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WSUV offers ‘Sleep Matters’ seminar Oct. 9

The Columbian
Published: September 29, 2015, 6:10am

The Washington State University Vancouver Chancellor’s Seminar Series event this fall will focus on sleep.

The event — “Sleep Matters: How Sleep Affects Learning, Decision-Making and Health from Adolescence to Adulthood” — is 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 9 in the Firstenburg Student Commons. Tickets are $25 and include the lecture, lunch and parking.

Tickets can be purchased at www.vancouver.wsu.edu/css or by calling 360-546-9589.

Sleep experts Gregory Belenky and Catherine Darley will speak during the event.

Belenky is a research professor at WSU Spokane, where he launched the Sleep and Performance Research Center. He will discuss the effects of reduced and displaced sleep on cognitive performance and health.

Darley, who opened the Seattle-based Institute of Naturopathic Sleep Medicine, will discuss how sleep impacts adolescent learning and share research on school start times and student performance.

The Chancellor’s Seminar Series is held twice a year.

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