Sleep Health is Number One
Academic journal edited by a Stony Brook professor named “Best New Journal” by the American Association of Publishers
Stony Brook, N.Y., February 15, 2016 –
Sleep Health
: Journal of the National Sleep Foundation was awarded Best New Journal in Science, Technology and Medicine by the American Association of Publishers (AAP). Stony Brook University’s Lauren Hale, PhD, is Sleep Health’s Editor-in-Chief. Dr. Hale is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine, and a core faculty member of the Program in Public Health at Stony Brook University.
The AAP’s annual PROSE awards, established in 1976, recognize the very best in professional and scholarly publishing in more than 50 categories. The PROSE entries are judged by peer publishers, librarians and medical professionals.
Sleep Health is a multidisciplinary journal published by the National Sleep Foundation that explores the role of sleep in health and seeks to advance the sleep health of all members of society.
“Sleep is a universal phenomenon that affects health, cognition, and well-being,” said Dr. Hale. “We created the new journal to serve as a forum for inquiry into sleep beyond its pathologies, focusing instead on the health benefits of sleep while prioritizing the attainment of restorative rest for all members of society,” added Dr. Hale.
Four issues of the Journal have been published since March 2015. The editors accept original articles on research, as well as reviews, special topics, editorials and letters to the editor.
“By welcoming submissions from a wide range of medical and social science specialties such as public health, psychology, epidemiology, sociology, and transportation studies, we not only facilitate the deepening of our understanding of sleep and its impact on health but foster the development of the field by encouraging the broadening of perspectives on sleep in society,” explained Dr. Hale.
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About Stony Brook University
Part of the State University of New York system, Stony Brook University encompasses 200 buildings on 1,450 acres. Since welcoming its first incoming class in 1957, the University has grown tremendously, now with more than 25,000 students and 2,500 faculty. Its membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU) places Stony Brook among the top 62 research institutions in North America. U.S. News & World Report ranks Stony Brook among the top 100 universities in the nation and top 40 public universities, and Kiplinger names it one of the 35 best values in public colleges. One of four University Center campuses in the SUNY system, Stony Brook co-manages Brookhaven National Laboratory, putting it in an elite group of universities that run federal research and development laboratories. A global ranking by U.S. News & World Report places Stony Brook in the top 1 percent of institutions worldwide. It is one of only 10 universities nationwide recognized by the National Science Foundation for combining research with undergraduate education. As the largest single-site employer on Long Island, Stony Brook is a driving force of the regional economy, with an annual economic impact of $4.65 billion, generating nearly 60,000 jobs, and accounts for nearly 4 percent of all economic activity in Nassau and Suffolk counties, and roughly 7.5 percent of total jobs in Suffolk County.
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