Lauren Hartstein

I Fell Asleep While Driving, Which Led to This Diagnosis This health condition is often overlooked in women.

Over the past few years, I’ve shared my personal journey as a sleep scientist living with sleep apnea with other scientists and students to raise awareness and reduce stigma. I’m excited to reach an even broader audience in my recent interview with Parade 🎉

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Sleep Irregularity and Circadian Rhythmicity: Implications for Health and Well-Being - Current Sleep Medicine Reports Purpose of Review In this article, we review recent literature on the associations between sleep irregularity and a variety of health outcomes and discuss potential mechanisms mediating these relation...

Check out our new paper reviewing recent findings on sleep irregularity and associated health outcomes. @grandner.bsky.social

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The Circadian Response to Evening Light Spectra in Early Childhood: Preliminary Insights - Lauren E. Hartstein, Kenneth P. Wright, Cecilia Diniz Behn, Shelby R. Stowe, Monique K. LeBourgeois, 2025 Although the sensitivity of the circadian system to the characteristics of light (e.g., biological timing, intensity, duration, spectrum) has been well studied ...

New paper examining the circadian response to light of different spectra in early childhood!

Excited to have this published as the culmination of my postdoc and F32 project!

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