Adolescent Sleep and Community Impact –
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Vosko, Director of Transdisciplinary Studies, Claremont Graduate University
As research has uncovered more about specific sleep needs across people’s lifespans, there has been a movement to address healthy sleep practices in school-aged youth. Much evidence has surfaced that high school students get less sleep than is recommended, and that sleep deprivation in adolescents has reached epidemic proportions. What are the factors contributing to adolescent sleep deprivation? What policies are there to address this problem? Does delaying school start times help, and are there specific guidelines for doing so? Andrew Vosko is the director of the Transdisciplinary Studies program and clinical assistant professor at CGU. He earned a BS from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor with training in the Laboratory of Chronobiology and Neuroendocrinology, and his PhD in neuroscience from UCLA, completing his dissertation work in the Laboratory of Circadian and Sleep Medicine. Since 2012, he has taught neuroscience, physiology, histology, medical ethics, and lectured on sleep across a diverse range of academic and professional tracks. His current research interests include biomedical, inter-professional and transdisciplinary education, medical humanities, and bio-behavioral sleep medicine.
Dr. Vosko’s slides for download:
High resolution PDF – approx. 22 mb:
Claremont University Club Adolescent Sleep Talk
Lower resolution PDF – approx. 2.5 mb:
Claremont University Club Adolescent Sleep Talk-lower resolution
Introduction: Anne Sonner
Fellowship: Nancy Tresser-Osgood
Greeters: Larry Wicksted, Tom Helliwell