Prof Gaio is an associate professor at Deakin University and works at Manse Medical clinics in Geelong, Warrnambool and Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, as well as at private and public hospitals in those towns. Prof Eduardo Gaio is a specialist physician in respiratory and sleep medicine who has completed his specialty training in intensive care medicine and respiratory medicine at the University of Brasilia, Brazil. His qualifications include a master's in sleep medicine from Pablo de Olavide University, Spain, and a PhD in medical sciences from the University of Brasilia. Prof Gaio has completed post-doctoral studies in the world-renowned department of physiology at the University of California in San Diego and has supervised post-graduate researchers at the University of Brasilia. He held an associate professor position at the University of Brasilia prior to commencing work in Australia.