TOPIC

This half-day short course will give an overview of epidemiologic studies that have included sleep measurement. It will discuss research concerning social correlates of sleep and the health effects of sleep. The course will  describe the diverse dimensions of sleep that might be related to health and the ways they are measured in population-based studies, including survey instruments, sleep logs, actigraphy and polysomnography. Practical and conceptual issues with sleep measurement will be covered, and also reliability and validity.

AUDIENCE

 

This short course is aimed at population health researches who are interested in including sleep measurement in their studies.

INSTRUCTOR

Diane S. Lauderdale, Ph.D., is an epidemiologist and associate professor in the Department of Health Studies at the University of Chicago. Her current research is focused on social factors and health-related behavior. Her sleep research includes an ancillary study to the CARDIA cohort study, which she has used to investigate measurement issues in sleep, social determinants of sleep quantity and quality and health effects. A second sleep study uses national surveys with 24-hour time diaries to determine whether time allotted for sleep has changed over recent decades for adults and  adolescents. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of NORC, the editorial board of Genetic Epidemiology, the Board of Directors of the Society of Biodemography and Social Biology, fellow of the American College of Epidemiology, and recipient of a RWJ Health Policy Investigator Award.

 

REQUIRED READING (will be available from Claire Espey cte2105@columbia.edu)

 

TBA

TO REGISTER:
This short course is open free of charge to faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students at Columbia University as well as faculty and postdoctoral fellows at other sites of the Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars (H&SS) Program. Enrollment is limited to 30; H&SS affiliates will have priority.  Attendees must RSVP to Claire Espey cte2105@columbia.edu.

 

The Health & Society Scholars program at Columbia University is a postdoctoral program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. It is a joint initiative of the Mailman School of Public Health and the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP) at Columbia, and is co-directed by Bruce Link and Peter Bearman. For more information call 212-854-3694 or email chssp@columbia.edu