Stephanie Centofanti

Dr Stephanie Centofanti

Online Course Facilitator

Adelaide University Online and Learning Futures

Academic

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I am the online course facilitator for the Bachelor of Psychological Science and Sociology and have responsibility for leading the development and delivery of online teaching for UniSA Online students. My role involves working closely with divisional staff at UniSA to provide high-quality online teaching to undergraduate students, and to coordinate the day-to-day activities of online tutoring staff.
I have been involved in teaching numerous undergraduate Psychology and Social Work courses at UniSA since 2012. I am passionate about educating students and the community on health psychology and in particular the importance of sleep for our health.  My PhD research involved investigating countermeasures for reducing the negative cognitive and psychological effects of sleep loss in shift workers. Since finishing my PhD in 2015, my research has also focused on investigating coping and resilience across the lifespan,  with my recent work being centered around well-being in Australian students.

Year Citation
2025 Centofanti, S., Heilbronn, L. K., Wittert, G., Dorrian, J., Coates, A. M., Kennaway, D., . . . Banks, S. (2025). Fasting as an intervention to alter the impact of simulated night-shift work on glucose metabolism in healthy adults: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Diabetologia, 68(1), 203-216.
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2025 Grosser, L., Yates, C., Dorrian, J., Centofanti, S., Heilbronn, L., Wittert, G., . . . Banks, S. (2025). Exploring circadian and meal timing impacts on cortisol during simulated night shifts. Sleep, online, 1-12.
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2024 Yates, C. L., Centofanti, S., Heilbronn, L., Kennaway, D., Coates, A. M., Dorrian, J., . . . Banks, S. (2024). The effects of fasting compared to eating a meal or snack during simulated night shift on changes in metabolism associated with circadian misalignment: a protocol and methods paper. Sleep Advances, 5(1), zpae021-1-zpae021-10.
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2024 Jacob, T., & Centofanti, S. (2024). Effectiveness of H5P in improving student learning outcomes in an online tertiary education setting. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 36(2), 469-485.
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2024 Agostini, A., & Centofanti, S. (2024). Normal Sleep in Children and Adolescence. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 47(1), 1-14.
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2024 Centofanti, S., Lushington, K., Wicking, A., Wicking, P., & Dorrian, J. (2024). Nighttime phone use and past exposure to cyberbullying and their impact on sleep and psychological wellbeing in Australian children aged 7 to 19 years. Adolescents, 4(3), 355-374.
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2022 Correa, V. S., Centofanti, S., Dorrian, J., Wicking, A., Wicking, P., & Lushington, K. (2022). The effect of mobile phone use at night on the sleep of pre-adolescent (8-11 year), early adolescent (12-14 year) and late adolescent (15-18 year) children: a study of 252,195 Australian children. Sleep Health, 8(3), 277-282.
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2022 Agostini, A., Centofanti, S. A., Colella, A., Devine, L., Dingle, C., Galindo, H., . . . Dorrian, J. (2022). The relationships between coping styles and food intake in shiftworking nurses and midwives: a pilot study. Industrial health, 60(5), 470-474.
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2021 Gupta, C. C., Centofanti, S., Dorrian, J., Coates, A. M., Stepien, J. M., Kennaway, D., . . . Banks, S. (2021). The impact of a meal, snack, or not eating during the night shift on simulated driving performance post-shift.. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment and Health, 47(1), 78-84.
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2021 Agostini, A., & Centofanti, S. (2021). Normal sleep in children and adolescence. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 30(1), 1-14.
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2020 Centofanti, S., Banks, S., Coussens, S., Gray, D., Munro, E., Nielsen, J., & Dorrian, J. (2020). A pilot study investigating the impact of a caffeine-nap on alertness during a simulated night shift. Chronobiology International, 37(9-10), 1469-1473.
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2020 Chandrakumar, D., Dorrian, J., Banks, S., Keage, H. A. D., Coussens, S., Gupta, C., . . . Loetscher, T. (2020). The relationship between alertness and spatial attention under simulated shiftwork. Scientific Reports, 10(1, article no. 14946), 1-12.
