Research groups
Collaborators
Emily Stanyer
AFHEA, GMBPsS, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher in Sleep Medicine
Research Interests
I am interested in investigating the mechanistic relationships between sleep, health, and disease with a particular interest in understanding how sleep may contribute to mental health disorders. My postdoctoral work aims to investigate in a large clinical trial whether sleep restriction therapy for insomnia can be used to treat depression and to elucidate potential mechanisms underlying this. Previously, I worked on preclinical models of sleep and migraine and I also have a broader interest in sleep and neurological disorders. I have also worked on behavioural sleep interventions such as closed-loop auditory stimulation and projects related to sleep, memory, and emotion.
Education
I graduated with an integrated masters in psychology from the University of York in 2018 after which I worked as a research technician in cognitive neuroscience at the University of Leeds in the School of Psychology. I completed my PhD in neuroscience at King's College London in 2023 where I worked on a preclinical project entitled: 'The Neural Mechanisms of Sleep and Migraine'.
Extracurricular
I am a registered Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and graduate member of The British Psychological Society. I serve on the advisory board of the Early Career Researchers Circadian Mental Health Network and I am an editor for the journal Frontiers in Neurology Sleep Disorders. In my spare time I am a volunteer mentor for Refugee Education UK and I work as a consultant sleep specialist for Lindus Health.
External Collaborators
Dr Philip Holland - King's College London
Dr Jan Hoffmann - King's College London
Professor Louis Ptacek - University of California San Francisco
Olivia Grech - University of Birmingham
Recent publications
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Journal article
Labastida-Ramírez A. et al, (2023), J Headache Pain, 24
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Journal article
Stanyer EC. et al, (2023), The Journal of Headache and Pain, 24
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Journal article
Al-Hassany L. et al, (2023), The Journal of Headache and Pain, 24
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Journal article
Onofri A. et al, (2023), The Journal of Headache and Pain, 24
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Preprint
Stanyer EC. et al, (2022)
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Journal article
Stanyer EC. et al, (2022), Journal of Sleep Research, 31
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Journal article
Stanyer EC. et al, (2021), Neurology, 97, e1620 - e1631
Grants
British Sleep Society Colin Sullivan Research Award (2023)
Biomedical Research Centre Better Sleep Fund (2023-2024)
British Sleep Society Travel Grant (2023)
Guarantors of Brain Travel Grant (2022)
Medical Research Council Doctoral Training Programme PhD Studentship (2019-2023)