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Sleep expert and neuroscientist Dr. Matt Walker speaks at BrainHealth Week in Dallas, Texas, shown delivering a TEDx-style talk during a large conference event.

Renowned Sleep Scientist Joins UTD With Multidisciplinary Approach to Improve Brain Health

Dallas Morning News

Stephanie Hoefken

Internationally acclaimed neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker, Ph.D., joins The University of Texas at Dallas and Center for BrainHealth in January to advance a bold new era of sleep science — uniting neuroscience, engineering and data science to improve lifelong brain health.

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“I am coming to Dallas to build the future of sleep science, one that is interdisciplinary and relentlessly focused on strengthening brain health. UT Dallas and Center for BrainHealth offer the exact ecosystem needed to turn that vision into real outcomes for society.” - Matthew Walker, PhD Center for BrainHealth and UT Dallas
Walker will launch and direct the Sleep Innovation Laboratories at Center for BrainHealth, using its landmark longitudinal brain health dataset to study how sleep affects cognition, emotional resilience, aging and disease risk.Read the full story on Dallas Morning News

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