This new editorial in Sleep Health showcases how an interdisciplinary approach to thinking about how geography influences access to different types of healthcare.
Co-authored by Soomi Lee, Christopher N. Kaufmann, Catherine A. Lippi, Sadie J. Ryan and Yi Guo, the editorial discusses how this approach impacts diagnostic outcomes for sleep problems, which may be indicators to developing Alzheimers and related dementias.
Professor Sadie Ryan and former postdoctoral researcher Cat Lippi from CLAS Geography have been in collaborative discussions and exploring research approaches to this question for a little over a year now.
As Dr. Ryan notes “It is a departure from the infectious disease research conducted in my Lab, but a really interesting use case for Medical Geography methods in pursuit of intervention for important chronic health issues”.
Lee, S., Kaufmann, C.N., Lippi, C.A., Ryan, S.J., Guo, Y. (2025). Untreated insomnia as a contributor to geographic disparities in risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Sleep Health (in press).