WASHINGTON, November 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) today announced the selection of Susan RedlijnMD, MPH, as the award-winning magazine’s next editor-in-chief Sleep Health. Dr. Redline is the Peter C. Farrell Professor of Sleep Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and professor in the department of epidemiology at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Redline will join Orfeu M. Buxton, PhD, Elizabeth Fenton Susman Professor of Biobehavioral Health and director of the Sleep, Health & Society Collaboratory Pennsylvania State University.
The contributions of Dr. Redline on population sleep health are numerous and closely aligned with NSF’s public focus and mission. The research of Dr. Redline focuses on the role of genetics, early life developmental factors, and environmental exposure on sleep health. In addition, Redline examines how social and environmental factors influence sleep health disparities, which in turn drive chronic health disparities; and the role of sleep interventions in improving health, including cardiovascular, metabolic, and cognitive disorders.
“I am honored to be named the next editor-in-chief of Sleep Healthsaid Redline. “I look forward to continuing the Journal’s track record of publishing and promoting multidisciplinary research to improve the public’s sleep health.”
“NSF is deeply grateful to Dr. Buxton for his efforts and thanks him for his dedication to the Journal and its editorial community over the past five years. Under his leadership, the Journal has published groundbreaking articles that have expanded the body of evidence supporting sleep to promote health” , thus Johannes LoposNSF CEO. “NSF welcomes Dr. Redline to the helm of Sleep Health. As a leading leader in the sleep health research community with a passion for understanding and eradicating sleep health disparities, Dr. Redline will be an excellent editor-in-chief for our magazine,” said Lopos.
Current and second editor-in-chief, Orfeu Buxton, added: “Sleep Health has experienced steady growth in submissions and quality for ten years. I have every confidence in Dr.’s leadership, judgment and expertise. Redline as Sleep Health’s impact continues to grow.”
A recipient of the Best New Journal/SMT Award from the Association of American Publishers, Sleep Health has a 5-year impact factor for 2023 of 4.4 and is in the 76the percentile of behavioral neuroscience journals. Sleep Health is published by Elsevier, a leader in medical and scientific scientific publications. For more information about Sleep Healthvisit sleephealthjournal.org.
About the National Sleep Foundation
The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health and well-being through sleep education and advocacy. Founded in 1990, the NSF is committed to promoting excellence in the theory, research and practice of sleep health. theNSF.org │SleepHealthJournal.org
SOURCE National Sleep Foundation
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