We are a group of academics and practitioners, with a common interest in sleep and sleep research, based in the Midlands area, in the UK 😴
Joined June 2022
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Midlands Sleep Group retweeted
23 Jun 2025
Join us on our next paediatric spirometry course! Lots of places already taken - get in touch
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8 May 2025
Fantastic final workshop from Prof Clare Anderson @sleepyclare of @TheCHBH – giving an overview of her work on circadian rhythm and the gaps future research needs to address 🌤️
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8 May 2025
A pleasure to hear from Dr Desaline Joseph of @EvelinaLondon on the use of technology in sleep research and clinical medicine – considering safety, sustainability and simplicity throughout🧑💻
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8 May 2025
Finally, Peter To from @Warwick_SAP describes his PhD work on the WITHIN project, suggesting better perceived sleep quality may reduce next-day pain.
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8 May 2025
Beth Cornick from @Aston_IHN shares an update on the SAFEBED Study, currently recruiting health and social care professionals to a brief survey on enclosed bed spaces 📌astonpsychology.eu.qualtrics…
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8 May 2025
Next up @PGoodwinPsych shares an update from the SleepiEst project, looking at driver sleepiness, fatigue and shiftwork in police officers.
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8 May 2025
We now have 5 minute flashtalks from some of our early career researchers. Thomas Bilterys from @Warwick_SAP kicks us off with a summary of his PhD on CBT-I for individuals with chronic spinal pain.
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8 May 2025
Great to hear from @NatalieBlyth9 on sleep diagnostics in clinical practice – a really helpful overview of different techniques😴
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8 May 2025
Next up a helpful workshop from Dr Joe Henson at @LDC_tweets on using big data in sleep research, including exciting data from the CODEC trial and other collaborations with med-tech.
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8 May 2025
Amazing first keynote from Vicki Beevers, founder and CEO of the Sleep Charity on her story and the importance of sleep, and sleep education. thesleepcharity.org.uk/
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8 May 2025
We're excited for our annual conference today ✨
Great intro from our co-chairs @Jayne_Spiller and @ImadAhmed01
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31 Mar 2025
Great to have new member Professor Laura Roden share an overview of her work on sleep, light and chronotypes, including fascinating work with athletes and cross-cultural studies in honour of #britishsummertime 🕐💡
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Midlands Sleep Group retweeted
3 Dec 2024
Jane Margetson reviews the Cerebra webinar talk on Understanding and reducing sleep problems for children with a genetic syndrome, led by Professor Caroline Richards and Leeann Stevenson on 26th September 2024. buff.ly/40Dt5r7
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Midlands Sleep Group retweeted
5 Dec 2024
Dr @FranPilkington is a Lecturer of Psychology & Sleep in the department of Psychology at NTU. Her research focuses on the role of sleepiness & fatigue within safety-critical tasks, for example, during shift work & while driving ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/soc…
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Midlands Sleep Group retweeted
4 Dec 2024
Check out our latest paper: "Predicting the use of sugar and caffeine as countermeasures to #sleepiness in London bus drivers"
This formed part of my PhD research, so very happy to see it in the world! Link here: doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.20…
@AJFiltness @C_O_Haslam @Karl_A_Miller
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Midlands Sleep Group retweeted
22 Nov 2024
We are looking for a new Sleep Practitioner to join our Sleep Team! buff.ly/34OtzxH
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Midlands Sleep Group retweeted
25 Nov 2024
Jane Margetson reviews the Cerebra webinar talk on Understanding and reducing sleep problems for children with a genetic syndrome, led by Professor Caroline Richards and Leeann Stevenson on 26th September 2024. buff.ly/40Dt5r7
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Midlands Sleep Group retweeted
27 Nov 2024
Dr Georgie Agar at Aston University gives a project update on our study to understand how practical and effective behavioural sleep interventions are for children with neurodevelopmental conditions. buff.ly/3NZakXz
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22 Nov 2024
Great seminar from @Jayne_Spiller today! Work funded by @BritishAcademy_ suggests learning complex multiplication problems before bed results in better recall than morning learning: royalsocietypublishing.org/d… Will the same be seen in music theory? 🎼 Watch this space! 👀✖️🎶
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Midlands Sleep Group retweeted
Great to see work from one of our members making an impact @CerebraCharity #sleep
18 Nov 2024
Dr Georgie Agar at Aston University gives a project update on our study to understand how practical and effective behavioural sleep interventions are for children with neurodevelopmental conditions. buff.ly/3NZakXz
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