Division of Sleep Medicine @ Harvard Medical School
Trainee Profile
Erin E. Flynn Evans
Research Associate, Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Other Affiliation(s)
Graduate student, School of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, University of Surrey (UK)
Address
Division of Sleep Medicine221 Longwood Avenue, BLI-438
Boston, MA 02115
USA
Inter-office Mail Address
BWH Division of Sleep Medicine, BLI-438Phone 617-525-6710
Fax 617-732-4015
Email eevans@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
Research Unit(s)
Circadian Physiology Program, Division of Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Work Hours, Health, and Safety Group
Harvard Work Hours, Health, and Safety Group
Research Interests
The goal of this research is to determine what photic and non-photic factors affect total melatonin production, and thereby might influence risk of breast cancer in women. The project employs epidemiological methods to survey approximately 12,000 blind women in order to obtain estimates of the distribution of known risk factors for breast cancer. A subset of 240 participants are also completing field measurements to determine entrainment and to directly measure melatonin and estrogen levels. The long term goal of this effort is to provide a preliminary estimate on the relationship between blindness, melatonin and breast cancer risk that can be used to further breast cancer research and treatment.
Mentor(s)
Research Funding
DOD Special Program in Breast Cancer Research
Selected Publications
Lockley SW, Evans EE, Scheer FA, Brainard GC, Czeisler CA, Aeschbach D.
Short-wavelength sensitivity for the direct effects of light on alertness,
vigilance, and the waking electroencephalogram in humans.
Sleep. 2006 Feb 1;29(2):161-8. [PMID: 16494083]
Lockley SW, Cronin JW, Evans EE, Cade BE, Lee CJ, Landrigan CP, Rothschild
JM, Katz JT, Lilly CM, Stone PH, Aeschbach D, Czeisler CA; Harvard Work Hours,
Health and Safety Group.
Effect of reducing interns' weekly work hours on sleep and attentional
failures.
N Engl J Med. 2004 Oct 28;351(18):1829-37. [PMID: 15509816]
Short-wavelength sensitivity for the direct effects of light on alertness,
vigilance, and the waking electroencephalogram in humans.
Sleep. 2006 Feb 1;29(2):161-8. [PMID: 16494083]
Lockley SW, Cronin JW, Evans EE, Cade BE, Lee CJ, Landrigan CP, Rothschild
JM, Katz JT, Lilly CM, Stone PH, Aeschbach D, Czeisler CA; Harvard Work Hours,
Health and Safety Group.
Effect of reducing interns' weekly work hours on sleep and attentional
failures.
N Engl J Med. 2004 Oct 28;351(18):1829-37. [PMID: 15509816]
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