Rebecca Spencer
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Rebecca Spencer
@rebicca.bsky.social
Sleep neuroscientist😴🧠, trail runner 🏃🏻‍♀️, triathlete🚴🏼‍♀️🏊🏻‍♀️, explorer of WMass/VT/the world, 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 + 🐾, UMass fan, traveler ✈️, Made in MI ✋🏼
Hey #sleeppeeps - I’m in the northeast U.S. going to #worldsleep2025 in Singapore: give me your long-haul flight, 12 timezone sleep adaptation plan. Prescription or OTC meds? It’s going to be too cool to be a zombie!
August 18, 2025 at 1:51 AM
New podcast alert!

Check out the Brain Architects new lest episode wherever you listen!

#sleeppeeps
July 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
#sleeppeeps check out this new meta-analysis which provides great guidance on spindle-slow oscillation measurement which has been highly variable across papers! This work was done in my lab @umass by Thea Ng, an undergraduate @MountHolyoke!

elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
Does slow oscillation-spindle coupling contribute to sleep-dependent memory consolidation? A Bayesian meta-analysis
elifesciences.org
December 19, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Our lab has extended our work to infants. Here’s a piece I wrote describing our preliminary study that led to the current R01 work we’re doing. Check it out! childandfamilyblog.com/the-power-of... #infantsleep #sleepscience #babysleep #sleeppeeps
The Power Of Distributed Sleep | Article | Child & Family Blog
Discover the benefits and drawbacks of distributed sleep for infants and babies. Backed by data and research.
childandfamilyblog.com
December 19, 2023 at 2:12 PM
Hey #sleeppeeps! The SLEEP 2024 session proposal deadline is 12/20. Plenty of time to get together with colleagues and come up with an amazing submission! Sleepmeeting.org/session-proposals/
November 16, 2023 at 5:26 PM
#Sleep&Circadian #sleeppeeps - please submit a session proposal for SLEEP2024! Due 12/20.

tinyurl.com/393w6fh3
Session Proposals – SLEEP Meeting
tinyurl.com
October 28, 2023 at 1:34 AM
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Will this
A. be a major shift in the review process or
B. reviewers will force-fit their biased ways into the new structure and nothing will change?
🤔
NOT-OD-24-010: Simplified Review Framework for NIH Research Project Grant Applications
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Simplified Review Framework for NIH Research Project Grant Applications NOT-OD-24-010. NIH
grants.nih.gov
October 21, 2023 at 12:25 PM
Reposted by Rebecca Spencer
Is anyone looking for post-doc experience and pubs in sleep/circadian science and/or clinical psychology and/or implementation science? If so, please reach out! aharvey@berkeley.edu #impsci #sleep&circadian @ABCTNOW @PCSASNews
October 12, 2023 at 1:59 PM