Lauren Hale is a Professor at Stony Brook University School of Medicine. She also serves as the founding Editor-in-Chief of the award-winning journal Sleep Health (sleephealthjournal.org). Professor Hale sits on the Board of Directors for the National Sleep Foundation. Her research identifies sleep deprivation and sleep disorders as a national public health challenge. In particular, she investigates the unequal social patterning of sleep as a possible mechanism explaining social disparities in health.