Our Expert Contributors
When we research a new topic one of the first things we do is talk to our team of experts on sleep. Through our work, we've built some great relationships with Doctors, Nurses, Chiropractors, and Dentists, who all lend their expertise and opinions, as well as often writing and reviewing our content. We also rely on this team of experts to make sure what we write about is tied to the latest medical research, studies, and resources in the area of sleep health.
Dr. RJ Burr
DC
Founder of REACH Rehab + Chiropractic Performance Center. He works and lives according to the belief that to have a healthy, pain-free lifestyle, you must be responsible for your health by eating well and moving well. He believes that what you do when you're awake has a major impact on how you sleep.
Ryan Fiorenzi
BS, Certified Sleep Coach
Ryan's sleep issues stem from back pain associated with years of vigorous athletic training. He has owned a gym for several decades, and as you can imagine, he is always researching health-related topics for athletic performance. Ryan quickly realized the importance of sleep and that compelled him to become a Certified Sleep Coach.
Dr. Nicole Moshfegh
Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Nicole Moshfegh is a UCLA-trained licensed clinical psychologist with a practice in Los Angeles, California. She specializes in the treatment and assessment of insomnia, anxiety, depression, burnout, and trauma and is certified in cognitive behavioral and mindfulness based treatments. She additionally has expertise in career, relationship, and cultural issues.
Her most recent book is: The Book of Sleep: 75 Strategies to Relieve Insomnia
Mary Sweeney
RN, BSN, CEN, ONN-CG
Mary Sweeney, RN, BSN, CEN, ONN-CG, is an oncology nurse navigator and medical writer. Before working in nurse navigation and patient education, Mary was an ER nurse at a level 1 trauma center, followed by active duty time as an officer in the Navy Nurse Corps. In the military, she worked in several areas including emergency/trauma, post-anesthesia, and deployment medicine. In her career, she has picked up on the important value sleep plays to health.
Kat Duff
Sleep Author
Kat Duff is the author of The Alchemy of Illness (Pantheon, 1993) and The Secret Life of Sleep (Beyond Words and Oneworld, 2014).
She writes at the intersection of the natural world and the human imagination as it occurs in our everyday experiences, and maintains a blog at SecretLifeOfSleep.com. She lives in northern New Mexico where she works as a counselor.
Dr. Ryan Colosi
DDS
Dr. Ryan P. Colosi is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. He is a member of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, ABPD College of Diplomates, Southeast Society of Pediatric Dentistry and the American Dental Association. He has followed in the footsteps of his father, Dr. Russell Colosi, who has owned a general dentistry practice outside of Buffalo, NY for over 35 years. Dr. Colosi has served in the US Navy Dental Corps and worked in private practices in Buffalo, NY, Lexington, SC & Charlotte, NC. He is passionate about the importance of sleep and works with people experiencing many types of sleep disturbances.
Dr. Matthew Russell
DC
Dr. Russell attended the prestigious New York Chiropractic College where he completed his Doctorate degree. He quickly grew his family practice into one of the larger wellness clinics in the region and began serving his community in various ways – with an overwhelming emphasis on postural correction. After treating thousands of patients, it became clear that sleep deprivation and the associated relationship with chronic pain was one of the root causes of these concerns. Dr. Russell began designing therapeutic pillows that were based entirely on the science of anatomy, biomechanics, and ergonomics. While completing his Masters of Business Administration degree (MBA), Dr. Russell founded Slumbar Pillows.
Rebekah Karns
PhD
Rebekah currently works at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center as a postdoctoral fellow in biomedical informatics. She focuses on childhood obesity, and she has a deep understanding on the impact that general health has on sleep quality.
Before her current role, she graduated from the University of Cincinnati's Doctoral Graduate Program in Molecular Epidemiology and the Preparing Future Faculty Program.
Yasmin Johnston
Pediatric Sleep Consultant
Yasmin is a pediatric sleep specialist and founder of Mindful Sleep Consulting. With the birth of her second son, she experienced 5 months of sleepless nights, sleeping 3 hours or less per night. She hired a sleep consultant and within 2 weeks her son was taking two naps per day and and was sleeping through the night. It was because of this experience that she decided to do the same for other exhausted parents, and she trained with Dana Nobleman, the creator of The Sleep Sense™ Program, which is accredited by the International Association of Professional Sleep Consultants. Her focus is helping children who struggle with sleep, as well as the parents to develop a customized sleep plan to help everyone get more restful sleep.
Amberlie Price
Yoga and Meditation Teacher
Amberlie has been teaching yoga since 2009. She teaches Vinyasa yoga as well as other fitness classes including HIIT, dance, and bootcamp. She currently teaches in Northeast Ohio.
Sources and Partners
Below you'll find some of our most trusted sources when we research sleep topics and create educational resources, tools, and product guides. For any topic we cover we look for scholarly sources, medical experts, and peer-reviewed studies with conclusive results to support our work.
