5 Topic Commentaries

Medical Oddities: The Economics of Shut-Eye

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  Matthew D. Weaver, PhD

  Sleep and circadian epidemiology

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  Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School

  “We estimate that the costs of fatigue in an average-sized Fortune 500 company consisting of approximately 52,000 employees is about $80 million annually,”

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  Charles A. Czeisler, MD, PhD

  Sleep medicine and circadian biology

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  Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School

  “Promotion of healthy sleep is a win-win for both employers and employees, enhancing quality of life and longevity for workers while improving productivity”

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  Ronald C. Kessler, PhD

  Psychiatric epidemiology and health policy

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  Harvard Medical School

  “In an information-based economy, it’s difficult to find a condition that has a greater effect on productivity.”

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  Michael A. Grandner, PhD, MTR

  Behavioral sleep medicine and sleep health

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  University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson

  “I would like employers to take the sleep of their employees as seriously as obesity and exercise and diet.”

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  Merrill Mitler, PhD

  Neuroscience and sleep research

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  National Institutes of Health

  “Sleep services all aspects of our body in one way or another: molecular, energy balance, as well as intellectual function, alertness and mood,”

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