What do sleeping pills do to your sleep?

Host: Professor Bandana Saini

Thursday 20 November 2025, 12pm – 1pm

G03 Theatre, Ainsworth Building, 1 Wally’s Walk, Macquarie University

Overview

Large numbers of people worldwide routinely take sleep pills to help sleep. There is a number of different types and there are many myths and misconceptions about how they work, what they do and the safety of these medications.

This presentation will provide the audience with an understanding of the different types and the appropriate evidence-based use.

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Biography

Professor Bandana Saini is Australia’s leading pharmacy researcher specialising in respiratory and sleep health. Her work focuses on improving medication safety, implementing pharmacy-based models of sleep health, pharmacovigilance and providing evidence-based approaches to pharmaceutical sleep health.

Contact Us

For more details about the series, contact us at dvc.medicine.and.health@mq.edu.au.

Main campus

Wallumattagal Campus
Balaclava Road
Macquarie University NSW 2109

City campus

Angel Place
Level 24, 123 Pitt Street
Sydney NSW 2000

Event Contact

events@mq.edu.au

Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which Macquarie University stands - the Wallumattagal Clan of the Dharug Nation - whose cultures and customs have nurtured, and continue to nurture, this land since time immemorial. We pay our respects to the Elders, past and present.