Scientific dialogue
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Invited lectures and focused discussions bring clinical experience, epidemiologic methods and emerging research questions into a shared forum.
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Advancing sleep epidemiology.
The Sleep Epidemiology Foundation supports education, mentorship and scientific exchange to deepen our understanding of sleep, wakefulness and circadian health across populations.
EducationMethods, clinical knowledge and public health
MentorshipSupporting the next generation of investigators
Research developmentPopulation studies and longitudinal perspectives
Scientific exchangeConnecting disciplines, institutions and countries
Our purpose
A foundation for knowledge and collaboration.
Sleep epidemiology examines how sleep and wakefulness vary across populations, how disorders develop over time, and how they relate to mental, neurologic and physical health.
The Foundation brings together investigators, clinicians, trainees and public health professionals to discuss evidence, refine methods and develop collaborations. Its nonprofit mission centers on education, scientific dialogue and the development of research.
About the FoundationOur mission
Support education, mentorship, research development and scientific collaboration in sleep and circadian epidemiology.
Academic activities
Learning through exchange.
Education
Methods and mentorship
Educational exchange helps trainees and investigators strengthen study design, clinical interpretation and the communication of findings.
Explore our activitiesCollaboration
An international perspective
Cross-national dialogue helps investigators examine differences in populations, cultural settings, measurement and access to care.
International exchangeScientific priorities
From sleep symptoms to population health.
Our interests connect clinical characterization with population research, longitudinal change and the consequences of sleep-wake disturbances for everyday functioning.
Sleep and wakefulness
Insomnia and hypersomnolence
Sleep complaints, impaired wakefulness, sleep inertia and narcolepsy-related symptoms require careful assessment of their context, overlap and functional consequences.
Health across the lifespan
Mental, neurologic and medical health
Research examines sleep alongside mood, cognition, aging, chronic disease, multimorbidity and disability.
Research methods
Longitudinal clinical phenotyping
Structured assessment, repeated observations and clinically informed inference help characterize individual courses within population studies.
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