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Sleep Expert Mary Ellen Wells Featured on UNC-TV

April 13, 2020
Triangle news outlet UNC-TV recently featured Mary Ellen Wells, PhD, in an article about dreams during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sleep Expert Mary Ellen Wells Featured on ABC-11

March 5, 2020
Triangle news station ABC-11 recently featured Mary Ellen Wells, PhD, in a segment about daylight savings time.

WUNC Features Sleep Expert Mary Ellen Wells on “The State of Things”

October 17, 2019
WUNC-FM’s daily show “The State of Things” recently featured Mary Ellen Wells, director of the Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science (NDSS) program, on an hour-long radio show highlighting the science of sleep. Wells joined other sleep experts to discuss neurological, physiological, and social aspects of sleep, among other topics. Mary Ellen...

Sleep Science Faculty and Graduates Present at Neurodiagnostic Society Annual Conference

August 30, 2019
Faculty and graduates with Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Sciences presented at the Neurodiagnostic Society (ASET) Annual Conference in Kansas City, MO, in mid August. Presentations by faculty and graduates: The Importance of Mentoring – NDSS Graduate, Tabitha Althoff, BS, R. EEG T., RPSGT, RST Can a Twelve Pound Dog be a...

UNC School of Medicine Departments of Allied Health Sciences and Neurology announce the 2019 Sleep Innovative Research Grant Recipients

July 17, 2019
The Departments of Allied Health Sciences (DAHS) Office of Research and Scholarship and Neurology have announced awardees of the 2019-2020 Sleep Innovative Research Grants (SIRG). The SIRG program launched in 2018 thanks to the generosity of the Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation; the program leads an effort to...

Mary Ellen Wells featured in Cooking Light magazine

June 18, 2019
The magazine Cooking Light recently featured Mary Ellen Wells, the director of the Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science program, in their article, “What is Sleep Hygiene–and Why Is It So Important?” Mary Ellen Wells, Ph.D, RPSGT, R. EEG T., R. NCS T. 

Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science Celebrates the Class of 2019

May 23, 2019
The Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science (NDSS) program, a joint initiative between the UNC School of Medicine and University of North Carolina at Charlotte, celebrated its graduating class on May 9, 2019 in Chapel Hill. Two NDSS graduates presented their capstone research projects titled “Does Everyone Dream?” and “Effectiveness and Compliance of Hypoglossal...

NDSS Alumna Receives the Maureen Berkeley Award from American Society of Electroencephalographic Technicians (ASET)

April 2, 2019
Kristy Fox, an alumna from the Neurodiagnostic and Sleep Science program (NDSS), was recently awarded the Maureen Berkeley Award by the American Society of Electroencephalographic Technicians (ASET) for her capstone project entitled F.I.R.E.S. that was published in the Neurodiagnostic Journal.  Fox’s interest in the topic of febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome...

Two Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science Alumni Present at North Carolina Academy of Sleep Medicine

March 27, 2019
Jeff Taylor and Tanisha Burke, two alumni of the Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science program, presented at the North Carolina Academy of Sleep Medicine (NCASM). Taylor presented on the topic of business and sleep; Burke presented on sleep awareness with regard to how sleep deprivation in children can mimic ADHD. Taylor...

Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science Student Featured in American Academy of Sleep Technologists Magazine

March 27, 2019
A2Zzz, the magazine for the American Academy of Sleep Technologists (AAST), recently featured Steven Klinger a student in the Neurodiagnostic and Sleep Science program as a student perspective on sleep education (pg. 12).