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Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 12pm
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 12:12 am
on Zoom!
Jayne Clark
Supervising Technician, Bradley Sleep Lab
Topic: TBA

Zoom Meeting Link
Meeting ID: 969 2284 2741


Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 12:12 am


ZOOM INFORMATION
https://brown.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpdOygpz8iGtyJ7SWeW8MGq-h55uiebo-i

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Dates for the 2023-2024 academic year are listed below and will continue to be updated regarding speakers and presentation topics.


Melissa Nevarez-Brewster
Graduate Student at the University of Denver
Topic: Sleep in Pregnancy: A Unique and Understudied Prenatal Process with Intergenerational Consequences
Special Topics: Trainee Brown Bag
**non-CME event**
Poor sleep is a public health concern that affects 8 out of every 10 pregnant individuals. In this presentation, I will emphasize why studying prenatal maternal sleep is important and expand on the state of the current literature by showing findings from a systematic review on the associations between poor sleep during pregnancy and offspring outcomes (e.g., sleep and physical health, socioemotional and cognitive scores, and brain structure and function). Using data from a prospective and longitudinal cohort, I will present work from two studies on the associations between poor prenatal maternal sleep on the offspring brain and subsequent infant socioemotional health. Next, I will briefly touch on precursors of poor sleep during pregnancy and explore findings on early childhood experiences as robust contributors of poor prenatal sleep. Finally, I will discuss future directions that my research program will follow and will provide key future directions for the field of prenatal maternal sleep.
**non-CME event**