Sleep, Health, and Society
From Aetiology to Public Health
Second Edition
Edited by Francesco P. Cappuccio, Michelle A. Miller, Steven W. Lockley, and Shantha M. W. Rajaratnam
Author Information
Francesco Cappuccio, Cephalon Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Epidemiology, Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Consultant Physician, and President, British and Irish Hypertension Society,Michelle Miller, Associate Professor of Biochemical Medicine, Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick,Steven W. Lockley, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, and Neuroscientist, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA,Shantha W. Rajaratnam, Deputy Head of School and Director, Academic Programs, Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Professor Cappuccio is a cardiovascular physician, a clinical epidemiologist and a public health expert. He trained at Charing Cross Hospital, St George's Hospital Medical School and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in London. In 2000 he became Professor of Clinical Epidemiology & Primary Care at St George's, University of London. He is Director of a European Society of Hypertension Centre of Excellence, Head of a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre and President of the British & Irish Hypertension Society (BIHS). He is Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Faculty of Public Health, British and Irish Hypertension Society, European Society of Cardiology and American Heart Association. He has published more than 450 papers, chapters and books.
Dr Miller obtained her Bachelor of Science Degree (with Hons) in Medical Biochemistry from Royal Holloway College (University of London) in 1986, and her PhD in Biochemistry in 1995 from St George's, University of London. Her work spans a number of inter-connecting disciplines, including, biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics, epidemiology, medical statistics and population health science. She joined the University of Warwick in 2006 where she established, with Prof Cappuccio, the Sleep, Health and Society Programme. She has published more than 120 papers, chapters and books.
Professor Lockley obtained his Bachelors Degree (with Hons) in Biology from the University of Manchester in 1992 and a PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Surrey in 1997 followed by a post-doctoral fellowship and part-time faculty appointment. In 2008, he was appointed as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University, and in 2013 to Adjunct Professor, before joining the faculty as full Professor in 2014. His research program focuses on the effects of light on circadian rhythms and sleep in both blind and sighted populations, particularly the role of light wavelength, timing, duration and intensity.
Professor Rajaratnam was awarded his PhD from Monash University in 1998. He was promoted to Professor in the School of Psychological Sciences at Monash in 2013, and currently serves as the Deputy Head of School and Chair of the Academic Programs Committee. He is Chair of the Monash Sleep Network and leads the Monash Sleep and Circadian Medicine Laboratory. He is Immediate Past President of the Australasian Sleep Association, and is a Program Leader in the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Alertness, Safety and Productivity. He is a Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society.
Contributors:
Esther F. Afolalu,
Department of Psychology
University of Warwick
Coventry (UK)
Joseph G. Allen, B.S., M.P.H., D.Sc.
Department of Environmental Health
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Boston, MA (USA)
Sara Arber, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology
University of Surrey
Guildford (UK)
John Axelsson, Ph.D.
Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm (Sweden)
Stephanie Bioulac, M.D.
Clinique du sommeil, CHU de Bordeaux
University of Bordeaux (CNRS, SANPSY, USR 3413)
Bordeaux (France)
Donald L. Bliwise, Ph.D.
Department of Neurology
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA (USA)
Francesco P. Cappuccio, M.D., D.Sc., F.R.C.P.
Division of Health Sciences
University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School
University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust
Coventry (UK)
Jose G. Cedeno Laurent, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Health
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Boston, MA (USA)
Daniel A. Cohen, M.D., M.M.Sc.
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Sentara Healthcare
Norfolk, VA (USA)
Catherine Coveney, Ph.D.
Centre for Global Health Policy
University of Sussex
Brighton (UK)
Bradley A. Edwards, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences
Monash University
Melbourne, VIC (Australia)
Lawrence J. Epstein, M.D.
Division of Sleep Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA (USA)
Roger Ekirch, Ph.D.
Department of History
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA (USA)
Patrick M. Fuller, Ph.D.
Division of Sleep Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Department of Neurology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA (USA)
Jonathan Gabe, Ph.D.
Centre for Criminology and Sociology
Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham (UK)
Garun S. Hamilton, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., F.R.A.C.P.
Monash Medical Centre
School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University
Melbourne, VIC (Australia)
Pasquale F. Innominato, M.D.
Translational Medicine
University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School
Coventry (UK)
Goran Kecklund, Ph.D.
Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm (Sweden)
Christopher Landrigan, M.D., M.P.H.
Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School
Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston
Boston, MA (USA)
Clark J. Lee, J.D., M.P.H., C.P.H.
Center for Health & Homeland Security
University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD (USA)
Steven W. Lockley, Ph.D.
Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders,
Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (USA)
School of Psychological Sciences
Monash University, Melbourne VIC (Australia)
Dora A. Lozsadi, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.P.
Division of Neuroscience
St.George's Hospital
London (UK)
Robert Meadows, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology
University of Surrey
Guildford (UK)
Jean-Arthur Mocoulaud-Franchi, M.D.
Clinique du sommeil, CHU de Bordeaux
University of Bordeaux (CNRS, SANPSY, USR 3413)
Bordeaux (France)
Michelle A. Miller, Ph.D.
Division of Health Sciences
University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School
Coventry (UK)
Henry Nicholls
Narcolepsy UK
London (UK)
Michele L. Okun, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Colorado
Colorado Springs, CO (USA)
Matt O'Neill
Narcolepsy UK
London (UK)
Pierre Philip, M.D.
Clinique du sommeil, CHU de Bordeaux
University of Bordeaux (CNRS, SANPSY, USR 3413)
Bordeaux (France)
Andrew J. K. Phillips, Ph.D.
Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA (USA)
Shantha M. W. Rajaratnam, Ph.D.
School of Psychological Sciences
Monash University
Melbourne, VIC (Australia)
Fatanah Ramlee
Department of Psychology
University of Warwick
Coventry (UK)
Glenn Rosenbluth, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, CA (USA)
Asim Roy, M.D.
Ohio Sleep Medicine Institute
Dublin, OH (USA)
Patricia Sagaspe, Ph.D.
University of Bordeaux (CNRS, SANPSY, USR 3413)
Bordeaux (France)
Mikael Sallinnen, Ph.D.
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
University of Helsinki
Helsinki (Finland)
Michael K. Scullin, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Baylor University
Waco, TX (USA)
John D. Spengler, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Health
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Boston, MA (USA)
David Spiegel, M.D.
Center on Stress and Health
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA (USA)
Richard G. Stevens, Ph.D.
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Farmington, CT (USA)
Tina Sundelin, Ph.D.
Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm (Sweden)
Nicole K. Y. Tang, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Warwick
Coventry (UK)
Anne Venner, Ph.D.
Division of Sleep Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA (USA)
Simon J. Williams, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology
University of Warwick
Coventry (UK)
Amy R. Wolfson, Ph.D.
Loyola University Maryland
Baltimore, MD (USA)
Terra Ziporyn, Ph.D.
Executive Director and Co-Founder
Start School Later, Inc.
Annapolis, MD (USA)