CCB Workshop on Circadian Rhythms & Shiftwork

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Sanford Consortium, 1:00pm - 4:30pm, Lobby Conference Room

Developed in partnership between UC San Diego’s Center for Circadian Biology and the Center for Continuing Education in Biosciences, this half-day workshop is designed to provide a-state-of-the-field but accessible examination of the significant challenges faced by people who must schedule their work/sleep routines into times not favored by their internal circadian clocks. From world-renowned experts, you will learn basic principles of clock function, the personal and performance costs of disrupted timing, and practical strategies for optimally adapting to shiftwork.

This workshop is primarily designed for professionals whose duties involve working at night, managers who schedule or supervise shift-workers, and medical and other service providers to these workers. Members of the public interested in sleep, jet-lag and other phenomena of daily timing will benefit also.

Registration fee: $100 (includes light refreshments) 

Schedule and Speakers

1:00pm  Registration

1:15pm  Phyllis Zee - Basics of circadian rhythms in health and disease
Director of the Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine, Benjamin and Virginia Boshes Professor of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

2:00pm  Break

2:30pm  Michael Gorman - Adapting to shift-work schedules: What we’ve learned from human and animal studies
Professor of Psychology, UC San Diego

3:15pm  Sonia Ancoli-Israel - Sleep disorders and Shiftwork - consequences of poor sleep and treatment strategies
Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Medicine, UC San Diego

4:00pm  Q&A

4:30pm  Adjourn

Workshop Objectives

• Understand how brains and bodies are governed by daily clocks that resist the scheduling demands of shiftwork in our 24/7 society
• Learn what animal studies indicate about health consequences of circadian disruption and how flexibility of clocks can be enhanced
• Discover how inadequate sleep significantly impairs cognitive and work performance
• Examine most common problems experienced by shift-workers and learn practical techniques for minimizing disruption of circadian clocks
• Implement strategies for combating insomnia and other sleep disorders and getting the most restorative value of sleep

Directions - view map

Sanford Consortium location:

2880 Torrey Pines Scenic Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037

From the NORTH:

• Take I-5 south
• Exit at Genesee Avenue and turn right (heading west)
• Turn left onto North Torrey Pines Road (near the top of the hill)
• Drive 1/8 mile, turn right onto Torrey Pines Scenic Drive
• The Sanford Consortium is the first driveway on your right
• West parking lot is on the left

From the SOUTH:

• Take I-5 north
• Exit at Genesee Avenue and turn left(heading west)
• Turn left onto North Torrey Pines Road (near the top of the hill)
• Drive 1/8 mile, turn right onto Torrey Pines Scenic Drive
• The Sanford Consortium is the first driveway on your right
• West parking lot is on the left

Parking Information:

Free parking in the Sanford Consortium’s west parking lot is included with your registration. You will receive your day parking pass from a guard posted at the entrance to the west lot. Please keep a copy of your symposium registration in your car in case you are asked to verify attendance.

Click here to view the workshop flyer

Click here for schedule pdf

For Workshop Information contact: Pattie Magallanez pattiemag@ucsd.edu or Maysoon Lehmeidi mlehmeidi@ucsd.edu