BIOSTATISTICS SEMINAR
Causes and Consequences of Sleep Deficiency
Dr. Orfeu Buxton
Associate Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University
Adjunct Assoc. Prof, Dept of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public
Health, Lecturer on Medicine, Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Neuroscientist, Brigham and Women's Hospital
http://sleep.med.harvard.edu/people/faculty/237/Orfeu
ABSTRACT
Dr. Buxton’s research primarily focuses on 1) the causes of sleep deficiency in the
workplace, home, and society, and 2) the health consequences of sleep deficiency,
especially cardiometabolic outcomes, and the physiologic and social mechanisms by which
these outcomes arise. Successful aging is a central focus of this work. Dr. Buxton will
describe recent and ongoing interdisciplinary human studies involve sleep loss, aging, and
insomnia, as well as health disparities. Recent research findings span epidemiology,
controlled laboratory studies, and field experiments.
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Department of Biostatistics, Monday, September 22, 2014, 12:15-1:15
Room W3008, School of Public Health (Refreshments: 12:00-12:15)
Note: Taking photos during the seminar is prohibited
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