep Medicine, 40, e21.

Facer-Childs, E., & Brandstaetter, R. (2015). Circadian phenotype composition is a major predictor of diurnal physical performance in teams. Frontiers in neurology, 6, 208.

Facer-Childs, E., & Brandstaetter, R. (2015). The impact of circadian phenotype and time since awakening on diurnal performance in athletes. Current biology, 25(4), 518-522.

Collaborations

Hatamiya, N., Holmes, K. E., Grosicki, G. J., Swisher, J., Duffaut, C., Vail, J., Logan-Sprenger, H., Donohoe, B., Fielding, F., Chapman, C. J., Leota, J., Facer-Childs, E. R., & Goldman, J. T. (2026). Optimizing athlete travel for performance: A scientific blueprint for athletes, coaches, and sports medicine staff. Sports Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-026-02455-y

Roberts, S. S. H., Owen, P. J., Warmington, S. A., Trevenen, J., Caeyenberghs, K., McDonald, S. J., Facer-Childs, E. R., McKay, A., Bradshaw, E. J., Kara, S., Aisbett, B., & Vincent, G. E. (2025). A systematic review and meta-analysis of sleep following mild traumatic brain injury: A synthesis of the literature according to age and time-since-injury. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 81, 102072.

Hamill, K., Porcheret, K., Facer-Childs, E. R., Mellor, A., & Drummond, S. P. (2022). Does Daylength Affect Sleep and Mental Health Symptoms during Behavioral Interventions for Insomnia?. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 20(5), 556-569.

Stone, J. E., McGlashan, E. M., Facer-Childs, E. R., Cain, S. W., & Phillips, A. J. (2020). Accuracy of the GENEActiv device for measuring light exposure in sleep and circadian research. Clocks & Sleep, 2(2), 143-152.

Czeisler, M. É., Lane, R. I., Petrosky, E., Wiley, J. F., Christensen, A., Njai, R., Weaver, M. D., Robbins, R., Facer-Childs, E. R., Barger, L. K., Czeisler, C. A., Howard, M. E., & Rajaratnam, S. M. W. (2020). Mental health, substance use, and suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic—United States, June 24–30, 2020. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 69.