News & Announcements

July 24, 2008 Press Release
Older people may need less sleep

June 16, 2008 Announcement
Kun Hu receives AASM Investigator Award at SLEEP 2008 Meeting

June 4, 2008 Announcement
2008 Peter C. Farrell Prize in Sleep Medicine awarded to Alexander A. Borbély, MD and Richard E. Kronauer, PhD

May 23, 2008 Publication
"Differential Rescue of Light- and Food-Entrainable Circadian Rhythms", Science

May 22, 2008 Announcement
Harvard study finds fasting resets circadian clock

May 22, 2008 In the News
Reuters: "Starving may fend off jet lag"

April 17, 2008 Announcement
2008 Call for Posters: Harvard Sleep Medicine Poster Session

April 9, 2008 Announcement
Three Harvard faculty members elected to Sleep Research Society Board of Directors

April 7, 2008 In the News
HarvardScience: "Suboptimal sleep, TV watching correlate with overweight in infants and toddlers"

March 28, 2008 Announcement
ASMF Announces First Recipients of Physician Scientist Training Award

March 27, 2008 Announcement
Edward B. Bromfield, MD receives 2007 J. Kiffin Penry Excellence in Epilepsy Care Award

March 24, 2008 In the News
LA Times: “Sleep deprived pay the price for shift work”

March 20, 2008 In the News
Link between deep sleep and visual learning discovered

March 5, 2008 Announcement
Dr. Frank Scheer receives Young Investigator Award at NSF/SRS Young Investigator Conference

March 4, 2008 In the News
"Learning to live like an early bird," Wall Street Journal

March 3, 2008 Press Release
NSF Sleep in America Poll Results

February 28, 2008 In the News
"Too little sleep a health nightmare for many," Reuters/MSNBC

February 1, 2008 Press Release
Respiratory Disturbances During Sleep Increase with Age

January 31, 2008 Announcement
GOT SLEEP?

January 31, 2008 Press Release
Interactive website helps fill education void on sleep

January 18, 2008 In the News
Wall Street Journal: "Scientists are still searching in the dark for the secrets of sleep"

January 8, 2008 Announcement
National Sleep Foundation recognizes Dr. Charles A. Czeisler

January 3, 2008 In the News
"Restless legs linked with heart problems," Reuters

December 20, 2007 Press Release
Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Functions Beyond Circadian Rhythm Generation

December 17, 2007 In the News
Researchers discover second light-sensing system in human eye

November 29, 2007 In the News
NBC Nightly News: Night Hazard?

November 28, 2007 Publication
"Acute Sleep Deprivation and Circadian Misalignment Associated with Transition onto the First Night of Work Impairs Visual Selective Attention", PLoS

October 25, 2007 In the News
Emery N. Brown, MD elected to the IOM

October 16, 2007 Announcement
2007 Sleep and Health Benefit Dinner

October 6, 2007 In the News
NIH Record: "Shorter Work Shifts for Physicians"

August 10, 2007 In the News
Mars' Sleep Cycle Study May Help Earthlings

August 10, 2007 Press Release
Synchronization to a Non-24-Hour Day Reveals Flexibility within the Human Biological Clock

April 19, 2007 Press Release
"Is TV traumatic? Study describes the impact of post-9/11 media exposure to people’s dreams"

April 17, 2007 Announcement
Division of Sleep Medicine partners with Harvard University Health Service to study sleep and academic performance