Sleep, light-at-night and cancer: Why circadian rhythms matter - Dr. Manolis Kogevinas

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September 13, 2018 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

NCI Shady Grove Bethesda, Maryland

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Speaker

Dr. Manolis Kogevinas
Research Professor, Barcelona Institute for Global Health

Description

Circadian disruption and night-shift work have been associated with acute and chronic health effects including breast and prostate cancer, cardiometabolic diseases and obesity. Circadian disruption may also affect the health of the general population because of widespread mistimed lifestyle practices including mistimed eating and sleep patterns, and increasing exposure to light-at-night and particularly blue light spectrum through the use of e-readers, LEDs and smartphones. I will present new epidemiological evidence on the effects of circadian disruption and light-at-night in workers and the general population, discuss mechanisms of disease and potential preventive measures. 

Host

Debra Silverman, Sc.D., Branch Chief and Senior Investigator, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute

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