This document profiles 20 experts in the field of sleep research. It provides brief biographies on each expert, describing their current positions, key contributions and areas of research focus. The experts are from institutions like Harvard Medical School, Stanford Medical School, University of Pennsylvania, and the Salk Institute. Their research covers topics such as circadian rhythms, sleep disorders, neurobiology, learning and memory, and more.
This document profiles 20 experts in the field of sleep research. It provides brief biographies on each expert, describing their current positions, key contributions and areas of research focus. The experts are from institutions like Harvard Medical School, Stanford Medical School, University of Pennsylvania, and the Salk Institute. Their research covers topics such as circadian rhythms, sleep disorders, neurobiology, learning and memory, and more.
This document profiles 20 experts in the field of sleep research. It provides brief biographies on each expert, describing their current positions, key contributions and areas of research focus. The experts are from institutions like Harvard Medical School, Stanford Medical School, University of Pennsylvania, and the Salk Institute. Their research covers topics such as circadian rhythms, sleep disorders, neurobiology, learning and memory, and more.
o the Dvson o Seep Medcne ut Hurvurd Medcu Schoo und Che o the Dvson o Seep Medcne ut rghum und \omen's Hosptu. He s one o the vord's eudng uuthortes on crcudun rhythms und the chronoboogy o seep und vukeuness, und u poneer n trunsutng ths reseurch nto cncu medcne und occuputonu heuth notuby the recenty ntroduced drovsy drvng egsuton n Mussuchusetts. 3\PZ+L3LJLHs un Assocute lroessor o lsychutry und ehuvoru Scence ut Stunord Medcu Schoo. Among hs reevunt contrbutons to the seep ed ure the dscoveres o tvo neuropeptde trunsmtters, cortstutn und the hypocretns. More recenty he hus uncovered nev unctons or the hypocretnergc system, ncudng mportunt roes n the ucute stress response und n brun revurd uncton. He s the uuthor o Hypocte||ns: ln|egta|ots o| Ihys|o|og|ca| S|gna|s. +H]PK+PUNLZChe o the Dvson o Seep und Chronoboogy, s uso lroessor o lsychoogy n lsychutry ut the Lnversty o lennsyvunu Schoo o Medcne. Hs reseurch ocuses on the physoogcu und cogntve consequences o seep oss und stress und the evuuuton o potentu behuvoru, phurmucoogcu und technoogcu remedes. Dnges s currenty lresdent o the \ord lederuton o Seep Reseurch und Seep Medcne Socetes und Ldtor-n-Che o SLLLl, the eudng scentc ournu on seep reseurch und medcne. 4HYR,YPJ+`RLUs Drector o the Seep Dsorders Center ut the Lnversty o lovu. He receved hs M.D. rom lndunu Lnversty und competed u resdency n Neuroogy, und leovshps n Cncu Neurophysoogy und Seep Dsorders Medcne ut lovu. Hs studes o seep dsorders huve resuted n hs uppontment to u number o nutonu study groups und he s sted n est Doctors n seep medcne. Amongst hs muny contrbutons, hs vork denng the reutonshp betveen obstructve seep upneu |CSA) und stroke und deuth s oten reerenced to usty the uggressve treutment o CSA. 3 9HSWO.YLLUZWHUthe Levs . und Dorothy Cu- mun Senor leov n Lxpermentu Neuroboogy ut 1he Neuroscences lnsttute, studes the genetc nuences o behuvor n the rut y, ncudng the smurty o ts seep-ke behuvor to thut o mummus. Recenty, hs ub hus been ookng ut the evouton o mechunsms o behuvor n orgunsms vth prmtve nervous systems such us the eysh. ln !o Ct|||et |e|| Beh|nd', u recent Current oogy edtoru, und n hs nev book n ln|toduc||on |o !etvous Sys|ems, Creenspun ceebrutes u renussunce n the study o nvertebrute neuroboogy. -YLK.HNL s Ader lroessor n the Luborutory o Cenetcs ut the Suk lnsttute. Hs vork concentrutes on the udut centru nervous system und unexpected pustcty und uduptubty to envronmentu stmuuton thut remuns throughout the e o u mummus. Cuge's ub shoved thut, contrury to uccepted dogmu, udut humun bengs ure cupube o grovng nev nerve ces u process cued neurogeness. A ormer presdent o the Socety or Neuroscence, Cuge vus numed one o 1lML muguzne's l00 lnnovutors n Scence or the 2lst century. +HUPLS2YPWRL nov lroessor Lmertus o lsychutry ut the Lnversty o Cuornu, Sun Dego, deveoped the rst seep cnc n the regon. Hs 2002 study shovng thut peope vho sept ony 6 or 7 hours u nght huve u over deuth rute thun those seepng 8 hours or more creuted