Derk-Jan Dijk

Professor of Sleep and Physiology and Director of Surrey Sleep Research Centre, University of Surrey

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Wellbeing and Mental Health

Dementia: here's how the quality of your night’s sleep can affect symptoms the next day

Poor sleep has long been connected with cognitive decline. Now new research shows how night-to-night variations in sleep can affect dementia symptoms.

30 May 2022

This is what happens in your brain when you don't sleep for two days

Scientists have examined what happens in the brain when we don't sleep for two days.

15 Aug 2016

Jobs and the Future of Work

Could night shifts harm women more than men?

Research suggests that disruption to sleep-wake cycles through shift work affects women more than men.

22 Apr 2016