Professor Simon Smith is a psychologist and recognised expert in sleep and the developing brain. Simon’s primary interest is to understand the role of sleep and circadian rhythms in a healthy, safe, and productive life, with a current focus on the early years of life. Simon’s work will aim to grow understanding of young children’s sleep and its connections with screen use and interactions with activity, wellbeing, and stress.

Simon is a HERA Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and leads the Community Sleep Health Group in the UQ Child Health Research Centre (CHRC). He has worked extensively in research and clinical settings as a psychologist and sleep scientist. Simon is registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), with endorsed practice in Clinical Neuropsychology, and a Fellow of the College of Clinical Neuropsychologists (CCN). In 2020, Simon co-authored a chapter on digital media and sleep in children in  The Routledge companion to Digital Media and Children.

Earliest digital memory
Watching with awe a first-generation version of Pong, and later getting a Pulsar calculator digital watch.