Cathy Goldstein, M.D.
Cathy Goldstein, M.D. is a Professor of Neurology at the University of Michigan Sleep Disorders Center, Co-Director of the Division of Sleep Medicine, and faculty lead of the Eisenberg Family Depression Center Mobile Technologies Core and the University of Michigan Mobile Technology Research Innovation Collaborative (MeTRIC).
Dr. Goldstein’s research uses consumer-facing sleep tracking devices and mathematical modeling to assess sleep patterns and circadian rhythms in the ambulatory, day-to-day setting to determine their role in health and disease (including in women’s reproductive health, multiple sclerosis, and gastrointestinal conditions). Her international expertise in sleep tracking technology is highlighted by her role as one of the lead authors of the ‘State of the Science and Recommendations for Using Wearable Technology in Sleep and Circadian Research’ from the Sleep Research Society (SRS) and “World Sleep Society recommendations for the use of wearable consumer health trackers that monitor sleep” from the World Sleep Society.
She serves the sleep community as one of the senior editors of the sleep field’s sentinel text, Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, and additionally, holds editorial roles for UpToDate and the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. She was previously the chair of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)’s Artificial Intelligence in Sleep Medicine Committee and speaks globally in this area.
Dr Goldstein educates a variety of learners including training physicians, peer groups, athletes (and athletic staff), and the public via numerous media outlets (CNN, New York Times, Time) and podcasts.
Dr. Mathias Baumert
Associate Professor Mathias Baumert leads the Biomedical Engineering Discipline at Adelaide University. His research focuses on biomedical signal processing for the development of digital biomarkers and the translation of these novel methodologies into clinical practice, with particular emphasis on sleep and cardiovascular health.
He is a Fellow of the IEEE Fellow and has authored more than 130 peer-reviewed publications spanning sleep research, biomedical engineering, cardiology, physiology, and neuroscience. He received his PhD from the Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany, in 2005, and has been awarded fellowships from the Australian Research Council, including an Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship and an Australian Research Fellowship, as well as a Career Development Award from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia.
He serves as Executive Editor of Biomedical Signal Processing and Control and is a member of the Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the IEEE.
Professor Michael Chee, MBBS, FRCP(Edin)
Professor Michael Chee, MBBS, FRCP(Edin) is the Director of Centre for Sleep and Cognition at the National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. He is a pioneer clinician-scientist in Singapore who has won the National Outstanding Clinician-Scientist Award (2009) and is a three-time award winner of the National Medical Research Council’s top tier Clinician-Scientist STaR award (2007, 2013, 2019). He is an inaugural Fellow of the Organisation for Human Brain Mapping.
As an esteemed Sleep Researcher, Professor Michael Chee’s work on sleep over the last 20 years has focused on characterising and alleviating the negative impact of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance, wellbeing and health using innovative cognitive tests as well as a wide range of instrumentation including EEG, MRI, wearable devices, and ecological momentary assessments. His team ran 5 editions of the adolescent ‘Need for Sleep Studies’ – a 2-week sleep camp investigating the effects of different doses of sleep on vigilance, memory and mood.
Renowned as a leading Sleep Researcher, he has led work on non-invasive stimulation technologies to enhance sleep, a series of intervention studies involving sleep education and starting school later to help adolescents sleep longer, developed smartphone apps to assess time use and to probe sleep and daytime wellbeing, as well as multiple papers investigating the neural mechanisms of sleep loss as well as the benefit of naps. His 200+ publications include contributions to Ann Rev Psychol, PNAS, Neuron, J Neuroscience, Am J Psychiatry, Neurology, Sleep and NeuroImage. His research has attracted over $50 million in funding as Principal Investigator.
In the sleep field, he has served as Vice President (2013-2014) and President (2016-2018) of the Singapore Sleep Society, given plenary or keynote talks at top conferences such as World Sleep, Organization for Human Brain Mapping and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, consulted for AIA and presently sits on the editorial boards of Sleep, Imaging Neuroscience and Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences.
He has also written numerous commentaries on sleep and public health and has appeared on television, internet, and international print media in relation to his advocacy work for sleep, which has been cited by the Times, Guardian, Economist, and other influential lay press publications. He has also trained over 80 research staff including 4 Associate Professors, 7 Assistant Professors, numerous research fellows as well as a few medical doctors, clinical psychologists, and founders of two tech start-ups.
