University of Surrey showcases its state-of-the-art clinical facilities for sleep and other studies

Partner collaborators of the OH BRC Better Sleep and Brain Technologies Themes, the University of Surrey make available facilities that are unique in the UK, including ambient light controllable and soundproofed rooms equipped with technical innovation for sleep studies. 

Keen to ensure that their innovations can be used for data collection and health status assessments at home, as well as the laboratory, there is a focus on “-ables” (wearables, earables and nearables) that can be tolerated by, for example, dementia patients.

The Surrey team is a contributor to the UK Dementia Research Institute.

The Surrey teams, led by Professor Derk-Jan Dijk (pictured), are keen to encourage further sleep studies or collaborations where a study might benefit from sleep-related measurements.

An open day/symposium event is currently being planned to bring together OH BRC researchers and allow them to see how the Surrey facilities could be utilised to further BRC objectives.