{"id":31235,"date":"2019-10-17T09:11:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T13:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/?p=31235"},"modified":"2019-10-17T09:11:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T13:11:27","slug":"wunc-features-sleep-expert-mary-ellen-wells-on-the-state-of-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/2019\/10\/wunc-features-sleep-expert-mary-ellen-wells-on-the-state-of-things\/","title":{"rendered":"WUNC Features Sleep Expert Mary Ellen Wells on &#8220;The State of Things&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WUNC-FM&#8217;s daily show &#8220;The State of Things&#8221; recently featured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ndss\/directory\/mary-ellen-wells-phd-rpsgt-r-eeg-t-r-ncs-t\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mary Ellen Wells<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n<a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wunc.org\/post\/embodied-elusive-science-sleep\">Full story<\/a>\n<p><em>Mary Ellen Wells, PhD, is also an associate professor in the NDSS program. The program, housed in the Department of Allied Health Sciences, is a joint initiative with UNC-Charlotte.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WUNC-FM&#8217;s daily show &#8220;The State of Things&#8221; 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. 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