Monday, September 10, 2001
5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Lecture Hall D1.502
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

This program will explore the topic of Sleep as it relates to our Circadian Clocks and the Sleep Lab.  

Speakers  

Molecular Mechanisms of Circadian Clocks 
Yi Liu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Physiology 

Studying Sleep with Computers in Psychiatric Patients
Bob Hoffmann, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Psychiatry 
 

A light meal will be served before the evening's program.  A certificate of completion will be provided for purposes of professional development credit. Please check with your school district to determine if credit will be accepted for this event.

Related Links and Articles

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2) American Academy of Sleep Medicine: http://www.asda.org/

3) Stanford University Center of Excellence for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep Disorders: http://www.med.stanford.edu/school/psychiatry/coe/main.html

4) Children and Sleep Disorders: http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/children.html

5) National Sleep Foundation: http://www.sleepfoundation.org/ The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to improving public health and safety by achieving public understanding of sleep and sleep disorders, and by supporting public education, sleep-related research, and advocacy.

6) Sleep Home Pages: http://www.sleephomepages.org/

7) Teens and Sleep: http://kidshealth.org/teen/body_basics/sleep.html

8) Better Sleep Council: Established in 1978, the Better Sleep Council (BSC) is a nonprofit organization supported by the mattress industry that is devoted to educating the public about the importance of sleep to good health and quality of life and about the value of the sleep system and sleep environment in pursuit of a good night's sleep.
http://www.bettersleep.org/index.html

9) American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry: Children's Sleep Problems  http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/sleep.htm

10) SLEEP is the official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society. Our primary readers are scientists engaged in the study of sleep and its disorders, and clinicians practicing sleep disorders medicine.    http://www.sleepscape.com/

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