Professor Amy Jordan is a Professor in the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, at the University of Melbourne, where she serves as Director of the Sleep Laboratory and Deputy Head of School. She joined the University of Melbourne in 2009, bringing expertise in sleep physiology. Holding a PhD, her career has focused on advancing understanding of sleep regulation and disorders through experimental research.

Jordan's research specializations encompass the physiological mechanisms of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), including upper airway stability, genioglossus muscle control during sleep and arousal, and the effects of interventions such as continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). She explores physiological changes accompanying arousal from sleep, sex-specific effects of sleep on pain perception, fatigue and sleepiness in airline cabin crew, and interactions between sleep disturbances and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology, including fear extinction processes. Her work also addresses sleep fragmentation, emotional memory processing, and respiratory control stability in clinical populations. With 189 publications and over 10,000 citations on Google Scholar, key contributions include the American Thoracic Society Research Statement 'Research Priorities for Translating Endophenotyping of Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea to the Clinic' (2025), 'Sleep and fear conditioning, extinction learning and extinction recall: a systematic review and meta-analysis of polysomnographic findings' (2021), 'Mechanisms underlying the prolonged activation of the genioglossus following arousal from sleep' (2023), 'Fatigue and Sleep in Airline Cabin Crew: A Scoping Review' (2023), 'A randomized controlled trial of a multi-dimensional intervention to improve CPAP use and self-efficacy' (2023), and 'The Effects of Experimental Sleep Fragmentation and Sleep Deprivation on the Response of the Genioglossus Muscle to Inspiratory Resistive Loads' (2018). These publications have influenced models of OSA pathophysiology, CPAP adherence strategies, and the integration of sleep research with mental health. Jordan contributes to public discourse on sleep health through articles in Pursuit and events such as World Sleep Day seminars.

Professional Email: ajordan@unimelb.edu.au