Thanh Dang-Vu: ‘Through this nomination, the field of sleep research will gain more visibility’
As the Canadian Sleep Society’s vice-president of research, among numerous other titles, neurologist Dang-Vu knows a lot about sleep.
In addition to holding the Concordia University Research Chair in Sleep, Neuroimaging and Cognitive Health (Tier 1), he is a researcher with the Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, chair of the Scientific Engagement and Advisory Committee at Concordia’s PERFORM Centre, and leader of the Health, Wellbeing and Life Course cluster at the university’s Centre for Research on Aging (engAGE), where he also sits on the governing board.
Dang-Vu directs the Sleep, Cognition and Neuroimaging Laboratory and is also associate director for clinical research at the Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal and an associate member of the Centre for Clinical Research in Health at Concordia.
Like Vaughan, Dang-Vu was invited to become a member of the RSC’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists and says it’s an honour. He is grateful for the support he has received and the dedicated contributions of his students, lab members and collaborators.
“I am glad that through this nomination the field of sleep research will gain more visibility at the RSC,” he says.
Dang-Vu’s research focuses on sleep, brain oscillations, EEG, neuroimaging, cognition, insomnia and aging, and his work has garnered the attention of media including the Montreal Gazette. He says he hopes that that this work will increase public awareness on the importance of sleep and the effective strategies to help maintain it.
“The goal is to elucidate the links between sleep and cognitive functions and to develop and test innovative interventions that will promote sleep and brain health in those who are vulnerable to sleep and memory difficulties.”
The Indigenous Futures Research Centre, Hexagram-Concordia, the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art, Technoculture, Art and Games (TAG), the Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, the Centre for Clinical Research in Health, the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling and the Concordia Centre for Research on Aging (engAGE) are all university-recognized research units.
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