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Dr Shamsi Shekari Soleimanloo

Research Fellow
Institute for Social Science Research
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I completed my PhD into young driver drowsiness and effects of blue light and caffeine in reviving drowsy drivers with the Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety- Queensland (CARRS-Q) in early 2016. Upon completion of my PhD, I worked as a Senior Research Officer in three research projects in QUT. I was looking at the effects of sleep loss and effects of sleep expansion on young driver sleepiness, as well as the effects of in-vehicle monitoring systems on correcting young driver unsafe behaviours on the road. I joined Monash University and Austin Health as a postdoctoral Research Fellow in early 2017, working on a national research project into heavy vehicle driver fatigue, with the CRC for Alertness, Safety and productivity. This project aimed to explore the relationships between the shift/rest characteristics and driver drowsiness. Findings of this project will be adopted to change the heavy vehicle driver fatigue laws. I have recently joined The University of Queensland. I am currently a Research Fellow in the Institute for Social Science Research working on “the viz to Sleep in Young Adults project” with Associate Professor Simon Smith. 

Researcher biography

Dr Shekari completed her PhD with Queensland University of Technology in 2016, and her postdoctoral fellowship with Alertness CRC at Monash University and Austin Health in January 2019. Shamsi is currently a Research Fellow with the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) at UQ. Her research interests are key socio-psychological issues such as drowsy / fatigued driving and risky driving behaviours. Shamsi is one of the investigators of the NHMRC project "Reducing crash risk for young drivers: A randomized control trial to improve sleep".

Publications

Journal Articles (9)
Conference Papers (5)
Thesis (1)

Journal Articles

Cori, Jennifer M., Anderson, Clare, Shekari Soleimanloo, Shamsi , Jackson, Melinda L. and Howard, Mark E. (2019) Narrative review: do spontaneous eye blink parameters provide a useful assessment of state drowsiness?. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 45 95-104. doi:10.1016/j.smrv.2019.03.004
Shekari Soleimanloo, Shamsi, Wilkinson, Vanessa. E., Cori, Jennifer M., Westlake, Justine, Stevens, Bronwyn, Downey, Luke A., Shiferaw, Brook. A., Rajaratnam, Shantha M. W. and Howard, Mark E. (2019) Eye-blink parameters detect on-road track-driving impairment following severe sleep deprivation. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, .
Shekari Soleimanloo, Shamsi, White, Melanie J., Garcia-Hansen, Veronica and Smith, Simon S. (2017) The effects of sleep loss on young drivers' performance: a systematic review.. PLoS One, 12 8: e0184002. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0184002
Shekari, S and Gholmohammadi, R (2010) Estimation of "daylight autonomy" and "useful daylight illuminances" for industrial parks of Tehran. Salamat-i Kar-i Iran, 6 4: 29-37.
S., Shekari S. and Golmohamma, R. (2010) Ergonomic and Economic Daylight for Workplaces in Iran. Research Journal of Environmental Sciences, 4 1: 42-49. doi:10.3923/rjes.2010.42.49
Golmohammadi, R., Shekari, S. and Mahjub, H. (2009) Estimation of horizontal illuminance for clear skies in Iran. Journal of Applied Sciences, 9 11: 2144-2149. doi:10.3923/jas.2009.2144.2149
Shekari S., S. and Golmohamma, R. (2009) Daylight availability and energy conservation in industrial parks of Tehran. Trends in Applied Sciences Research, 4 3: 167-174. doi:10.3923/tasr.2009.167.174
S, Shekari S. and Golmohammadi, R. (2009) Evaluation of horizontal and vertical illuminance models against measured data in Iran. Trends in Applied Sciences Research, 4 3: 158-166. doi:10.3923/tasr.2009.158.166
Shekari, Sh., Golmohammadi, R., Mahjub, H., Mohammadfam, I. and Motamedzadeh, M. (2008) Estimation of illuminance on the south facing surfaces for clear skies in Iran. Journal of Research in Health Sciences, 8 1: 46-55.

Conference Papers

Soleimanloo, S. S., Wilkinson, V. E., Cori, J. M., Westlake, J., Stevens, B., Downey, L. A., Shiferaw, B. A., Swann, P., Rajaratnam, S. M. Wilson and Howard, M. E. (2018). Eye-blink parameters detect drowsy driving impairment. In: Sleep DownUnder 2014 ASM, Sleep Frontiers, 26th ASM of Australasian Sleep Association and Australasian Sleep Technologists Association, Brisbane, Australia, (). 17-20 October 2018. doi:10.1111/jsr.75_12766
Soleimanloo, Shamsi Shekari, Smith, Simon, White, Melanie and Hansen, Veronica Garcia (2016). Comparison of the effects of the light and caffeine on subjective sleepiness and reaction times of partially sleep‐deprived young drivers. In: International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology, Brisbane, Australia, (). 2-5 August 2016.
Shekari Soleimanloo, Shamsi, Simon Smith, Melanie White, Veronica Garcia-Hansen and Matthew Leong (2015). The effects of light on cognitive performance of partially sleep-deprived young drivers. In: 27th ASM of Australasian Sleep Association and Australasian Sleep Technologists Association, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, (46-46). 22-24 October 2015.
Shekari, Shamsi and Samavat, Hamid (2007). Effects of radar on biological systems. In: The 13th International Congress on Radiation Research, San Francisco, CA USA, (27-27). 8-12 July 2007.
Golmohammadi, Rostam , Shekari Soleimanloo, Shamsi , Fatemi, Farin and Ziad, Mounes (2006). Evaluation of noise pollution and its effects on workers employed in Malayer stones in 2004. In: 6th Conference on Safety, Health and Environment in Mining and Mining Industries in 2006, Tehran, (). 19-21 April 2006.

Thesis

Shekari Soleimanloo, Shamsi (2016). Effects of light and caffeine on human sleepiness and alertness: A simulated driving experiment PhD Thesis, Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety - Qld (CARRS-Q), Queensland University of Technology.