Sleep, Race, & Health Disparities - Sleep Insights Series Ep. 2

Episode 2 • February 06, 2023 • 00:23:00
Sleep, Race, & Health Disparities - Sleep Insights Series Ep. 2
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Sleep, Race, & Health Disparities - Sleep Insights Series Ep. 2

Feb 06 2023 | 00:23:00

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Show Notes

What is the connection between sleep, race, ethnicity, and health disparities? What is being done to reduce these disparities? In this episode, Dr. Michael Grandner provides an overview of sleep health disparities research. Next, Dr. Carmela Alcántara highlights a community engagement sleep intervention in the Spanish-speaking LatinX population.
 
Dr. Michael Grandner is a licensed clinical psychologist, Director of the Sleep and Health Research Program at the University of Arizona, and Director of the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Clinic at the Banner-University Medical Center in Tucson, AZ. His work focuses on translational sleep research and Behavioral Sleep Medicine.
 
Dr. Carmela Alcántara is an Associate Professor of Social Work at Columbia School of Social Work. She is a clinical psychological scientist with additional expertise in social epidemiology and behavioral medicine.
 
This discussion was recorded in October 2020, during Project Sleep’s Sleep Advocacy Forum. Learn more: project-sleep.com/watch-now-highlights-from-inaugural-sleep-advocacy-forum-2020/
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