Dr. Camilla Hoyos

Biography

Camilla Hoyos is an active researcher and Academic Leader at the Centre for Sleep and Chronobiology at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, along with being a National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow within the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences at Macquarie University. Her passion lies in generating new knowledge regarding sleep disorders, insufficient sleep, and poorly timed sleep and their impacts on health. Her current work is focused on determining therapies that can reverse sleep problems and subsequently lead to reduced risks of diabetes, heart disease, and dementia. Dr. Hoyos has over 20 years of clinical research experience, having started her career as a clinical trial coordinator and manager at the Woolcock Institute between 2002 and 2009. She completed her PhD in 2012 at the University of Sydney and the Woolcock Institute, concentrating on the effects of treating sleep apnea on body fat and insulin resistance, which are crucial factors in the development of diabetes. Her research further investigates the relationship between disturbed sleep, metabolic dysfunction, and cognitive decline, aiming to unravel the mechanisms that can slow these processes and potentially prevent the onset of dementia.

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