M.D. This research focuses on clinically relevant projects in the area of sleep and sleep disorders medicine.
Training is available at the graduate and post-graduate level.
College graduates in the process of applying to medical schools also have been involved in various research projects. The inter-disciplinary program is designed to improve the understanding of physiological mechanisms underlying primary sleep disorders and various treatment alternatives for these disorders. Objective sleep parameters are measured by polysomnography and EEG sleep data is quantified using power spectral analysis. Ambulatory monitors for core body temperature and motor activity are used in some studies. Sleep Disorders Center and Sleep Research Program, McLean Hospital.