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2019 Perrin, S. L., Dorrian, J., Gupta, C., Centofanti, S., Coates, A., Marx, L., . . . Banks, S. (2019). Timing of Australian flight attendant food and beverage while crewing: a preliminary investigation. Industrial health, 57(4), 547-553.
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2019 Gray, D. M., Banks, S., Dorrian, J., Munro, E., Nielsen, J., & Centofanti, S. (2019). Combining caffeine and a nap to improve alertness during a simulated nightshift. Sleep, 42(0191), 1.
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2019 Centofanti, S., Lushington, K., Wicking, A., Wicking, P., Fuller, A., Janz, P., & Dorrian, J. (2019). Establishing norms for mental well-being in young people (7-19 years) using the General Health Questionnaire-12. Australian journal of psychology, 71(2), 117-126.
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2019 Reynolds, A. C., Meltzer, L. J., Dorrian, J., Centofanti, S. A., & Biggs, S. N. (2019). Impact of high-frequency email and instant messaging (E/IM) interactions during the hour before bed on self-reported sleep duration and sufficiency in female Australian children and adolescents. Sleep health, 5(1), 64-67.
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2019 Banks, S., Landon, L. B., Dorrian, J., Waggoner, L. B., Centofanti, S. A., Roma, P. G., & Van Dongen, H. P. A. (2019). Effects of fatigue on teams and their role in 24/7 operations. Sleep medicine reviews, 48(101216), 1-9.
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2019 Gupta, C. C., Centofanti, S., Dorrian, J., Coates, A. M., Stepien, J. M., Kennaway, D., . . . Banks, S. (2019). Subjective hunger, gastric upset, and sleepiness in response to altered meal timing during simulated shiftwork. Nutrients, 11(6), 1-24.
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2019 Gupta, C. C., Centofanti, S., Dorrian, J., Coates, A., Stepien, J. M., Kennaway, D., . . . Banks, S. (2019). Altering meal timing to improve cognitive performance during simulated nightshifts.. Chronobiology International, 36(2), 1-23.
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2018 Centofanti, S., Dorrian, J., Hilditch, C., Grant, C., Coates, A., & Banks, S. (2018). Eating on nightshift: A big vs small snack impairs glucose response to breakfast. Neurobiology of sleep and circadian rhythms, 4, 44-48.
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2018 Centofanti, S., Banks, S., Colella, A., Dingle, C., Devine, L., Galindo, H., . . . Dorrian, J. (2018). Coping with shift work-related circadian disruption: a mixed-methods case study on napping and caffeine use in Australian nurses and midwives. Chronobiology international, 35(6), 853-864.
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2017 Hilditch, C. J., Dorrian, J., Centofanti, S. A., & Van Dongen, H. P. A. (2017). Sleep inertia associated with a 10-min nap before the commute home following a night shift: a laboratory simulation study. Accident analysis and prevention, 99(Pt B), 411-415.
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2017 Gupta, C., Dorrian, J., Centofanti, S., Coates, A., Kennaway, D., Wittert, G., . . . Coro, D. (2017). Impact of a meal, snack, or not eating during the nightshift on driving performance. Journal Of Sleep Research, 26(S1), 6.
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2017 Stepien, J., Dorrian, J., Centofanti, S., Coates, A., Kennaway, D., Wittert, G., . . . Banks, S. (2017). Preliminary investigation of the variability in melatonin onset in self-reported intermediate chronotypes. Journal of Sleep Research, 26(S1), 10.
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2017 Centofanti, S. A., Dorrian, J., Hilditch, C. J., & Banks, S. (2017). Do night naps impact driving performance and daytime recovery sleep?. Accident analysis and prevention, 99(B), 416-421.
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2016 Hilditch, C. J., Short, M., Van Dongen, H. P. A., Centofanti, S. A., Dorrian, J., Kohler, M., & Banks, S. (2016). Sleep inertia during a simulated 6-h on/6-h off fixed split duty schedule. Chronobiology International, 33(6), 685-696.
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2016 Hilditch, C. J., Centofanti, S. A., Dorrian, J., & Banks, S. (2016). A 30-minute, but not a 10-minute nighttime nap is associated with sleep inertia. Sleep, 39(3), 675-684.
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2016 Short, M. A., Centofanti, S., Hilditch, C., Banks, S., Lushington, K., & Dorrian, J. (2016). The effect of split sleep schedules (6h-on/6h-off) on neurobehavioural performance, sleep and sleepiness. Applied ergonomics, 54, 72-82.
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2016 Centofanti, S. A., Hilditch, C. J., Dorrian, J., & Banks, S. (2016). The impact of short night-time naps on performance, sleepiness and mood during a simulated night shift. Chronobiology international, 33(6), 706-715.
