Brienne Miner, MD, MHS, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Yale, specializes in geriatric and sleep medicine with a focus on memory disorders and the evaluation and treatment of sleep disturbances. She is the vice chair for Collaborative Excellence in Internal Medicine with a special interest in anti-ageism initiatives.
Dr. Miner’s research explores sleep deficiency and disorders in older adults, sleep assessment methods and technologies, and circadian rhythms and sleep patterns. Her work examines the accuracy of sleep-measuring tools, the link between sleep disturbances and age-related health problems, and advanced statistical methods for analyzing circadian rhythm data.
Her mission is to treat sleep disturbances in older adults to help with maintenance of health, independence, and quality of life. Her research aims to find better ways to evaluate sleep, including through home-based wearable devices.
In her previous study of older adults with sleep problems she found a headband did well in measuring sleep and most people in the study found it easy to use. In her new study, she will evaluate how well it performs and how easy it is to use in a population with cognitive impairment. She is hoping to have better tools for this population, which she sees at the Adler Center. Click on the link to find out more information on participating in the study.