Innovation through collaboration
The CRC for Alertness, Safety and Productivity (Alertness CRC) was part of the Australian Government’s Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Program, which seeks to improve the competitiveness, productivity and sustainability of Australian industry.
Through its
three
interconnected
research programs, Alertness CRC was established to improve alertness, safety and productivity in individuals, across organisations, and within the community.
Participants
Research Projects
Patents Filed
Registered Trademarks
3
Interconnected
research programs:
01
Measuring Alertness
Research Program One saw the Alertness CRC developing and verifying tools to measure alertness levels accurately, predict the risk of future critical lapses, and intervene before poor alertness impairs productivity and safety.
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Safety & Productivity
In response to the challenges of inadequate sleep, Research Program Two addressed how alertness can be maximised at the individual, workplace and community level to deliver measurable improvements in safety and productivity.
03
Personalised Sleep Health
Research Program Three saw the Alertness CRC developing sleep health management tools together with an understanding of phenotypes, to be able to personalise the tools.
Industry-driven approach
The Alertness CRC’s industry-driven approach has delivered tools and technologies that will create a safer, more productive society and shape future innovation in sleep health and alertness management. With strong and productive collaborative relationships, rich datasets and sophisticated platform technologies, the consortium’s participant organisations continue to co-develop solutions and facilitate the early adoption of the new products to further improve the safety and productivity of all Australians.
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Achieving safer roads through more alert, healthier heavy vehicle drivers
Read more →The project findings validated the utility of alertness monitoring technology, confirming its ability to identify drowsiness-related driving impairment.
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Keeping workers alert and workplaces safe
Read more →In partnership with Australian SME Opturion Pty Ltd, an optimisation software company, the Alertness CRC helped to create the world’s first software program that automatically applies fatigue rules to create better staff rosters.
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Taking charge of your sleep – the science-backed way
Read more →Through the Philips SmartSleep Analyzer, the Alertness CRC collaborated to deliver a novel decision support system that is underpinning a major shift in the approach to sleep health management, with the tool comprising a comprehensive online sleep health support ecosystem for those seeking solutions online.
Participants:
The WorkAlert® website was developed as a joint initiative between the Alertness CRC and the Sleep Health Foundation for the sharing of science-driven tips and knowledge to help conquer the challenges of staying alert in a busy world.
Through the Sleep Health Foundation, the site continues to provide advice on how employers and employees can keep themselves and their workplaces safe, offering valuable, easy-to-digest information on workplace scheduling solutions, lighting solutions, screening for sleep disorders, and managing sleep. Find out more at workalert.org.au
Participants of the Alertness CRC will continue to collaborate through the Sleep Health Foundation as the Australian Sleep and Alertness Consortium (ASAC), maintaining a focus on sleep, health and wellbeing, and performance. For more information on ASAC’s research translation initiatives, visit sleephealthfoundation.org.au
