Yu Bin PhD

Yu Sun Bin is an epidemiologist and public health researcher. Her particular research interests are on sleep and circadian rhythms and how these biological systems are reflected in behavior, health, and disease. Dr Bin's expertise is on habitual sleep as a lifestyle risk factor and the impact of disordered sleep on public health in Australia. Her methodological expertise is in the analysis of large complex datasets including linked administrative health and education datasets, cohort studies, and population surveys from around the world. She has more than 16 years of experience in quantitative health research and has previously consulted for the World Bank.

Dr Bin has been awarded international grants for research (Career Development Fellowship from the Sleep Research Society Foundation) and teaching (Educational Focused Projects Award from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation). She developed and teaches the University's first undergraduate unit on Sleep and Circadian Rhythms (OLET1510) to 2,000 students each year. She is part of the Charles Perkins Centre - Qantas Partnership Project: Health and Wellbeing in the Air, which aims to mitigate jetlag and improve sleep on long-haul flights. For her leadership in advocating for greater recognition of sleep in public health and her work in education and research translation, Dr Bin received the Australasian Sleep Association's President's Award in 2021.