The Results of Snoozify!
The AdSleep team, including Dr Rebecca Crowley and Dr Jakke Tamminen, have completed Snoozify – an app-based study aimed at improving teen sleep. The results are now in!
Learn more about the full team and this project here.
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Join Our Team! Research Assistant Opportunity in the Sleep Lab
Join Our Team! Research Assistant Opportunity in the Sleep Lab
We’re excited to share a new opportunity to join the Sleep Lab at Royal Holloway as a Research Assistant. This role is a fantastic chance to gain hands-on research experience, contribute to meaningful work in sleep research, and become part of a supportive and collaborative academic team. Applications are invited for a position on the Leverhulme Trust funded project: “How does poor sleep in adolescents impact learning and education?”
This full-time post is available for approximately three months, starting on 20 July 2026 (or soon thereafter) and ending on 31 October 2026. Further details and applications can be found here: https://jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=0626-217
Dr Alice M. Gregory on a common misunderstanding about genetics
Psyche.com has recently published an article written by Dr Alice M. Gregory. This argument emphasises how public misunderstanding of scientific concepts can be just as harmful as misinformation. It highlights how technical terms such as “heritability” are often misinterpreted by non-experts, leading people to draw incorrect conclusions about issues like mental health, behaviour, or disease risk. Read more here: https://psyche.co/notes-to-self/misunderstandings-about-science-are-as-bad-as-misinformation.
Kirsty Vant on the 7:1 Sleep Rule
Our amazing PhD student, Kirsty Vant, has once again published a lifestyle/wellness article about sleep science, this time, on The Standard. Kirsty talks about the “7:1 sleep rule”, a simple wellness guideline encouraging people to get at least seven hours of sleep each night while keeping their bedtime and wake-up time within the same one-hour window every day, including weekends. Read more here: https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/wellness/7-1-sleep-rule-b1272506.html
SmartSocks®DISCOVERY Pioneers Competition: RHUL Sleep Lab Awarded 2nd Place in the Sleep Category
Beatriz Venâncio, a doctoral student in our lab, took part in the 2026 SmartSocks®DISCOVERY Pioneers competition, an initiative aiming to recognise innovative research ideas using the SmartSocks® wearable sensing platform. Together with Dr Alice M. Gregory and Dr Jakke Tamminen, the team developed a proposal exploring how wearable technology can support sleep research in children and young people with Type 1 Diabetes.
You can read more about the competition and our project here: https://milbotix.com/meet-the-smartsocksdiscovery-pioneers-beatriz-venancio/