Assessing Evidence in Translational Chronobiology

Differences between basic scientists and clinicians in evaluating research evidence represent one of main obstacles in translating into clinical practice the enormous amount of knowledge that has been generated in chronobiology over the past decades. The below topics will be examined in terms of the evidence available (formally weighed) and the features of the future studies needed:

1) Do healthy individuals have an increased risk of road traffic accidents during the Daylight Saving Time months (April-October) compared to the standard time months (November-March)?

2) In high school students, do delayed school times result in longer sleep duration compared to regular schedules?#

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Eva Winnebeck, Lecturer, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, UK

Federico Orsini, Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering (ICEA), University of Padova, Italy

David McDaid, Associate Professor, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC), Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Mary A Carskadon, Professor, Psychiatry & Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Lise Lotte Gluud, Professor and Consultant Gastroenterologist, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

ORGANISERS

Professor Sara Montagnese, Chronobiology Section, FHMS

Professor Debra Skene, Chronobiology Section, FHMS

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