Lynne Lamberg

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As a medical journalist and editor, I have written five books and hundreds of articles, essays, and book reviews on sleep, biological rhythms, and mental health for physicians, other health professionals, and the general public. My work has been published in JAMA Medical News & Perspectives and Psychiatric News, and a variety of national circulation magazines, newspapers, and websites. I have served as the volunteer book editor of the National Association of Science Writers since 2000. See archives: https://www.nasw.org/article/advance-copy. I am working on a book on adolescent sleep, school start times, and mental health. I am a member of the advisory board of Start School Later. I also am a science book moderator for the Tucson Festival of Books.

More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynne_Lamberg

 

info Subjects

General

Arts & Culture
Education
Health & Medicine
Science

Specialties

Mental Health, particularly adolescent mental health, Sleep, Biological Rhythms, Dreams

notepad Skills

  • Articles
  • Blog posts
  • Books
  • Editing
  • Essays
  • Feature writing
  • News
  • Profiles
  • Q&A
  • Op-Ed

notepad Writing Credits

Lamberg, Lynne
Studies of Sleep and Dreams Reveal How the Brain Works
Psychiatric News, January 1, 2025, 60(1):31
https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2025.01.12.30

Caskadon, Mary, PhD, & Lamberg, Lynne
Give America’s teens a break: Switch to permanent standard time
The Hill, March 9, 2024
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/4516547-give-americas-teens-a-break-switch-to-permanent-standard-time/

Caskadon, Mary, PhD, & Lamberg, Lynne
US Schools Flunk the Start Time Test
The Messenger, September 9, 2023
http://www.sleepforscience.org/stuff/contentmgr/files/13214c3353ebfead42352ec8adde86e2/pdf1/carskadon___lamberg__us_schools_flunk_the_start_time_test__the_messenger__230909.pdf

notepad Book Credits

Smolensky, Michael, PhD, and Lamberg, Lynne. The Body Clock Guide to Better Health: How to Use Your Body’s Natural Clock to Fight Illness and Achieve Maximum Health (New York: Henry Holt & Company, 2000; Owl Books, 2001), winner of 2001 Outstanding Book Award, American Society of Journalists and Authors).

Lamberg, Lynne. Bodyrhythms: Chronobiology and Peak Performance (William Morrow & Co., 1994, and iuniverse.com, 2000), http://www.iuniverse.com/marketplace/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0%2D595%2D14785%2D2

Cartwright, Rosalind, Ph.D., and Lamberg, Lynne. Crisis Dreaming: Using Your Dreams to Solve Your Problems, (HarperCollins, 1992 and iuniverse.com, 2001), http://www.iuniverse.com/marketplace/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0%2D595%2D15551%2D0

Lamberg, Lynne. Drugs and Sleep (Chelsea House, 1989).

Lamberg, Lynne. The American Medical Association Guide to Better Sleep (Random House, 1984).

star Awards, Honors, Appointments

2024                   American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Sleep Health Advocate Award, for raising public awareness of sleep medicine 

2016                   National Association of Science Writers, Diane McGurgan Service Award, for volunteer service as NASW’s Book Editor for 16+ years, producing resources that highlight members’ work and provide support for authors.

2005                   National Sleep Foundation Communications’ Career Leadership Award for skill in translating complex scientific concepts and reporting on diverse aspects of sleep medicine for a variety of audiences for three-plus decades

2006                   Society for Women’s Health Research Excellence in Women’s Health Research Journalism Award

1999                   National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Outstanding Media Award

1991, 2004         University of Maryland, College Park MD, Knight Fellowships for science journalists to study brain science

Selected Work

As author, unless indicated otherwise.

Caskadon, Mary, PhD, & Lamberg, Lynne US Schools Flunk the Start Time Test

Op-Ed, The Messenger.comSeptember 2023

Exploration of science supporting 8:30 a.m. or later school start times for adolescents.

 

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