Sleep Center News & Announcements

Sleep disturbances at any age during childhood are associated with behavioral and emotional impairments in middle childhood.

Environmental and familial factors like poverty and parental depression contribute to the development of poor sleep behavior in children

In this week's roundup, CHOP researchers reveal a secret to a soundly sleeping toddler.

American Thoracic Society award given in memory of Carole Marcus, MBBCh, pediatric sleep medicine researcher.

Carole Marcus, MBBCh, held virtually every leadership position in pediatric sleep medicine at some point during her abbreviated career and received accolades for her research.

Our news highlights this week include new evidence-based sleep recommendations; a new champion for helping military families navigate children’s healthcare issues; a lifesaving solution to a mysterious surgical side effect; and an encouraging finding to help children predisposed…

Dr. Marcus continues to find practicing sleep medicine extremely gratifying because she often sees how diagnosing sleep problems and then recommending appropriate therapies can make a huge difference in patients’ and families’ lives.

A consistent bedtime routine makes a difference in children’s sleep outcomes, according to a study that included mothers of 10,000 young children from 14 countries.

New research by a sleep expert at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia shows that a high prevalence of a spectrum of sleep problems occurs across all months of pregnancy, and that napping during the day should be considered the norm for moms-to-be.

Christopher B. Forrest, MD, PhD, a CHOP pediatrician, recently received a two-year grant to develop PROMIS pediatric sleep health measures that will fill this gap and enable patients and their families to express exactly how health conditions and treatments affect their sleep.