Sleep Health Equity Webinar Details
- Date and Time: Thursday, July 27, 2023, 12:00-1:30 PM ET
- Registration link
About
People of color in the U.S. are disproportionately affected by social determinants of health and experience subsequent inequities in a host of important outcomes, including sleep health, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and mortality.
Members of Congress, staff, and interested stakeholders will hear from an expert panel about the causes and consequences of sleep health disparities, steps needed to promote sleep health equity, and what Congress can do to accelerate this important work.
Building on NSF’s Sleep Health Equity Position Statement, this briefing seeks to elucidate the social determinants of sleep health and suggest actionable steps and recommendations for policymakers toward sleep health equity.
Featured Speakers
- Temitayo Oyegbile-Chidi, M.D., Ph.D., Chair, National Sleep Foundation; Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, UC Davis; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University
- Marishka Brown, Ph.D., Director, National Center on Sleep Disorders Research, National Institutes of Health
- Lauren Hale, Ph.D., Past Chair and Member, Sleep Health Equity Committee & Population Health and Methodology Council, National Sleep Foundation; Professor of Family, Population, and Preventive Medicine, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University
- Dayna Johnson, Ph.D., Member, Sleep Health Equity Committee, National Sleep Foundation; Assistant Professor, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
- Girardin Jean-Louis, Ph.D., Member, Sleep Health Equity Committee & Population Health and Methodology Council, National Sleep Foundation; Director, Center on Translational Sleep and Circadian Sciences, University of Miami
- Patrice Webb, Public Affairs & Behavior Change Consultant and creator of KindnessGangsta™
For more information, please email Susanna Hastings.