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Sleep regulation and emotional processing undergo constant, interdependent changes across development and these relationships hold implications for lifelong mental health. Yet, specific mechanisms that account for these associations are only beginning to be understood. This talk will present findings from several novel experimental studies in children and adolescents aimed at uncovering the socio-emotional mechanisms that link sleep and affective health in childhood, with a focus on potential inflection points for intervention.

Presenter: Dr Candice Alfano

Dr. Candice Alfano is SUNY Empire Innovation Professor of Psychology at Stony Brook University in New York, USA. She is also a licensed clinical psychologist and Diplomate in Behavioral Sleep Medicine (DBSM). The overarching focus of Dr. Alfano’s research program is to clarify the role of early sleep-wake processes in the development and alleviation of mental health disorders across the lifespan. She is particularly interested in the role of sleep in the context of early adversity and trauma, including whether improving early sleep health can buffer against a range of negative biobehavioral outcomes. She has published over 150 papers, chapters and books on these topics and has received research funding for her work from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Defense (DoD), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).