Philippa Gander Explained

Philippa Gander
Fields:Sleep medicine
Workplaces:Massey University
Alma Mater:University of Auckland
Thesis1 Title:A model for the circadian pacemaker of Hemideina thoracica derived from the effects of temperature on its activity rhythm
Thesis1 Url:https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/2924
Thesis1 Year:1976
Thesis2 Title:Circadian organization in the regulation of locomotor activity and reproduction in Rattus exulans
Thesis2 Url:https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/2479
Thesis2 Year:1980
Doctoral Students:Leigh Signal

Philippa Helen Gander is a New Zealand sleep researcher. In 2021, she was conferred with the title of emeritus professor by Massey University, where she had been inaugural director of the Sleep/Wake Research Centre until stepping down from that role in 2019.[1]

Academic career

Gander wrote her master's thesis at the University of Auckland in 1976 with the title A model for the circadian pacemaker of Hemideina thoracica derived from the effects of temperature on its activity rhythm.[2] After a 1980 PhD titled Circadian organization in the regulation of locomotor activity and reproduction in Rattus exulans at the same institution,[3] Gander took up a Fulbright Fellowship at Harvard Medical School in 1980. She moved to the NASA-Ames Research Center in 1983 as part of the flight crew fatigue and jet-lag research programme. Gander returned to New Zealand in 1998, and established the Sleep/Wake Research Centre at the Wellington School of Medicine with the assistance of funding from the Health Research Council of New Zealand. She moved to Massey University and was appointed a full professor in 2003, and the research centre became part of Massey's newly established research school of public health.[1] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

In 2009, Gander was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.[11] In the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the study of sleep and fatigue.[12]

Notable students of Gander's include Leigh Signal, professor at Massey University.[13]

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Professor Philippa Gander awarded title of emeritus professor . 23 March 2021 . Massey University . 5 December 2021.
  2. Gander . Philippa . 1976 . Masters thesis . A model for the circadian pacemaker of Hemideina thoracica derived from the effects of temperature on its activity rhythm . ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland . 2292/2924.
  3. Gander . Philippa . 1980 . Doctoral thesis . Circadian organization in the regulation of locomotor activity and reproduction in Rattus exulans . ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland . 2292/2479 .
  4. News: Medical school loses another researcher . 8 February 2003 . Dominion Post . Marianne . Betts . 4.
  5. Web site: Prof Philippa Gander - Director - Massey University. Massey University, New. Zealand. www.massey.ac.nz.
  6. Web site: Professor Philippa Gander | Health Research Council. www.hrc.govt.nz.
  7. Web site: Professor Philippa Gander | SleepWake. www.sleepwake.ac.nz.
  8. Web site: About Us – Sleep Health New Zealand.
  9. Web site: Scientists reveal the secrets to a restorative sleep. Stuff.
  10. Web site: Kiwi sleep expert on working for NASA and why shift work could affect our health. Julie. Jacobson. Now To Love.
  11. Web site: G-I. Royal Society Te Apārangi.
  12. Web site: Queen's Birthday honours list 2017 . 5 June 2017 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 24 March 2018.
  13. Scheduled napping on the night shift : consequences for the performance and neurophysiological alertness of air traffic controllers . Signal . T. Leigh . 2002 . PhD . Dissertation submitted to University of Otago. Published by Massey Research Online, Massey University..

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