Date:
Thursday, 18 March 2021
Time:
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM SGT
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM AEDT
The Importance of Sleep and Mental Health at the Workplace
Organised by Thrive HR Exchange and Thrive Global APAC
Sleep deficiency and poor sleep quality are associated with a range of adverse outcomes such as health problems, productivity loss and safety. Problems with sleep were already highly prevalent, but the pandemic has only seen the effects become more apparent.
With today’s remote work landscape, sleep-impacting behaviours have almost been normalised. The chances are high that you, or members of your team could be facing such well-being challenges, often without realising it.
Join us in an action-oriented virtual session guided by Professor Shantha Rajaratnam, Chair of the Sleep Health Foundation, on “The Importance of Sleep and Mental Health at the Workplace”. Brought to you by Thrive HR Exchange and Thrive Global APAC, this special event is exclusively for our community. This promises to be a thought-provoking and enlightening experience.
By the end of the session, you will be able to better understand the interactions between poor sleep, health, performance and safety in the workplace, along with strategies to manage these risks.
Shantha M. W. Rajaratnam, PhD
Shantha Rajaratnam is Professor of Sleep and Circadian Medicine, Deputy Head of the Monash School of Psychological Sciences and Deputy Director of the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health. He is the Chair of the Sleep Health Foundation, and Chair of the Monash Sleep Network. He is a past President of the Australasian Sleep Association. He holds adjunct appointments at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston, USA) and Austin Hospital.
Shantha was awarded his PhD degree from Monash University in 1998, and completed a Bachelor of Laws degree in 2000. He undertook postdoctoral training at the Centre for Chronobiology at the University of Surrey, UK from 2000-2002, where he investigated human sleep-wake regulation, in particular the role of melatonin, and then at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA, investigating the impact of melatonin agonists and light, on sleep and circadian rhythms, and fatigue management programs in occupational settings. He is a registered psychologist in Victoria, Chartered Psychologist in the UK and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He served as a Program Leader for the Alertness CRC.
His research interests include circadian regulation of sleep, effects of melatonin and melatonin agonists on sleep and circadian rhythms, effects of light on the human circadian system, evaluation of fatigue management programs for shift workers, consequences of sleep loss and sleep disruption, and regulation of working time and legal issues relating to sleep loss and fatigue.
Thrive Global, is a leading corporate behavior change tech wellness company, founded by Arianna in 2016 after she faced her own personal struggles with burnout at work. To date, they have helped over 100 businesses globally to drive wellness and productivity in their workforces through our behaviour change technology and programs, including the Thriving Mind program in partnership with Stanford Medicine.
In September 2020, Thrive Global partnered with Monash University to launch Thrive Global Asia Pacific. Monash was the first business school in the world to embed Thrive Global programs at the core of its prestigious Global Executive MBA program - in partnership with INSEAD, CEIBS and NYU Stern.
In November 2020, Thrive Global APAC and Thrive HR Exchange partnered to bring increased attention and focus on wellness in workplaces and to enable businesses around the world to facilitate employee wellbeing and help drive engagement and performance.