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Dr. Efrosini Papaconstantinou is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ontario Tech University. She is a pediatric nurse researcher with expertise in sleep medicine, non-pharmacological interventions, and clinical decision-making in nursing education.
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing, McMaster University
- Master of Science, McMaster University
- PhD, University of Toronto
Her research focuses on evaluating nursing interventions to improve sleep outcomes in children, adolescents, and families. She pioneered the Relax to Sleep program, a behavioral-educational intervention for hospitalized children, and uses actigraphy as an objective measure of sleep/wake patterns. Her work addresses predictors of disturbed sleep and post-hospital maladaptive behaviors.
Key trends in her research include pediatric sleep disorders, randomized controlled trials, and non-pharmacological interventions. She has collaborated extensively on studies involving bronchiolitis, dementia-related sleep issues, and chronotype analysis in university populations.
- SickKids Foundation Research Fellowship Award in Complementary and Alternative Health Care and Paediatrics
She has received research funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Ontario Tech University. Her teaching includes undergraduate courses on child and adolescent health, nursing synthesis, and clinical simulation technology.
