Kalina Rossa

Dr Kalina Rossa is a Research Fellow at the Child Health Research Centre and affiliate of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families Across the Lifecourse at the University of Queensland. Her work focuses on behavioural interventions for sleep and wellbeing, with expertise in clinical trials, psychophysiological measurement, and population health research across diverse groups including children, young adults, and vulnerable communities.

• Bachelor of Science, University of Melbourne
• Bachelor (Honours) of Behavioural Science, Queensland University of Technology
• Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology

Research spans three key areas:

• Intervention development for sleep and wellbeing in children, youth, and special populations
• Sleep and risk-taking examining circadian function in self-regulation and risk behaviors
• Sleep-stress-resilience frameworks evaluating how sleep improvements affect daily stress management

Recent publications demonstrate interdisciplinary breadth across sleep medicine, psychology, and public health, with methodological diversity including scoping reviews, clinical trial protocols, and mixed-methods studies analyzing digital technology impacts, environmental factors, and social determinants of sleep health.

Supervision includes co-advising two PhD projects on sleep health and precarious employment. Her work has been supported by Health and Wellbeing Queensland (2021-2025), Advance Queensland Women's Research Funding (2021-2022), and Children's Health Queensland grants (2019-2020).