Mariana G. Figuero Ph.D.
Director of the Lighting Research Center (LRC) and Professor of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).
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Sleep is a complex process which evolves across the lifespan and is essential for good physical and mental health. This complexity is compounded in women whose sleep is affected by menarche, the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and the menopause.
Not only is normal sleep different in women and men, but the frequency and nature of sleep disorders differ as well. The more complex physiology, child-bearing responsibilities, social roles and expectations of women mean that sleep disorders may impact on women’s health and wellbeing in complicated ways and any treatment of their sleep disorders would need to account for this.
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Director of the Lighting Research Center (LRC) and Professor of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).
Manager of the 6-bed sleep disorders laboratory and the EEG and EMG Departments at Kingston General Hospital and Queen’s University.
Dr Helen Driver, Department of Medicine Queen's University and Kingston General Hospital, Canada
Dr Sara McNeillis, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
Dr Sofia Eriksson, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Dr Hugh Selsick, Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
Dr Laura Madeley, Guy's Hospital
Dr Helen Driver, Department of Medicine Queen's University and Kingston General Hospital, Canada
Professor Mariana Figuero, Light Research Centre, New York
Mr Michael Savvas, Consultant Gynaecologist, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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