Academic and Research Centres

Surrey Sleep Research Centre (SSRC) / University of Surrey

Surrey, England, United Kingdom

The Surrey Sleep Research Centre (SSRC) at the University of Surrey investigates the biological mechanisms that regulate sleep, circadian rhythms, and human performance. Research interests include sleep-wake regulation, light exposure, ageing, shift work, sleep deprivation, and the molecular consequences of disrupted sleep. Through laboratory, clinical, and translational research, the centre contributes to understanding how sleep and circadian health influence cognition, metabolism, wellbeing, and performance while supporting the development of evidence-based approaches to sleep and circadian disorders.

The Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine

Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America

Northwestern University supports multidisciplinary research examining the relationships between sleep, circadian rhythms, brain function, metabolism, and human health. Research interests include circadian biology, sleep timing, light exposure, mood disorders, neurodegenerative disease, and the health consequences of circadian disruption. Through laboratory, clinical, and translational research, investigators study how biological rhythms influence physical and mental wellbeing. The program contributes to the development of evidence-based approaches to improving sleep health, circadian alignment, and the prevention and management of chronic disease.

The Sleep Network / University of Birmingham

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

The Sleep Network at the University of Birmingham is an interdisciplinary research initiative based within the Centre for Human Brain Health. Research interests include sleep and circadian rhythms, brain health, cognition, ageing, sleep deprivation, neuroimaging, and biomarkers of cognitive decline. Supported by advanced sleep laboratory facilities, researchers investigate the effects of sleep on neurological, psychological, and physical health. Through collaborative and translational research, the network contributes to improving understanding of sleep across the lifespan.

Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health / Monash University

Notting Hill, Victoria, Australia

The Sleep and Circadian Rhythms Program within Monash University’s Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health is a leading multidisciplinary research program investigating the relationship between sleep, circadian biology, brain function, and mental health. Research spans shift work, occupational health, insomnia, mood disorders, cognitive ageing, women’s health, adolescent development, and elite athletic performance. The program also develops and evaluates innovative behavioural and digital sleep interventions, contributing to translational research, public health, and evidence-based sleep care.

UBC Okanagan (SLUMBER Lab – Sleep Solutions Lab)

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

The SLUMBER Lab (Sleep Solutions Lab) at UBC Okanagan investigates sleep health in infants, children, adolescents, and families. Affiliated with the School of Nursing, the program focuses on pediatric sleep health, family sleep practices, behavioural sleep interventions, digital health technologies, and community-based sleep research. Through interdisciplinary and translational research, the laboratory contributes to understanding sleep across the lifespan while supporting practical approaches to improving sleep health and wellbeing in children, families, and communities.

UCLA

Los Angeles, California, United States, North America

The University of California, Los Angeles maintains one of the largest concentrations of clinical sleep researchers and neuroscientists in the United States. Operating out of the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA’s sleep center takes a highly collaborative, team-based approach to complex sleep disorders. Their primary research areas include the deep bi-directional relationship between disrupted sleep and major psychiatric conditions. UCLA scientists heavily study how insomnia impacts cellular aging, immune function, and neuro-inflammatory pathways across diverse adult and pediatric patient demographics.

Université Laval & CERVO Brain Research Centre / Sleep and Behavioural Sleep Medicine Research Program

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Affiliated with Université Laval and the CERVO Brain Research Centre, this multidisciplinary research program focuses on insomnia, behavioural sleep medicine, sleep epidemiology, and the links between sleep and mental health. Research includes Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), population-based sleep studies, ageing, and long-term outcomes. Through clinical and public health research, the program advances understanding, treatment, and prevention of chronic sleep disorders.

University of Alberta Hospital Sleep Disorders Program

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The Sleep Disorders Program at the University of Alberta Hospital supports multidisciplinary clinical care, education, and research in sleep medicine. Areas of interest include sleep-disordered breathing, airway research, insomnia, parasomnias, circadian rhythm disorders, narcolepsy, and restless legs syndrome. Through collaboration between pulmonary medicine, psychiatry, otolaryngology, pediatrics, dentistry, and allied disciplines, the program contributes to the study, diagnosis, and management of sleep disorders while supporting translational research and professional training.

University of British Columbia (UBC) – Occupational Sleep and Fatigue Research Program

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The Occupational Sleep and Fatigue Research Program at the University of British Columbia investigates the relationships between sleep health, fatigue, workplace performance, and public safety. Research interests include sleep-disordered breathing, obstructive sleep apnea, fatigue risk management, shift work, occupational health, and sleep-related productivity and safety outcomes. Through clinical, occupational, and public health research, the program contributes to understanding how sleep influences workplace performance, health outcomes, and safety in real-world environments.