controversy umongst seep reseurchers. Hs muor nterests ncude the prevuence o seep upneu, the vurutons n mortuty n compurson vth umount o seep und use o seepng ps, und the study o crcudun-phuse responses to brght ght und exercse. He hus vrtten tvo e-books: Bt|gh|en \out I||e und 1he Oatl S|de o| S|eep|ng I|||s. 7OPSPW3V^ s u leov o the Soun-Svurtz Center or 1heoretcu Neuroboogy und u lh.D. cunddute n the Compututonu Neuroboogy Luborutory ut the Suk lnsttute. Hs expermentu und compututonu |SlLARS) methods chuenge our current understundng o brun vuves durng seepng und vukng stutes n humuns und ucross speces. Hs vork hus been eutured n techncu und popuur urtces ncudng 1he Iconom|s| und 1he Ml1 1echno|ogy Rev|eu. He s the co-ounder und CLC o NeuroVg, lnc., vhch buds non-nvusve brun uctvty montors to provde heuth dugnostcs n reu tme. 4 (SSHU7HJR un expert on obstructve seep upneu |CSA), s currenty lroessor o Medcne, Che o the Dvson o Seep Medcne und Drector o the Center or Seep und Resprutory Neuroboogy ut the Lnversty o lennsyvunu. He hus poneered reseurch nto the neuru mechunsms o CSA und hus currenty deveoped u reseurch group to study the moecuur mechunsms o seepness. :H[JOPU7HUKH un Assstunt lroessor n the Reguutory oogy Luborutory ut the Suk lnsttute, seeks to understund the mechunsm o crcudun reguuton by usng vurous struteges to denty genes thut nuence crcudun reguuton throughout the body. He s uso vorkng tovurds denng the mechunsms nvoved n synchronzuton o the crcudun oscutor to ght-durk condtons und dentyng the crtcu eements nvoved n the trunsmsson o ght normuton rom the eye to the brun's muster oscutor. ;LYYLUJL:LQUV^ZRP s un HHMl nvestgutor, the lruncs Crck lroessor und Drector o the Crck-}ucobs Center or 1heoretcu und Compututonu oogy ut the Suk lnsttute. He s the uuthor o severu books ncudng 1he Compu|a||ona| Bta|n und I|ats, Iovets, und Hetoes: \ha| |he !eu Bta|n Sc|ence Revea|s bou| Hou \e Become \ho \e te. :HYH4LKUPJR u ormer Suk lnsttute reseurcher, hus recenty oned the Depurtment o lsychutry ut LCSD us u lroect Scentst. She studes hov nuppng cun mprove humun perormunce und uses MRl und LLC to pnpont the ureus o the brun thut undere these mprovements. Mednck s the uuthor o 1ale a !ap' Change \out I||e, u nev scentc uccount o the benets o nuppng or u generu uudence. Ater the rgors o u book tour, she cun nov be ound on her couch pructcng vhut she preuches. 5 9VILY[:[PJRNVSKAssstunt lroessor o lsychutry ut Hurvurd Medcu Schoo, conducts reseurch on seep und dreumng ut the Luborutory o Neurophysoogy ut the Mussuchusetts Mentu Heuth Center n oston. He hus spent much o hs cureer studyng the reutonshp betveen seep und eurnng und hus vrtten tvo scence cton noves, C|otyh||s und 1he Ca|||otn|a Coven Itojec|. 7H\S:OH^ s Assstunt lroessor o Anutomy und Neuroboogy ut \ushngton Lnversty- St. Lous vhere he studes the moecuur puthvuys nvoved n mummuun seep und seep homeostuss. He hus uso recenty dented the rst bomurker or humun seepness bused on hs vork vth seep debt n rut es und s currenty studyng the nuence o seep und crcudun rhythms on ugng. 1LYY`:PLNLSs lroessor o lsychutry ut LCLA, ormer lresdent o the Seep Reseurch Socety, the recpent o MLRl1 und }uvts uvurds rom NlH und the Dstngushed Scentst uvurd rom the SRS. Hs uborutory hus mude dscoveres concernng the roe o hypocretn n humun nurcoepsy. He hus studed the phyogeny o seep us u cue to seep uncton, dscoverng thut the prmtve mummu, putypus, hus RLM seep und thut murne mummus cun go vthout seep or ong perods vthout eects. .P\SPV;VUVUP s lroessor o lsychutry ut the Lnversty o \sconsn-Mudson vhere he vorks ut the Center or Seep und Conscousness, deveopng und renng the normuton ntegruton theory o conscousness und poneerng u combnuton o eectrophysoogcu und moecuur uppruouches to hs reseurch n seep. 1onon s the co-uuthor o In|vetse o| Consc|ousness: Hou Ma||et Becomes lmag|na||on. 9VNLY)PUNOHT s u scentst n the Compututonu Neuroboogy Luborutory ut the Suk lnsttute, und u member o the reseurch ucuty ut the Center or run und Cognton, Lnversty o Cuornu, Sun Dego. He s the co-uuthor o 1he Ct|g|n o| M|nds: Ivo|u||on, In|queness, and |he !eu Sc|ence o| |he Se||, und the creutor und host o Lmmy uvurd-vnnng lS scence progrums on evoutonury psychoogy und cogntve neuroscence, ncudng the crtcuy uccumed seres 1he Humun uest. He s co-ounder und Drector o 1he Scence Netvork.