Monday, October 5, 2020, 11:30 AM – 1 PM EDT

Nancy Collop, MD, Professor of Medicine and Professor of Neurology, Director, Emory Sleep Center

“Getting Our ZZZZZZs:  Understanding Sleep and Common Sleep Disorders”

At Emory, Nancy Collop, past President of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and continuing Editor-in-Chief of the Academy’s landmark Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, serves as Director of the Emory Sleep Center. There, she is developing an interdisciplinary program in sleep medicine that involves enhancing not only the clinical care of patients with sleep disorders but research and educational endeavors needed to move the specialty of sleep medicine forward. Few are as well qualified as she to discuss what happens when humans sleep, including the mechanisms that determine how and when we sleep and the different levels of sleep. And Nancy will also address such common complaints as insomnia, sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, and narcolepsy. If any of us are having trouble sleeping in these challenging times and are suffering the consequences, she may be able to help us rediscover how a good night’s sleep can clear our minds, raise our spirits, and improve our health.