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The Human Sleep and Inflammatory Systems Laboratory at the BIDMC is an international leader in conducting research on the biological basis for the effects of sleep loss. Inflammation and immune function are a core aspect of this work to more directly string together the relationships among...

Has your doctor told you that your blood pressure is too high? The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is looking for participants (25-65 years) for a study which investigates whether changes to your sleep pattern can lower your blood pressure. What’s involved? 6-8 weeks of at home evaluation phase...

Pain sensitization and habituation in a model of experimentally-induced insomnia symptoms The goal of this project is to investigate two processes underlying increased pain vulnerability in the course of repeated exposure to insomnia: (1) Sensitization of the nociceptive system due to a progressive...

Patterns of sleep restriction and recovery: The inflammatory resolution pathways The goal of this project is to investigate whether the newly discovered inflammatory resolution pathways are affected by sleep restriction and responsible for slow and/or incomplete inflammatory recovery from sleep...