Are you getting enough sleep? Probably not. - Harvard Gazette

"Welcome to "Harvard Thinking," a podcast where the life of the mind meets everyday life. Today, I'm joined by: Tony Cunningham: Tony Cunningham and I'm the director of the Center for Sleep and Cognition, and the Director of Behavioral Sleep Medicine Clinic in the psychiatry department at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. Laine Perfas: His primary research focus is understanding the role of sleep and sleep loss, and emotion and memory processing."

"Robbins: Rebecca Robbins. I'm an assistant professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and associate sleep scientist at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. Laine Perfas: She has a joint faculty appointment at Harvard Medical School and the T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She also co-authored the book "Sleep for Success: Everything You Must Know About Sleep but Are Too Tired to Ask.""

Six out of ten U.S. adults are not getting enough sleep. Short-term sleep loss impairs mood, energy, and memory. Long-term insufficient sleep can cause serious health consequences and shorten lifespan. Tony Cunningham is director of the Center for Sleep and Cognition and Director of Behavioral Sleep Medicine Clinic in the psychiatry department at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School; his research focuses on sleep, sleep loss, emotion, and memory processing. Matthew Weaver is an associate epidemiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and instructor at Harvard Medical School and participates in work hours and sleep initiatives. Rebecca Robbins is an assistant professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and associate sleep scientist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and coauthored Sleep for Success.

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