Sleep is a critically important aspect of human biology and health that varies in relation to environmental, social, and cultural factors. Recent findings are linking sleep disparities to health disparities, and providing new insights to the evolution and function of sleep. This symposium will explore emerging connections between changing environments, disrupted sleep, and health outcomes in the US and globally.

Speakers

Orfeu Buxton, Penn State & Harvard
Daniel Forger, University of Michigan
Alyssa Gamaldo, Penn State
Lauren Hale, Stoney Brook
Horacio de la Iglesia, University of Washington
Chandra Jackson, Harvard & NIEHS
Benjamin Reiss, Emory
Frank Scheer, Harvard

View the detailed schedule and session descriptions.

Pre-Symposium talk at UNC-Chapel Hill

Kristen Knutson, University of Chicago
November 30, 2016 
3:30pm
Carolina Hall, Room 104

Co-sponsored by: Center on Biobehavioral Health Disparities Research, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, and Duke Global Health Institute

Event Organizers: Charles Nunn & David Samson