Efrosini Papaconstantinou, RN, PhD

IDRR Scientist

Dr. Efrosini Papaconstantinou is an Associate Professor at Ontario Tech University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and a Master of Science (Clinical Health Sciences) degree from McMaster University, and a PhD (Nursing Science) from the University of Toronto. Papaconstantinou has distinguished herself as a unique nurse educator and researcher whose research has made important contributions to describing and improving sleep and health outcomes for various populations. Her program of research focuses on three overarching themes: 1) Sleep in Children (with various acute and chronic conditions and Neurodevelopmental disorders [NDD]); 2) Sleep and Mental Health (specifically depressive and anxiety symptomatology); and 3) Sleep and health-related behaviours (e.g., physical activity and eating behaviours). She is one of the very few nurse researchers in Canada to use actigraphy, an objective measure of sleep/wake patterns. She was the recipient of the highly competitive SickKids Foundation Research Fellowship Award and the CIHR Team Research and Training Program: Sleep and Biological Rhythms.

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