This site is produced by the Division of Sleep Medicine (DSM) at Harvard Medical School as one activity of its Sleep and Health Education Program.

Module Authors:

Jacqueline T. Do, Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Stuart F. Quan, MD, Editor in Chief, Sleep and Health Education Program, Gerald E. McGinnis Professor of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine

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For the Division:

Stuart F. Quan, MD, Editor in Chief, Sleep and Health Education Program, Gerald E. McGinnis Professor of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine

Professionals Interviewed for this Site:

Stephen Almira, PhD, Instructor in Psychology, Harvard Medical School

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Suzanne M. Bertisch, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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Charles A. Czeisler, PhD, MD, Frank Baldino, Jr. Ph.D. Professor of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, PhD, Assistant Professor Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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Shadab Rahman, PhD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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Eric Zhou, MD, Assistant Professor Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

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The Sleep and Health Education Program is under the editorial direction of the Editorial Board

Editorial Board members 2021:

Janis Louise Anderson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Associate Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Ronald E. Becker, MD, Assistant Professor Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School Assistant in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital

Christopher Paul Landrigan, MD, MPH
William Berenberg Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's
Hospital Research and Fellowship Director, Inpatient Pediatrics Service, General Pediatrics, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital

Steven W. Lockley, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Associate Neuroscientist, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Arthur R. Smith 
Formerly, Executive Producer, Vox Television

Robert Stickgold, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Thomas E. Scammell, MD, Professor of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Division of Sleep Medicine 

The site has been reviewed by the following outside experts with no affiliation with the Harvard Medical School Division of Sleep Medicine.

External reviewers:

Carol M. Baldwin, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Nursing, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ

Patricia Haynes, PhD, Associate Professor of Public Health, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Special Thanks:

Natalie Viyaran, Program Manager, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Steven Kyriakidis, Office Services, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Landing Page Image:

Jen Theodore: https://unsplash.com/photos/pSGmANK36LQ