Dorothy Bruck

Dorothy Bruck, BA (Hons) (Uni Tas), PhD (La Trobe), MAPS, is an Emeritus Professor at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. Her academic interests include sleep/wake behaviour, mental health, chronic fatigue, arousal thresholds, human behaviour in emergencies and the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse communities. She is a founding Director of the Sleep Health Foundation, Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.

Education

 * 1990 - PhD, La Trobe University (Thesis: Dietary intake and sleepiness after glucose in narcolepsy)

Books

 * 2017, Chapter 31 - Sleep, Cognitive and Mood Symptoms in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, in The Handbook of Stress and Health: A Guide to Research and Practice

Notable studies on ME/CFS

 * 2012, Sleep Abnormalities in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: A Review (Full Text)(Full Text)
 * 2015, Sleep quality and the treatment of intestinal microbiota imbalance in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A pilot study (Full Text)
 * 2016, Support for the Microgenderome: Associations in a Human Clinical Population (Full Text)
 * 2017, Examining clinical similarities between myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and d-lactic acidosis: a systematic review (Full Text)
 * 2018, Open-label pilot for treatment targeting gut dysbiosis in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: neuropsychological symptoms and sex comparisons (Full Text) (Correction)

Talks and interviews

 * 9 February 2015, "Professor Dorothy Bruck speaks with Michael Mackenzie about the key to a good night's sleep"

Online presence

 * Curriculum Vitae
 * Google Scholar
 * ResearchGate
 * Victoria University Bio

Learn more

 * Sleep Health Foundation