How openness and inquisitiveness led to a career as a sleep researcher and a broad contribution to sleep science
Recommended Citation
Roehrs T. How openness and inquisitiveness led to a career as a sleep researcher and a broad contribution to sleep science. Sleep Adv 2024; 5(1):zpae078.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2024
Publication Title
Sleep Adv
Abstract
After describing my serendipitous discovery of sleep research as a potential career, I note how my openness and inquisitiveness led to a broad contribution to sleep science. After a PhD in biological psychology, I completed a postdoctoral fellowship in alcoholism and drug abuse. This led to my first studies on rebound insomnia. I then describe early studies on the relation of sleep continuity/sleep time to daytime sleepiness and function. This led to studies of how basal sleep time/sleepiness interacts with the effects of sedating and alerting drugs. Several collaborations led to studies on sleep and hot flashes in perimenopausal women and on sleep and acute and chronic pain.
PubMed ID
39507557
Volume
5
Issue
1
First Page
078
Last Page
078
