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For the Division:
Russell A. Sanna, PhD
Executive Director, Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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
Visit Dr. Quan's DSM profile page: https://sleep.hms.harvard.edu/faculty-staff/stuart-f-quan
Christopher P. Landrigan, MD, MPH, Module Editor, Get Sleep
William Berenberg Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's
Hospital
Visit Dr. Landrigan's DSM profile page: https://sleep.hms.harvard.edu/faculty-staff/christopher-landrigan
Catherine C. Bauer
Program Manager, Harvard Medical School, Division of Sleep Medicine
Researchers and physicians interviewed for this site:
Charles A. Czeisler, PhD, MD
Dr. Czeisler is the Baldino Professor of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chief of the Division of Sleep Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Director of the Harvard Medical School Division of Sleep Medicine. Dr. Czeisler's research focuses on the neuropsychological influences of the human circadian pacemaker. His work has been instrumental in defining how the circadian system is influenced by light, how the circadian system influences sleep, and the public health consequences of sleep loss and shift work.
Visit Dr. Czeisler's DSM profile page: https://sleep.hms.harvard.edu/faculty-staff/charles-czeisler
Lawrence J. Epstein, MD
Dr. Epstein is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, an Associate Physician in the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, the Program Director for the Brigham and Women's Hospital's Sleep Medicine Fellowship Training Program, and the Medical Director of Sleep HealthCenters. He is also the author of the book, The Harvard Medical School Guide to a Good Night's Sleep.
Visit Dr. Epstein's DSM profile page: https://sleep.hms.harvard.edu/faculty-staff/lawrence-epstein
Christopher P. Landrigan, MD, MPH
Dr. Landrigan is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Sleep and Patient Safety Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and a founding member of the Harvard Work Hours, Health, and Safety Group. He has conducted numerous studies of the safety of patient care in hospitals, particularly the relationship between provider sleep deprivation and patient safety. He is working to implement safer work schedules locally and nationally.
Visit Dr. Landrigan's DSM profile page: https://sleep.hms.harvard.edu/faculty-staff/christopher-landrigan
Ann E. Rogers PhD, RN
Dr. Rogers is an Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and holds a joint appointment at the Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. Rogers was the principal investigator of a seminal study on the effects of staff nurse fatigue and patient safety.
Visit Dr. Rogers' University of Pennsylvania profile page: http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/faculty/profile.asp?pid=262
The Sleep and Health Education Program is under the editorial direction of the Editorial Board:
Editorial Board members 2008–2009:
Arthur R. Smith
Executive Producer, WGBH Interactive, WGBH Educational Foundation
Robert Stickgold, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Thomas E. Scammell, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Anthony L. Komaroff, MD
Steven P. Simcox, Patrick A. Clifford, and James H. Higby Professor of
Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Editor-in-Chief, Harvard Health Publications
Atul Malhotra, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Medical Director, Sleep Disorders Research Program
Associate Physician, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Steven W. Lockley, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Neuroscientist, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Christopher P. Landrigan, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sanjiv Chopra, MB, BS
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Faculty Dean for Continuing Education
Ronald E. Becker, MD
Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Assistant in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston
Janis Louise Anderson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Associate Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital
External review:
The entire site has been reviewed by outside content experts with no affiliation with either the Harvard Medical School Division of Sleep Medicine or WGBH Educational Foundation.
Conrad Iber, MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Michael H. Silber, MB, ChB
Professor of Neurology, Mayo Medical School
Rochester, MN
Clete Kushida, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
Mark Opp, PhD
Professor of Anesthesiology and Physiology, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
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Special thanks:
This work was made possible by the vision of the Faculty Executive Committee and the Executive Council of the Division of Sleep Medicine.
The production team wishes to thank all of the researchers, physicians, individuals, and families who shared their expertise and stories.
Additional thanks:
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Harvard Medical School
Lorna Preston
Office of the Attorney General, Boston, Massachusetts
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University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
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