Dr Danielle Wilson
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Journal Articles
Wilson, Danielle L., Whenn, Carley, Barnes, Maree, Walker, Susan P. and Howard, Mark E. (2025). A position modification device for the prevention of supine sleep during pregnancy: a randomised crossover trial. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 132 (2), 145-154. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.17952
Wilson, Danielle L., Whenn, Carley, Barnes, Maree, Walker, Susan P. and Howard, Mark E. (2024). Author Reply. Bjog-An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 132 (5), 683-684. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.18033
Booker, Lauren A., Howard, Mark E., Walker, Susan P. and Wilson, Danielle L. (2024). Validation of a sleep-disordered breathing screening questionnaire during pregnancy and comparison between mothers and bedpartners prediction of risk. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 24 (1) 565, 602. doi: 10.1186/s12884-024-06753-z
Katz, Juliana, Sanapo, Laura, Bublitz, Margaret H, Guillen, Melissa, Avalos, Ashanti, Aldana, Annaly, Wilson, Danielle and Bourjeily, Ghada (2024). Longitudinally-assessed maternal sleep position, measures of breathing during sleep, and fetal growth in high-risk pregnancies. SLEEP, 47 (2) zsad315, 1-9. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsad315
Whenn, Carley B., Wilson, Danielle L., Ruehland, Warren R., Churchward, Thomas J., Worsnop, Christopher and Tolson, Julie (2024). The impact of study type and sleep measurement on oxygen desaturation index calculation. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 20 (5), 709-717. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.10982
Booker, Lauren A., Fitzgibbon, Cheree, Spong, Jo, Deacon-Crouch, Melissa, Wilson, Danielle L. and Skinner, Timothy C. (2023). Rapid versus slow cooling pasteurization of donor breast milk: does the cooling rate effect melatonin reduction?. Breastfeeding Medicine, 18 (12), 951-955. doi: 10.1089/bfm.2023.0244
Booker, Lauren A, Lenz, Katrin E, Spong, Jo, Deacon-Crouch, Melissa, Wilson, Danielle L, Nguyen, Trang H and Skinner, Timothy C (2023). High-temperature pasteurization used at donor breast milk banks reduces melatonin levels in breast milk. Breastfeeding Medicine, 18 (7), 549-552. doi: 10.1089/bfm.2023.0068
Booker, Lauren A., Wilson, Danielle, Spong, Jo, Fitzgibbon, Cheree, Deacon-Crouch, Melissa, Lenz, Katrin E. and Skinner, Timothy C. (2023). Maternal circadian disruption from shift work and the impact on the concentration of melatonin in breast milk. Breastfeeding Medicine, 19 (1), 33-39. doi: 10.1089/bfm.2023.0252
Malhame, Isabelle, Bublitz, Margaret H., Wilson, Danielle, Sanapo, Laura, Rochin, Elizabeth and Bourjeily, Ghada (2022). Sleep disordered breathing and the risk of severe maternal morbidity in women with preeclampsia: a population-based study. Pregnancy Hypertension, 30, 215-220. doi: 10.1016/j.preghy.2022.10.013
Ishkova, Anna, Wilson, Danielle L., Howard, Mark E., Walker, Susan P., Barnes, Maree, Nicholas, Christian L. and Jordan, Amy S. (2022). The effect of body position on maternal cardiovascular function during sleep and wakefulness in late pregnancy. The Journal of Maternal - Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 35 (13), 2545-2554. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2020.1789583
Katz, Juliana, Sanapo, Laura, Dunsiger, Shira, Guillen, Melissa, Avalos, Ashanti, Aldana, Annaly, Wilson, Danielle and Bourjeily, Ghada (2022). Longitudinal Sleep Position Patterns and Breathing Parameters in Pregnancy. Sleep, 45 (Supplement 1), A312-A313. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsac079.709
Skrzypek, Hannah, Wilson, Danielle L., Fung, Alison M., Pell, Gabrielle, Barnes, Maree, Sommers, Lucy, Rochford, Peter, Howard, Mark E. and Walker, Susan P. (2022). Fetal heart rate events during sleep, and the impact of sleep disordered breathing, in pregnancies complicated by preterm fetal growth restriction: An exploratory observational case-control study. BJOG, 129 (13), 2185-2194. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.17192
Wilson, Danielle L., Tolson, Julie, Churchward, Thomas J., Melehan, Kerri, O'Donoghue, Fergal J. and Ruehland, Warren R. (2022). Exclusion of EEG-based arousals in wake epochs of polysomnography leads to underestimation of the arousal index. The Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 18 (5), 1385-1393. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.9878
Wilson, Danielle L., Fung, Alison M., Skrzypek, Hannah, Pell, Gabrielle, Barnes, Maree, Howard, Mark E. and Walker, Susan P. (2022). Maternal sleep behaviours preceding fetal heart rate events on cardiotocography. The Journal of Physiology, 600 (7), 1791-1806. doi: 10.1113/jp282528
Wilson, Danielle L., Fung, Alison M., Pell, Gabrielle, Skrzypek, Hannah, Barnes, Maree, Bourjeily, Ghada, Walker, Susan P. and Howard, Mark E. (2022). Polysomnographic analysis of maternal sleep position and its relationship to pregnancy complications and sleep-disordered breathing. Sleep, 45 (4) zsac032. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsac032
