Wellness Webinar: The Importance of Sleep

Why Sleep is the Key Ingredient to Health and Well-Being

About this Event

Sponsored by UCSF Campus Life Services Wellness and Community and Fitness and Recreation

Sleep is a key pillar of health in our lives, especially during this COVID-19 era. Learn from our own UCSF expert Dr. Aric Prather about how and why sleep is so important in our lives and what you can do to improve your quality of sleep.

Speaker:

Dr. Aric Prather - UCSF Associate Professor of Psychiatry. Dr. Prather's research focuses on the inter-relationship between psychological stress and sleep as dynamic predictors of physical and mental health. His research utilizes epidemiologic, naturalistic, and laboratory based studies to understand the extent to which sleep disturbance serves as a critical behavioral pathway to poor health.