Academia must be kept inclusive and protected from politics. The nationality of students must not be a barrier to their valuable contributions to research and education. For months, more than 700 Iranian Students, admitted to US universities to pursue their graduate studies,

Sleep, Well-Being, and Cognition in Medical Interns on a Float or Overnight Call Schedule jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Interesting paper comparing 24 hour call to night float. Back in the day it was 32-36 hr call. I remember falling asleep while charting... Sleep, Well-Being, and Cognition in Medical Interns on a Float or Overnight Call Schedule jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

☀️🌙 New paper out from our group today! We measured the personal light exposure patterns of ~88k individuals and found that bright nights and dark days longitudinally predict earlier mortality. Paper here: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Very happy to share that I won the Best Poster Award at the Annual Meeting of the Section #Neuroendocrinology for our work on the contribution of REM and slow-wave sleep on glucose homeostasis and food reward processing! 🎉 #Sleep #BrainDiscovery #EEG #Motivation #Metabolism

So excited to share a new paper in Nature Mental Health! We built idiographic machine learning models to predict suicidal thoughts with EMA data. This is my 2nd dissertation paper and I'm thrilled to see it out! Huge thanks to all co-authors (tagged below). nature.com/articles/s4422…

Circadian-informed lighting improved sleep, sleepiness, and vigilance compared to control lighting. These findings support the potential for lighting interventions to improve sleep and vigilance in night shift workers chronically exposed to dim lighting. ow.ly/h6eo50U4Gwo

💤 New placebo-controlled RCT out in SLEEP investigating the effect of a normal dose of caffeine (100mg) and a high dose of caffeine (400mg) consumed in the morning, afternoon, and evening on sleep. Free here: doi.org/10.1093/sleep/…

How do we screen for OSA in the memory clinic? Should we wait for PSG? You decide.. Check out our new paper comparing questionnaires, oximetry & PSG SIESTA Research Program Woolcock Institute of Medical Research Australian Dementia Network - ADNeT Healthy Brain Ageing Program, University of Sydney Brain & Mind Centre Sleep and Circadian Rhythms Charles Perkins Centre journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

🎙️New Sleep Research Society #podcast episode🎙️ Title: #Sleep, #Circadian Rhythms, and Student Athlete Performance and Well-Being Guests: Drs. @RoxannePrichard, Ketema Paul, & Jamie Zeitzer Episode Link: tinyurl.com/ycke94s5 #NCAA #StudentAthlete #Travel #SleepPeeps

𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝟕-𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬?⁣⁣ Preprint: medrxiv.org/content/10.110…⁣ ⁣ Great work by Charilaos Zisou. Feedback welcome! 1/2

Interesting paper on nuances involved in how HRV metrics should be captured and analysed to get better insights on patient related outcomes. There's great potential for validated consumer wearable devices to disrupt this space after getting regulatory approvals.

Interesting article showing the popularity vs. quality gap in YouTube sleep videos—millions watch popular content filled with misinformation compared to expert-led videos. Let’s amplify evidence-based sleep info! #SleepHealth #DigitalHealth jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jc…

Sleep disturbances are the most influential predictor of high-risk status for mental health disorders nature.com/articles/s4159…

Listen to this episode to learn how your body clock impacts performance and game outcomes!

Great study on travel-related sleep disruptions based on 1.5 million nights of sleep from over 57,000 de-identified Oura ring users. #Jetlag #Travel #Sleep academic.oup.com/sleep/advance-…

The debate around how evening exercise timing and intensity affect sleep has been around for years. This new nature study from Monash University, Will Ahmed, and the WHOOP team is genuinely groundbreaking. It’s one of those papers you immediately wish you'd written. Here’s a short

Fascinating work on predicting negative affect in serious mental illness using > 1 year of smartphone + wearable data. Personalized ensemble models performed best (AUC 0.72-0.79). GPS was most predictive; high inter-individual heterogeneity highlights the need for personalization

This just out in biorxiv! Human sleep and activity norms in relation to self report of sleep and mood across age and sex