Background in psychology, general medicine, neurology, clinical neurophysiology and psychiatry, including clinical and academic positions in these fields. Special interest in clinical conditions which cross traditional boundaries especially paediatrics, paediatric neurology and child psychiatry. Leader of clinical and research teams with national and international reputations. Developed clinical services for children and methods of investigation in clinical neurophysiology now used worldwide. Head of clinical service for children and adolescents with sleep disorders throughout the UK. Extensive publications in medical scientific journals (e.g. Archives of Disease in Children, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry). Co-editor of several books. Recipient of international awards. Highly successful research programme in field of children� sleep disorders including their diagnosis and treatment and their adverse effects. Foremost research unit in this field in the UK and few comparable units internationally. Date of birth: May 8th 1938 Professional bodies: Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Child and Adolescent Section of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Child Psychiatry Research Society, British Paediatric Neurology Association, Penrose Club (Learning Disabilities Research), British Epilepsy Association, International League Against Epilepsy (British Branch), Association of British Clinical Neurophysiologists, British Society for Clinical Neurophysiology, British Sleep Society, European Paediatric Sleep Club, European Sleep Research Society, American Sleep Disorders Association, Member of the Yale University Neurology Alumni Association. Born 22nd March 1969 First Class Honours degree in Psychology, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London 1991. DPhil 1996, University of Oxford (sleep problems and their treatment in children with severe learning disabilities). Research Psychologist in the sleep disorders field, University of Oxford, 1992 onwards. Research interests include sleep disorders and their treatment in a range of paediatric clinical groups and also the associations between sleep and daytime functioning of children and their families. Particular clinical interest in behavioural treatments for sleep disorders. Published research in a variety of peer-reviewed journals. Presented work at a range of national and international scientific meetings. Committee member of the British Sleep Society. Chairman of the Education Committee of the European Sleep Research Society. Chartered psychologist. Professional bodies: British Psychological Society, British Sleep Society, European Sleep Research Society, European Pediatric Sleep Club.