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Mary Ellen Wells, has provided some great advice to ABC11 for adjusting to the time change. “Keep a routine, a solid routine,” Wells said. “We are getting up and going to bed around the same at night and in the morning. Keep that routine even on the weekend…Consistency is very...

Following its relocation to UNC-Chapel Hill, the Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science (NDSS) program is now its own Division within the Department of Health Sciences, housed within UNC’s School of Medicine. The addition brings the Department of Health Sciences up to eight unique divisions, each comprised of various programs, units and...

The Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science (NDSS) program has relocated from UNC-Charlotte to UNC-Chapel Hill’s Department of Health Sciences. The program previously spent 14 years operating as a collaborative effort between UNC-Charlotte and UNC-Chapel Hill’s Department of Health Sciences, and now resides solely at UNC-CH. The NDSS program is a two-year,...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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. 

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...