Dr. Amara Okonkwo
Sleep scientist
Guest
Amara is a sleep researcher studying shift workers — nurses, pilots, first responders. Her lab's work on light exposure and sleep timing has changed scheduling policy at three hospital systems. She practices what she studies, mostly.
Topics
- Health & Wellness
- Mental Health
- Personal Development
As a guest
- Expertise
- Sleep science. Amara's shift-work protocols reduced nurse fatigue incidents by 40% in pilot hospitals.
- Talking points
- What shift workers taught us about everyone's sleep
- Light: the most underused sleep tool
- Why '8 hours' is the wrong target
- Proof
Links & availability
Time zone: America/Chicago
Generally free: Tue · 1–4 PM; Fri · 9–11 AM
Tue afternoons / Fri mornings CT
Achievements
- ★ Published
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