Division of Sleep Medicine @ Harvard Medical School
News & Announcements
Archive
August 3, 2009 In the News
Boston Globe: "Drowsy Driving Tragedies Preventable"
March 6, 2009 In the News
Massachusetts Addresses Drowsy Driving Risks
February 10, 2009 Press Release
"Fractals Reveal Degradation of Behavioral Control with Aging and in Alzheimer’s Disease"
November 4, 2008 In the News
Boston Globe: "I've had insomnia for years. Is there a biological cause?"
October 16, 2008 In the News
US News & World Report: "10 Reasons Not to Skimp on Sleep"
October 15, 2008 Publication
"Associations of Dietary Intake and Physical Activity with Sleep Disordered Breathing", Journal of Clinical Sleep Med
September 30, 2008 In the News
Boston Globe: "Colleges calling sleep a success prerequisite"
August 31, 2008 Publication
"Sleep on It: How Snoozing Makes You Smarter", Scientific American Mind
August 11, 2008 In the News
Boston Globe: "His work is nothing to loose sleep over"
August 8, 2008 Publication
"An Endogenous Circadian Rhythm in Sleep Inertia Results in Greatest Cognitive Impairment upon Awakening during the Biological Night", J Biol Rhythms
July 24, 2008 Press Release
Older people may need less sleep
June 16, 2008 Announcement
Harvard faculty and fellows recognized at SLEEP 2008 meeting in Baltimore
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
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
June 30, 2007 Announcement
Harvard researchers educate senior citizens on sleep and sleep disorders
June 18, 2007 Announcement
Harvard fellows recognized at SLEEP 2007 meeting in Minneapolis
June 6, 2007 Announcement
2007 Peter C. Farrell Prize in Sleep Medicine awarded to Michael Menaker, PhD
May 17, 2007 In the News
"Making days longer than 24 hours- getting into the rhythm of Mars"
April 22, 2007 Press Release
"To Understand The Big Picture, Give It Time – And Sleep"
March 6, 2007 Announcement
NSF awards Pickwick fellowships to two Harvard researchers
February 23, 2007 In the News
"Our Most Neglected Extracurricular", Harvard Crimson 'Opinion'
January 9, 2007 In the News
Dreamstage Sleep and Brain Science Museum in the news
January 5, 2007 Announcement
Junior Operators Drivers Licensing Law for Massachusetts
January 1, 2007 Press Release
Dreamstage Sleep and Brain Science Museum opens in VT
December 19, 2006 In the News
USA Today: Op-Ed point/counterpoint on resident work hours
December 12, 2006 In the News
"Doctor fatigue hurting patients", Harvard Gazette
December 12, 2006 Publication
"Impact of Extended-Duration Shifts on Medical Errors, Adverse Events, and Attentional Failures", PLoS
December 12, 2006 Press Release
BWH Study Finds Extended Work Hours Associated with Increased Risk of Medical Errors and Even Patient Death Among First Year Residents
December 12, 2006 Press Release
Doctors’ extended duration work shifts are associated with medical errors and adverse events
December 12, 2006 Announcement
Extended Work Hours Associated with Increased Risk of Medical Errors and Fatalities
October 5, 2006 Announcement
Massachusetts Senator Moore address at Sleep and Health Benefit Dinner
October 1, 2006 In the News
Harvard Business Review: Sleep Deficit: The Performance Killer
September 7, 2006 In the News
MSNBC/Today Show: Is your doctor getting too little sleep?
September 6, 2006 Press Release
Reducing nitric oxide gas in the brain may help us stay awake
September 5, 2006 Publication
"Extended Work Duration and the Risk of Self-reported Percutaneous Injuries in Interns", JAMA
September 5, 2006 Publication
"Interns' Compliance With Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Work-Hours Limits", JAMA
September 5, 2006 Press Release
Extended Work Shifts Put Medical Interns At Risk Nationwide
September 5, 2006 Announcement
Nationwide Non-Compliance with Work Hours Limits
September 5, 2006 In the News
NPR/All Things Considered: "Studies: Rules Don't Yield Rest for Medical Interns"
September 5, 2006 Press Release
Study Finds Nationwide Non-Compliance in First Year Following Implementation of Work-Hour Limits for Medical Interns
July 10, 2006 Press Release
Study Finds Sleep Vital for Memory
June 12, 2006 Announcement
4th annual Peter C. Farrell Prize in Sleep Medicine awarded to Woody Hastings and Mircea Steriade
June 1, 2006 Publication
"A putative flip–flop switch for control of REM sleep", Nature
June 1, 2006 Announcement
Important new discoveries in neurobiology of sleep
May 25, 2006 In the News
HealthDay: Lack of Sleep Linked to Weight Gain
March 28, 2006 Press Release
Harvard Work Hours, Health and Safety Group earns 2006 Healthy Sleep Community Award
March 1, 2006 Publication
"The dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus is critical for the expression of food-entrainable circadian rhythms", Nature Neuroscience
February 1, 2006 Press Release
Blue Light May Fight Fatigue
November 18, 2005 Announcement
Division of Sleep Medicine Sets High Standards for Editorial Integrity
September 16, 2005 In the News
HMS Focus Online: Heart Tracings Reveal Sleep Patterns for Health and Disease
July 1, 2005 In the News
Harvard Magazine: Deep into Sleep
April 27, 2005 Announcement
HMS Longwood Seminar: Sleep Dynamics
November 12, 2004 In the News
HMS Focus Online: Extended Shifts for Residents Called Risky for Patients
May 13, 2004 Press Release
Three Harvard Medical School Endowed Chairs Named Simultaneously in Sleep Medicine
March 14, 2004 Announcement
Living Healthier, Living Longer: "Sleep, Dreams, and Memory" presentation
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