Dr Ashleigh Filtness

Faculty of Health,
School of Psychology & Counselling
Biography
Dr Ashleigh Filtness is a Research Fellow specialising in driver sleepiness and impaired driving, with a particular interest in using simulators in road safety research. Ashleigh was awarded her PhD from Loughborough University, UK in 2011 for her thesis entitled Obstructive sleep apnoea and daytime driver sleepiness. Ashleigh used a driving simulator in her research to demonstrate the increased vulnerability of obstructive sleep apnoea patients driving performance to sleep restriction, and impairment of their driving performance following one night of treatment withdrawal. The results from her PhD have been published in peer reviewed journals and presented both nationally and internationally. For her work in this area, Ashleigh was recognised as the British Sleep Societies Young Sleep Researcher of the Year - 2009. Following the completion of her PhD, Ashleigh moved to Australia where she worked at Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC) for two years. Whilst at MUARC, Ashleigh worked on a variety of road safety research projects funded by both industry and competitive grant schemes. She gained experience in a range of research methodologies including extending her knowledge of driving simulators and developed expertise in various road safety topics, including: distraction, situation awareness, alcohol impairment with motorcycle riders, police in-vehicle safety, the management of heavy vehicle drivers working hours, and driver behaviour at level crossings. Now at CARRS-Q, Ashleigh is currently working on a range of projects investigating driving impairment. Further, she is pursuing her interest in driving simulators through on going empirical investigations and leading CARRS-Q's Driving Simulator Interest Group.Personal details
Positions
- Visiting Fellow
Faculty of Health,
School of Psychology & Counselling
Keywords
Sleep, Fatigue, Driver Sleepiness, Driving Simulators, Road Safety, Human Factors, Driver Impairment
Discipline
Public Health and Health Services, Transportation and Freight Services
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (Loughborough University)
Professional memberships and associations
- Sleep Research Society (USA)
- European Sleep Research Society
- Australian Sleep Association
- Society of Biology (UK), Chartered Biologist
Selected publications
- Filtness A, Mackenzie J, Armstrong K, (2014) Longitudinal change in sleep and daytime sleepiness in postpartum women, PLoS One, 9 (7), pp. 1-7.
- Filtness A, Anund A, Fors C, Ahlstrom C, Akerstedt T, Kecklund G, (2014) Sleep-related eye symptoms and their potential for identifying driver sleepiness, Journal of Sleep Research, 23 (5), pp. 568-575.
- Salmon P, Lenne M, Walker G, Stanton N, Filtness A, (2014) Exploring schema-driven differences in situation awareness between road users: an on-road study of driver, cyclist and motorcyclist situation awareness, Ergonomics, 57 (2), pp. 191-209.
- Filtness A, Mitsopoulos-Rubens P, Rudin-Brown C, (2014) Police officer in-vehicle discomfort: Appointments carriage method and vehicle seat features, Applied Ergonomics, 45 (4), pp. 1247-1256.
- Armstrong K, Filtness A, Watling C, Barraclough P, Haworth N, (2013) Efficacy of proxy definitions for identification of fatigue/sleep-related crashes: An Australian evaluation, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 21, pp. 242-252.
- Filtness A, Rudin-Brown C, Mulvihill C, Lenne M, (2013) Impairment of simulated motorcycle riding performance under low dose alcohol, Accident Analysis and Prevention, 50, pp. 608-615.
- Rudin-Brown C, Filtness A, Allen A, Mulvihill C, (2013) Performance of a cognitive, but not visual, secondary task interacts with alcohol-induced balance impairment in novice and experienced motorcycle riders, Accident Analysis and Prevention, 50, pp. 895-904.
- Filtness A, Reyner L, Horne J, (2012) Driver sleepiness - Comparisons between young and older men during a monotonous afternoon simulated drive, Biological Psychology, 89 (3), pp. 580-583.
- Filtness A, Reyner L, Horne J, (2012) One night's CPAP withdrawal in otherwise compliant OSA patients: marked driving impairment but good awareness of increased sleepiness, Sleep and Breathing, 16 (3), pp. 865-871.
- Filtness A, Reyner L, Horne J, (2011) Moderate sleep restriction in treated older male OSA participants: Greater impairment during monotonous driving compared with controls, Sleep Medicine, 12 (9), pp. 838-843.
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