Whenn, C, Wilson, D, Churchward, T, Ruehland, W, Worsnop, C and Tolson, J (2021). The impact of including oxygen desaturations occurring during awake epochs on the oxygen desaturation index. SLEEP Advances, 2 (Supplement 1), A17-A18. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpab014.040
Wilson, Danielle L., Howard, Mark E., Fung, Alison M., O'Donoghue, Fergal J., Barnes, Maree, Lappas, Martha and Walker, Susan P. (2020). Sleep-disordered breathing does not impact maternal outcomes in women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. PLoS One, 15 (4) e0232287, e0232287. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232287
Wilson, Danielle L., Howard, Mark E., Fung, Alison M., O'Donoghue, Fergal J., Barnes, Maree, Lappas, Martha and Walker, Susan P. (2020). The presence of coexisting sleep-disordered breathing among women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy does not worsen perinatal outcome. PLoS One, 15 (2) e0229568, e0229568. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229568
Wilson, Danielle L., Walker, Susan P., Fung, Alison M., Pell, Gabrielle, O'Donoghue, Fergal J., Barnes, Maree and Howard, Mark E. (2018). Sleep-disordered breathing in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a BMI-matched study. Journal of Sleep Research, 27 (5) e12656, 1-8. doi: 10.1111/jsr.12656
Wilson, Danielle L., Walker, Susan P., Fung, Alison M., O'Donoghue, Fergal J., Barnes, Maree and Howard, Mark E. (2018). Periodic limb movements in sleep during pregnancy: a common but benign disorder?. Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 16 (1), 11-20. doi: 10.1007/s41105-017-0125-7
Hannan, L. M., Rautela, L., Wilson, D. L., Berlowitz, D. J. and Howard, M. E. (2015). Altering ventilator inspiratory time can reduce autocycling during sleep. Sleep Medicine, 16 (10), 1301-1303. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2015.05.009
Whitehead, Clare, Tong, Stephen, Wilson, Danielle, Howard, Mark and Walker, Susan P. (2015). Treatment of early-onset preeclampsia with continuous positive airway pressure. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 125 (5), 1106-1109. doi: 10.1097/aog.0000000000000508
Wilson, Danielle L., Walker, Susan P., Fung, Alison M., O'Donoghue, Fergal, Barnes, Maree and Howard, Mark (2013). Can we predict sleep-disordered breathing in pregnancy? The clinical utility of symptoms. Journal of Sleep Research, 22 (6), 670-678. doi: 10.1111/jsr.12063
Edwards, L., Cluver, C.A., Fung, A., Walker, S.P. and Wilson, D. (2013). Fetal supraventricular tachycardia: a new approach to surveillance and treatment. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 42 (Supplement 1), 120-120. doi: 10.1002/uog.12938
Fung, Alison M., Wilson, Danielle L., Lappas, Martha, Howard, Mark, Barnes, Maree, O'Donoghue, Fergal, Tong, Stephen, Esdale, Helen, Fleming, Gabrielle and Walker, Susan P. (2013). Effects of maternal obstructive sleep apnoea on fetal growth: a prospective cohort study. PLoS One, 8 (7) e68057. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068057
Wilson, Danielle L., Fung, Alison, Walker, Susan P. and Barnes, Maree (2013). Subjective reports versus objective measurement of sleep latency and sleep duration in pregnancy. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 11 (3), 207-221. doi: 10.1080/15402002.2012.670674
Wilson, Danielle L., Barnes, Maree, Ellett, Lenore, Permezel, Michael, Jackson, Martin and Crowe, Simon F. (2013). Reduced verbal memory retention is unrelated to sleep disturbance during pregnancy. Australian Psychologist, 48 (3), 196-208. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-9544.2012.00076.x
Fung, A. M., Wilson, D. L., Barnes, M. and Walker, S. P. (2012). Obstructive sleep apnea and pregnancy: the effect on perinatal outcomes. Journal of Perinatology, 32 (6), 399-406. doi: 10.1038/jp.2012.14
Wilson, Danielle L., Barnes, Maree, Ellett, Lenore, Permezel, Michael, Jackson, Martin and Crowe, Simon F. (2011). Decreased sleep efficiency, increased wake after sleep onset and increased cortical arousals in late pregnancy. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 51 (1), 38-46. doi: 10.1111/j.1479-828x.2010.01252.x
Wilson, Danielle L., Barnes, Maree, Ellett, Lenore, Permezel, Michael, Jackson, Martin and Crowe, Simon F. (2011). Compromised verbal episodic memory with intact visual and procedural memory during pregnancy. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 33 (6), 680-691. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2010.550604
Conference Papers
Wilson, D., Mann, D., Szollosi, I., Callaway, L., Kothari, A. and Terrill, P. (2024). High resolution measurement of sleep position during pregnancy and the impact on infant birthweight. Sleep DownUnder 2024, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 16-19 October 2024. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpae070.106
