The Sleep Research programme at Cardiff University’s Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC) investigates how sleep influences memory, learning, emotion, and cognitive health. Research includes sleep-dependent memory consolidation, targeted memory reactivation, sleep engineering, EEG, neuroimaging, brain ageing, and cognition. Through laboratory and translational research, the programme advances understanding of sleep’s role in brain function and wellbeing.
The Sleep Research Laboratory at Brock University is affiliated with the Department of Psychology and supports research into sleep, cognition, memory, emotion, and behavioural neuroscience. Areas of investigation include sleep deprivation, memory consolidation, sleep spindles and K-complexes, cognitive performance, and the effects of sleep on emotional processing. Through experimental sleep research, the laboratory contributes to understanding the relationships between sleep, brain function, learning, memory, and psychological wellbeing.
The Sleep Research Laboratory at the University of Ottawa supports interdisciplinary research examining the relationships between sleep, cognition, brain function, and human performance. Research interests include sleep architecture, sleep deprivation, daytime sleepiness, neurobehavioural functioning, cognitive resilience, and individual responses to sleep loss. Through experimental and translational research, the laboratory contributes to understanding the mechanisms underlying sleep-related changes in attention, performance, and cognitive function while advancing knowledge in sleep science and human health.
The University of Washington supports multidisciplinary research examining the genetic, environmental, and population health determinants of sleep. Research interests include insomnia, sleep-disordered breathing, sleep duration, sleep health epidemiology, and the interaction between genetics and environmental factors. Through collaborations across neurology, pulmonology, psychiatry, and public health, investigators use clinical, epidemiological, and population-based research methods to improve understanding of sleep disorders and their impact on health outcomes while supporting the development of evidence-based prevention and treatment strategies.
The Sleep Theme at the Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, is a multidisciplinary academic research program investigating the role of sleep in health, disease, and human performance. Research focuses on the relationships between sleep, circadian rhythms, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic health. By bringing together researchers from diverse disciplines, the program supports translational research aimed at improving the understanding, prevention, and management of chronic disease through advances in sleep and circadian science.
Based within Concordia University’s Department of Psychology and Centre for Research in Human Development, this interdisciplinary research laboratory investigates the relationships between sleep, cognition, brain function, and healthy ageing. Research areas include sleep physiology, electroencephalography (EEG), neuroimaging, memory consolidation during sleep, sensory processing, and auditory neuroscience. Through experimental and translational research, the laboratory contributes to understanding how sleep influences cognition, brain health, neural plasticity, and age-related changes in human performance and wellbeing.
Stanford University has played a significant role in the development of modern sleep medicine and sleep research. Through the Stanford Center for Sleep and Circadian Sciences, research focuses on sleep physiology, circadian biology, narcolepsy, sleep-disordered breathing, insomnia, and parasomnias. The centre integrates laboratory and clinical research with patient care, contributing to the understanding of sleep disorders and the biological mechanisms that regulate sleep and wakefulness while supporting education, innovation, and multidisciplinary collaboration in sleep medicine.
Based within the School of Psychological Sciences and Health at the University of Strathclyde, the Strathclyde Sleep Centre investigates insomnia, sleep-disordered breathing, and the management of comorbid insomnia and sleep apnea (COMISA). Research interests include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), treatment adherence, digital health interventions, and behavioural approaches to sleep disorders. Through interdisciplinary and translational research, the centre contributes to improving the understanding, treatment, and long-term management of complex sleep conditions and their impact on health and wellbeing.
Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology Sleep Services provides diagnostic sleep testing and sleep disorder assessment across a large network of laboratory and home-based monitoring services. The program supports the investigation of sleep-disordered breathing and related sleep conditions through accredited testing, reporting, and clinical collaboration. As one of Australia’s largest pathology providers, the service contributes to improving access to sleep diagnostics and the identification of sleep disorders within both metropolitan and regional communities.