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Year Citation
2019 Gupta, C. C., Centofanti, S., Rauffet, P., Banks, S., Coppin, G., & Chauvin, C. (2019). Framework and metrics for online fatigue monitoring within submarine teams working in 24/7 environments. In IFAC papersonline Vol. 52 (pp. 259-264). Netherlands: Elsevier.
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2018 Centofanti, S. A., Dorrian, J., Grant, C., Stepien, J., Coates, A., Lushington, K., . . . Banks, S. (2018). THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CAFFEINE GUM IN REDUCING SLEEP INERTIA FOLLOWING A 30MIN NIGHTTIME NAP OPPORTUNITY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS. In SLEEP Vol. 41 (pp. A78). MD, Baltimore: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
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2018 Perrin, S. L., Dorrian, J., Coates, A. M., Gupta, C. C., Centofanti, S. A., Beyne, K., . . . Banks, S. (2018). SLEEP, MEAL TIMING AND MOTIVATIONS FOR EATING IN AUSTRALIAN FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. In SLEEP Vol. 41 (pp. A48-A49). MD, Baltimore: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
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2018 Dorrian, J., Centofanti, S., Wicking, A., Wicking, P., & Lushington, K. (2018). SMARTPHONES IN THE BEDROOM, SLEEP, COMMUNICATION, AND MENTAL HEALTH IN AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL STUDENTS. In SLEEP Vol. 41 (pp. A99). MD, Baltimore: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
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2018 Gupta, C., Dorrian, J., Centofanti, S., Coates, A., Kennaway, D., Wittert, G., . . . Banks, S. (2018). Eating a large meal during the nightshift may increase accident risk on the commute home. In JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH Vol. 27 (pp. 1 page). Brisbane, AUSTRALIA: WILEY.
2016 Centofanti, S., Banks, S., Galindo, H., Brkic, G., & Dorrian, J. (2016). The relationship between coping strategies, fatigue and psychological health in nurses and midwives. In JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH Vol. 25 (pp. 334). ITALY, Bologna: WILEY-BLACKWELL.
2014 Hilditch, C. J., Centofanti, S. A., Dorrian, J., Van Dongen, H. P., & Banks, S. (2014). Effects of 10 min and 30 min night-time naps on sleep inertia. In JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH Vol. 23 (pp. 189-190). ESTONIA, Tallinn: WILEY-BLACKWELL.
2014 Centofanti, S. A., Hilditch, C. J., Dorrian, J., Van Dongen, H. P. A., & Banks, S. (2014). Napping on the night-shift: do recovery benefits extend to the commute home?. In JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH Vol. 23 (pp. 189). ESTONIA, Tallinn: WILEY-BLACKWELL.
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Year Citation
2019 Matthews, R., Roma, P., Hursh, S., Centofanti, S., Yates, C., Stepien, J., . . . Banks, S. (2019). Team Cohesion under sleep loss. Poster session presented at the meeting of JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH. Sydney, AUSTRALIA: WILEY.
2019 Stepien, J., Dorrian, J., Kennaway, D., Coates, A., Yates, C., Centofanti, S., . . . Banks, S. (2019). Individual variation in melatonin responses under constant lighting (100lux) during simulated night shiftwork. Poster session presented at the meeting of JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH. Sydney, AUSTRALIA: WILEY.
2018 Gupta, C., Dorrian, J., Centofanti, S., Coates, A., Kennaway, D., Wittert, G., . . . Banks, S. (2018). Meal inertia: the impact of eating different sized meals on vigilant attention throughout the night. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, LLC (APSS 2018), as published in Sleep. Baltimore, MD: Oxford University Press.
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2012 Centofanti, S., Byrne, R., Catcheside, P., Antic, N., Mcevoy, D., Clow, A., & Banks, S. (2012). Cortisol and psychological and physical health in males with obstructive sleep apnoea. Poster session presented at the meeting of JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH. Paris, FRANCE: WILEY-BLACKWELL.
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Courses I teach

  • BEHL 1004 Psychology 1B (2025)
  • BEHL 1026 UO Counselling Concepts (2025)
  • BEHL 1029 UO Personal and Professional Development (2025)
  • BEHL 3011 Developmental Psychology (2025)
  • BEHL 3032 UO Clinical and Abnormal Psychology (2025)
  • BEHL 1026 UO Counselling Concepts (2024)
  • BEHL 3011 Developmental Psychology (2024)
  • BEHL 5091 Specialised Interventions (2024)
  • BEHL 6010 External Clinical Psychology Practicum 2 (2024)

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