Fall 2007
Monday, Ocotber 8, 2007
Talk begins at 3:30, reception to follow
Room: LH- 150
Sleep in Normal Aging and Pathological Populations
Presenter: Snia Ancoli-Israel, Ph.D., UCSD
Dr. Ancoli-Israel is one of the nation’s preeminent experts in the field of sleep disorders and sleep research in aging. Her current interests include the logitudinal effect of sleep disorders on aging, the effect of circadian rhythms on sleep, therapeutic interventions for sleep problems in dementia, and fatigue, particularly the relationship between sleep, fatigue and circadian rhythms in cancer and other chronic illnesses. Dr. Ancoli-Israel is published regularly in medical and psychiatric journals with close to 300 publications in the field.