Sleep4Performance Podcast

Apr 07 2025 161 ep. 54 mins 123
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With your host Dr Ian Dunican we dive into all things sleep and performance-related. We focus on the latest evidence-based research and practical applications.

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Season 10 Episode 4 w Dr Kathleen Reinhardt on the similarities between human and primate sleep behaviours

Apr 07 2025 75 mins  
In this episode, I chat with Dr Kathleen Reinhardt regarding her research into primates and how their sleep has evolved with their environment. Dr Reinhardt grew up in New York, completing a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology at Stony Brook University before moving to the United Kingdom for further study. She completed a Master of Science in Primate Conservation and a PhD in Anthro

Season 10 Episode 3 w Dr Michael Grandner on sleep and sport

Mar 03 2025 52 mins  
In this episode, I chat with Dr Michael Grandner regarding his book, “Sleep and Sport – Physical performance, mental performance, injury prevention and competitive advantage for athletes, coaches and trainers.” Dr. Grandner is the Director of the Sleep and Health Research Program at the University of Arizona, Director of the Behavioural Sleep Medicine Clinic at the Banner-Un

Season 10 Episode 2 w Dr Nicole Lindsay on the relationship between near death experiences and dreaming

Feb 04 2025 74 mins  
In this episode, I chat with Dr Nicole Lindsay regarding her research paper titled “Trauma or Transcendence. The relationship between near death experiences and dreaming.” Dr Nicole Lindsay is a senior lecturer and researcher based within the School of Psychology at Massey University, New Zealand. Her research is primarily focused on near-death experiences, end-of-life pheno

Season 10 Episode 1 w Dr Brigitte Holzinger on lucid dreaming in patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Jan 07 2025 72 mins  
In this episode, I chat with Dr. Brigitte Holzinger regarding her paper “Cognitions in Sleep, Lucid Dreaming as an intervention for Nightmares in patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.” Dr. Brigitte Holzinger was born in Vienna, Austria and studied psychology at the University of Vienna, gaining her PhD at Stanford University in California. Brigitte is a psychologist, ps

Season 9 Episode 10 w Dr Royette Dubar on the effect of religion and spirituality on sleep health

Dec 12 2024 64 mins  
In this episode, I chat with Dr Royette T. Dubar about her research paper, "What's your religious coping profile? Difference in religious orientation and subjective sleep among religious coping groups in the United States." Dr. Royette T. Dubar was born on the small Caribbean Island of Dominica (not to be confused with the Dominican Republic). While pursuing an Associate's Degree i

Special Episode w Nicola Ward "Rise Above" overcoming the challenges of starting a business or consulting

Nov 06 2024 65 mins  
Nicola, with 26 years in business management and bookkeeping, assists business owners to save time and grow their businesses. Nicola holds a Diploma in Office Management, she is a registered BAS Agent, an Everything Disc Practitioner and holds a Certificate in Organisation and Executive Coaching. Nicola’s journey includes diverse roles in small business operations to now having h

Season 9, Episode 9 w Dr Elie Gottlieb on Sleep Health

Oct 24 2024 75 mins  
Dr Elie Gottlieb returns for another chat on the Sleep4Performance podcast. Elie is an applied sleep & circadian research scientist with over 10 years of sleep, circadian rhythm, and neuroscience research experience across Fortune 100, startup, and academic (clinical) sectors. Currently, he leads the conceptualization and execution of internal applied sleep & digital health

Season 9, Episode 8 w Dr Serena Bauducco: Do Electronic Devices Impact Sleep? Maybe Not!

Sep 25 2024 69 mins  
In this episode, I talk with my friend Serena Bauducco from Sweden, by way of Italy. In this episode, we discuss Serena’s latest paper, which was published in Sleep Medicine Reviews. Serena Bauducco, Meg Pillion, Kate Bartel, Chelsea Reynolds, Michal Kahn, Michael Gradisar, “A bidirectional model of sleep and technology use: A theoretical review of How much, for whom, and which

Season 9, Episode 7 w Dr Hannah Scott: 11 million nights of sleep data, what can it tell us?

Aug 13 2024 62 mins  
In this episode, I am joined by Dr Hannah Scott. We specifically discuss her recent work, “Are we getting enough sleep? Frequent irregular sleep was found in an analysis of over 11 million nights of objective in-home sleep data. In this study, data were analyzed from registered users of the Withings under-mattress Sleep Analyzer (predominantly located in Europe and North America)

Season 9, Episode 6: Exploring the Impact of Nocturnal Transportation Noise on Health with Dr. Laurie Thiesse

Jul 14 2024 41 mins  
Episode Title: Exploring the Impact of Nocturnal Transportation Noise on Health with Dr. Laurie Thiesse In this episode, I chat with Dr. Laurie Thiesse, a research scientist based in France. We delve into her work on the short-term effects of nocturnal transportation noise on cardio-metabolic outcomes and its association with sleep, which was the focus of her doctoral thesis. Speci