Somaskandhan, P., Korkalainen, H., Leppänen, T., Töyräs, J., Melehan, K., Wilson, D., Ruehland, W., Mann, D. and Terrill, P. (2024). O004 Incorporating Arousals into Sleep vs. Wakefulness Classification Outperforms Traditional Binary Classification at 1-Second Epoch Resolution. Sleep DownUnder 2024, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 16-19 October 2024. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpae070.004
Wilson, D., Whenn, C., Ruehland, W., Barnes, M., Walker, S. and Howard, M. (2023). Comparison of sleep position classification between neck and abdominal placement in late pregnancy. Sleep DownUnder 2023, Adelaide, SA Australia, 8-11 November 2023. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpad035.128
Behbahani, S., Staykov, E., Wilson, D., Leppänen, T., Mann, D. and Terrill, P. (2023). Assessment of heart rate variability during respiratory events and arousals using symbolic dynamics. 2023 Sleep DownUnder, Adelaide, SA Australia, 8-11 November 2023. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpad035.040
Katz, J., Sanapo, L., Dunsiger, S., Guillen, M., Avalos, A., Aldana, A., Wilson, D. and Bourjeily, G. R. (2023). Longitudinal maternal sleep position patterns and fetal growth velocity in women with overweight or obesity. International Conference of the American-Thoracic-Society (ATS), Washington, DC, United States, 19-24 May 2023. New York, NY, United States: American Thoracic Society.
Skrzypek, H., Wilson, D., Fung, A., Pell, G., Barnes, M., Sommers, L., Rochford, P., Howard, M. and Walker, S. (2021). Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring During Sleep in Fetal Growth Restriction. Virtual Annual Scientific Meeting of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) “A Vision for the Future”, Virtual, 15-18 February 2021. Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley.
Wilson, D., Walker, S., Fung, A., Pell, G., O'Donoghue, F., Barnes, M. and Howard, M. (2019). Sleep-disordered breathing in gestational hypertension and preeclampsia: impact on maternal and fetal outcomes. 15th World Sleep Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 20-25 September 2019. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier.
Wilson, D., Tolson, J., Churchward, T., Melehan, K. and Ruehland, W. (2019). The impact of including arousals scored in awake epochs of polysomnography on the arousal index. 15th World Sleep Congress: World Sleep 2019, Vancouver, Canada, 20-25 September 2019. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.1077
Wilson, D., Walker, S., Fung, A., Pell, G., O'Donoghue, F., Barnes, M. and Howard, M. (2019). Sleep-disordered breathing in gestational hypertension and preeclampsia: impact on maternal and fetal outcomes. 15th World Sleep Congress: World Sleep 2019, Vancouver, Canada, 20-25 September 2019. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.1168
Wilson, D., Walker, S., Fung, A., Pell, G., O'Donoghue, F., Barnes, M. and Howard, M. (2018). Sleep-disordered breathing in gestational hypertension and preeclampsia: Impact on maternal and fetal outcomes. 30th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of Australasian-Sleep-Association and the Australasian-Sleep-Technologists-Association (Sleep DownUnder), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 17-20 October 2018. Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley.
Walker, Susan, Fung, Alison, Wilson, Danielle, Barnes, Maree, Howard, Mark and Esdale, Helen (2012). Maternal sleep health and fetal outcomes. 32nd Annual Scientific Meeting/Pregnancy Meeting of Society-for-Maternal-Fetal-Medicine, Dallas, TX, United States, 6-11 February 2012. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Mosby. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.10.179
Wilson, D., Fung, A., Walker, S., O'Donoghue, F., Howard, M. and Barnes, M. (2011). Prediction of sleep-disordered breathing in pregnancy. 23rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian-Sleep-Association/Australasian-Sleep-Technologists-Association, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 27-29 October 2011. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.
Fung, A., Esdale, H., Wilson, D., Fleming, G., Maree, B., Odonoghue, F., Howard, M. and Walker, S. (2011). Maternal sleep health and fetal outcomes. 23rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian-Sleep-Association/Australasian-Sleep-Technologists-Association, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 27-29 October 2011. Malden, MA, United States: Wiley-Blackwell.
Barnes, Maree and Wilson, Danielle (2010). Sleep architecture and sleep disordered breathing in pregnancy . _, _, _. American Thoracic Society. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2010.181.1_meetingabstracts.a6529
Wilson, Danielle, Ellett, Lenore, Barnes, Maree, Crowe, Simon and Permezel, Michael (2009). Does pregnancy affect memory and attention? A cross sectional study. RANZCOG Annual Scientific Meeting, Auckland, New Zealand, 23–29 March 2009. Malden, MA, United States: Wiley-Blackwell.