Speaker Profile

Baldino Professor of Sleep Medicine, Havard Medical School Charles A. Czeisler, Ph. D. , M. D. 1974, AB, Harvard College; 1978, PhD, Stanford University; 1981, MD, Stanford Medical School. Director, Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital. Awards and honors include: Phi Beta Kappa; NIOSH Director's Award in Occupational Safety and Health for physician work-hours research; National Sleep Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award and Healthy Sleep Community Award; Royal Society of Medicine Lord Adrian Medal; Sleep Research Society Mary A. Carskadon Outstanding Educator Award and Distinguished Scientist Award; American Academy of Sleep Medicine William C. Dement Academic Achievement Award and Mark O. Hatfield Public Policy Award. President (2006-2007), Sleep Research Society; Team Leader (1997-2008), Human Performance Factors, Sleep and Chronobiology Team, NASA's National Space Biomedical Research Institute; Chair (2010-2011), Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board, NIH National Center on Sleep Disorders Research. Fellow, Royal College of Physicians (London); Member, International Academy of Astronautics; Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Czeisler has served on the faculty of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland and consulted on sleep and performance for the Portland Trail Blazers, the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Boston Celtics and the Boston Red Sox.