Associate Professor Shantha M.W. Rajaratnam
Shantha M.W. Rajaratnam, PhD LLB AFBPsS CPsychol
Shantha Rajaratnam is an Honorary Researcher at MAPrc and Associate Professor in the School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine at Monash University. He is also a Lecturer in Medicine in the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School (USA) and Associate Neuroscientist in the Division of Sleep Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital (USA).
He was awarded a PhD on the subject of chronobiology in 1998. From 2000 to 2002, he undertook post-doctoral training at the Centre for Chronobiology (University of Surrey, UK) and from 2004-2006, was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston.
His research interests include the circadian regulation of sleep, effects of melatonin and melatonin agonists on sleep and circadian rhythms, effects of light on the human circadian system and potential therapeutic uses of light, evaluation of fatigue management programs for shift workers, neurocognitive consequences of sleep loss and sleep disruption, and the regulation of working time and legal issues relating to sleep loss and fatigue.
