Lizzie is a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist working towards her PhD. She has worked in sleep medicine since 2000. Lizzie Hill (BSc(Hons) RPSGT) PhD Research Fellow Sleep Research Unit Contact details Website: LinkedIn details Work: +44 (0) 131 242 3879 Email: Lizzie.Hill@ed.ac.uk Background Lizzie Hill has worked in the field of sleep medicine since 2000. Graduating from the University of Aberdeen in 1998, she trained in the Department of Sleep Medicine and has been a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist since 2005. In 2005, she was appointed Sleep Services Manager of the Edinburgh Sleep Centre, Scotland’s only private sleep disorders centre. She returned to the Sleep Research Unit in 2010 and is currently working on her PhD investigating the prevalence and treatment of sleep apnoea in adults with Down syndrome. Prevalence, treatment of sleep disordered breathing in Down syndrome Lizzie trained as a sleep counsellor for teenagers with sleep problems and additional support needs, and regularly teaches for the charity Sleep Scotland. Lizzie is the UK national delegate for the European Society of Sleep Technologists and an elected member of the Executive Committee of the British Sleep Society (BSS), with editorial responsibility for the BSS newsletter. European Society of Sleep Technologists British Sleep Society Research interests Current interests include sleep disorders in people with intellectual disability and sleep technology/physiology. She is particularly interested in improvement of sleep literacy amongst medical professionals and the general public through teaching and public engagement. Selected bibliography McConnell E, Hill EA, Pataka A, Riha RL. Behavioural and emotional disturbances associated with sleep disturbances in children with Down’s syndrome. In submission Yoon C-H, Hill EA, Riha RL. Unusual presentations of free-running circadian rhythm disorder in the sighted - Case report and Discussion. Res Medica 2013; 21(1):50-55 Read full article here - Res Medica McConnell E, Hill EA, Pataka A, Riha RL. Behavioural and emotional disturbances associated with sleep disturbances in children with Down’s syndrome. European Respiratory Journal 2013; 42 (suppl. 57) Read the full article here - European Respiratory Journal Hill EA. Annual Health Check Information for GPs: Sleep Problems. Down’s Syndrome Association (www.dshealth.org) 2013. Read the full article here Hill EA, Zacher A. How to choose - Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) therapy. Snorer.com (www.snorer.com) Read the full article here 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. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2012.01044.x Read full article - Journal of Sleep Research 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): 325 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 White, C., Hill, E.A., Morrison, I., Riha, R.L. Diagnostic delay in REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD). Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 2012; 8(2): 133-136 Read full article - Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine Cameron, N., Northedge, J., Hill, L., Gilchrist, I. Sound Sleep: A teaching pack to raise awareness in schools of the importance of sleep for emotional and physical wellbeing. Sleep Scotland 2011 Sound Sleep at Sleep Scotland website Engleman, H.M., Hill, E.A., Ebrahim, I.O., Idzikowski, C. Improvement in polysomnographic sleep quality with a mattress cooling device. Journal of Sleep Research 2008; 17 (suppl.1): 235. Read full article - Journal of Sleep Research Engleman, H.M., Rosman, K., Bruning, A., Ameen, O., Chakkal, P., Williams, A.J., Hill, E.A., Ebrahim, I.O. Patient audit of the Sigma sleep centres, South Africa; sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome (SAHS) and relationships with subjective symptom ratings. Journal of Sleep Research 2008; 17 (suppl.1): 161. Robertson, H.J., Soraghan, J.J., Idzikowski, C., Hill, L., Engleman, H.M., Conway, B.A. Prediction of sleep apnoea episodes using nasal airflow. Journal of Sleep Research 2008; 17 (suppl.1): 145. Engleman, H.M., Hill, E.A., Anderson, L., Mackay, T.W., Vennelle, M., Douglas, N.J. Symptoms of sleepiness and breathing pauses in professional Scottish bus drivers. Thorax 2005; 60: ii75 Read full article - Thorax Riha, R.L., Hill, E.A., Chan, C.C., Den, J.Y., Engleman, H.M., Douglas, N.J., Mackay, T.W. Clinical utility of the HypnoPTT in the assessment of sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome. Thorax 2005; 60: ii74 This article was published on 2024-08-22
