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Jo M. Solet, MS, EdM, PhD, OTR/L was the keynote speaker at the Massachusetts CFIDS/ME & FM Association's Spring Lecture held on April 6, 2013. Dr. Solet's talk was on "The Science of Sleep." The event was co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and held at the Hinton State Laboratory Institute Auditorium in Jamaica Plain, MA.  

A video of the lecture is now available at YouTube.

YouTube links (YouTube versions can be only be accessed from this site or from the direct links; the videos are not searchable on YouTube):

Dr. Solet's presentation on "The Science of Sleep"

Read a written summary of her talk, The Science of Sleep. Also available are Dr. Solet's list of Tips for Sleep and Fatigue Management in CFIDS/ME & FM.  

Dr. Solet is a Clinical Instructor at Harvard Medical School, a member of the Harvard Medical School Division of Sleep Medicine, and the Department of Medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance. She is the co-author of sleep disruption studies and is clinically trained in occupational therapy and behavioral medicine. Dr. Solet brought a unique perspective on sleep and how it impacts our health. 

Dr. Solet introduced us to the science of sleep and help us understand how sleep is structured and how it changes throughout our life cycle. She explained adverse effects of poor sleep, sleep debt and describe some ways sleep may be enhanced. She highlighted research findings on sleep abnormalities uncovered in CFIDS/ME and FM. Dr. Solet's lecture helped to uncover the many internal physiological changes and activities that happen during sleep and how it becomes disrupted.