March 22, 2009 - Mark Opp, Ph.D., Professor of Anesthesiology, Physiology, and Neuroscience, is quoted in March 22 Detroit Free Press for his work stressing the importance of sleep. The article discusses how sleep loss affects most Americans and how a lack of sleep can affect the success or failure of vaccinations. The article also includes statistics from the National Sleep Foundation and gives tips for maintaining a healthy sleep schedule. Dr. Opp’s interview appeared on the front page of the Life section.

February 2009 - Dr. Marcin Wojnar and colleagues in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan have recently presented evidence for a link between insomnia and suicidal behavior in 5,692 participants in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R), a representative sample of the general population.

Wojnar M, Ilgen MA, Wojnar J, McCammon RJ, Valenstein M, Brower KJ.
Sleep problems and suicidality in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication.
J Psychiatr Res. 2009 Feb;43(5):526-31.

The article was highlighed by CNNHealth.com
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/03/sleep.suicidal.thoughts/index.html