Research Nurse Donna Fairley has been working in sleep medicine since 2005. Donna Fairley Research Nurse Sleep Research Unit Contact details Work: +44 (0) 131 242 6429 Email: Donna.Fairley@ed.ac.uk Background Donna trained as a Registered Nurse in Bangour General Hospital, specialising in burns and plastic surgery, before training as a health advisor for West Lothian Council. She started working as a Sleep Nurse Specialist on night duty in the Department of Sleep Medicine in 2005. She joined the Sleep Research Unit as a Research Nurse in 2010. She has completed sleep counsellor training with Sleep Scotland, a charity that works with children and teenagers with sleep problems. Sleep Scotland Research interests Currently, Donna is working on the European Sleep Apnoea Database (ESADA) and is assisting in a study investigating the prevalence and treatment of sleep apnoea in adults with Down syndrome. European Sleep Apnoea Database Prevalence, treatment of sleep disordered breathing in Down's syndrome Bibliography Hill EA, Fairley D, Van Putten S, Cooper S, Forbes JF, Williams L, Riha RL. Use of the pictorial Epworth Sleepiness Scale in adults with Down’s Syndrome. Journal of Sleep Research 2012; 21 (suppl.1): 291. Hill EA, Fairley D, Van Putten S, Cooper S, Forbes JF, Williams L, Riha RL. Prevalence of sleep apnoea, sleepiness and behavioural/emotional disturbances in adults with Down’s syndrome in Scotland. European Respiratory Journal 2012; 40 (suppl.56): 325s. Hill EA, Fairley D, Van Putten S, Cooper SA, Forbes JF, Williams L, Riha RL. Prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in adults with Down’s Syndrome in Scotland. SLEEP 2012; 35(suppl.):A189 This article was published on 2024-08-22
