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Laura Barger, Ph.D.

617-732-7991
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Harvard Title

Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Administrative and Hospital Titles

Associate Physiologist, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Address

221 Longwood Avenue, Suite 438
Boston, MA 02115

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Classifying performance impairment in response to sleep loss using pattern recognition algorithms on single session testing.
Authors: St Hilaire MA, Sullivan JP, Anderson C, Cohen DA, Barger LK, Lockley SW, Klerman EB.
Accid Anal Prev
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Validation of a questionnaire to screen for shift work disorder.
Authors: Barger LK, Ogeil RP, Drake CL, O'Brien CS, Ng KT, Rajaratnam SM.
Sleep
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Learning to live on a Mars day: fatigue countermeasures during the Phoenix Mars Lander mission.
Authors: Barger LK, Sullivan JP, Vincent AS, Fiedler ER, McKenna LM, Flynn-Evans EE, Gilliland K, Sipes WE, Smith PH, Brainard GC, Lockley SW.
Sleep
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Sleep disorders, health, and safety in police officers.
Authors: Rajaratnam SM, Barger LK, Lockley SW, Shea SA, Wang W, Landrigan CP, O'Brien CS, Qadri S, Sullivan JP, Cade BE, Epstein LJ, White DP, Czeisler CA.
JAMA
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Neurobehavioral, health, and safety consequences associated with shift work in safety-sensitive professions.
Authors: Barger LK, Lockley SW, Rajaratnam SM, Landrigan CP.
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep
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Effects of the accreditation council for graduate medical education duty hour limits on sleep, work hours, and safety.
Authors: Landrigan CP, Fahrenkopf AM, Lewin D, Sharek PJ, Barger LK, Eisner M, Edwards S, Chiang VW, Wiedermann BL, Sectish TC.
Pediatrics
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Rates of medication errors among depressed and burnt out residents: prospective cohort study.
Authors: Fahrenkopf AM, Sectish TC, Barger LK, Sharek PJ, Lewin D, Chiang VW, Edwards S, Wiedermann BL, Landrigan CP.
BMJ
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Effective implementation of work-hour limits and systemic improvements.
Authors: Landrigan CP, Czeisler CA, Barger LK, Ayas NT, Rothschild JM, Lockley SW.
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf
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Effects of health care provider work hours and sleep deprivation on safety and performance.
Authors: Lockley SW, Barger LK, Ayas NT, Rothschild JM, Czeisler CA, Landrigan CP.
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf
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Impact of extended-duration shifts on medical errors, adverse events, and attentional failures.
Authors: Barger LK, Ayas NT, Cade BE, Cronin JW, Rosner B, Speizer FE, Czeisler CA.
PLoS Med
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