PHILADELPHIA - Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania clinicians and researchers will be presenting compelling data and giving talks about emerging issues in the field of sleep medicine during SLEEP 2013, in Baltimore, MD, June 2 5, 2013.

In addition to their own presentations, Penn experts are available for interviews and outside comment in the following areas:

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Allan Pack, MBChB, PhD Chief, Division of Sleep Medicine and Director, Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology

Dr. Packs clinical expertise is in sleep disorders with a particular focus on diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep apnea. His research focuses on the genetics/genomics of sleep and its disorders. His laboratory is conducting studies in Drosophila and mice and translating these findings to humans. A particular focus of Dr. Packs work is to evaluate the genetic determinants of sleep homeostasis.

Chronobiology and Sleep Loss/Deprivation

David F. Dinges, PhD - Professor and Chief, Division of Sleep and Chronobiology in the Department of Psychiatry

Dr. Dinges laboratory is dedicated to scientific discovery of the physiological, cognitive and functional changes resulting from sleep loss and behavioral stressors in humans, and to evaluating behavioral, pharmacological and technological countermeasures to these effects. His research has involved extensive laboratory, simulator and field studies on the consequences of sleep loss and circadian misalignment from both lifestyle and medical disorders; effects of sleep disorders; recovery potential of naps; nature of sleep inertia; impact of cumulative sleep debt; differential vulnerability to the neurobehavioral effects of sleep loss; and development of technologies for monitoring human neurobehavioral capability.

Sleep and General Health

Michael Grandner, PhD Instructor, Department of Psychiatry and Member, Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program

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Penn Medicine Experts Available for Comment on Latest Research at SLEEP 2013