"The Era Of Circadian Lighting In Health Care Is Dawning" - Stacey Burling
Mariana Figueiro, director of the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, worked with the Mount Sinai Hospital to improve lighting for stem-cell transplant patients. The intervention had “very positive effects” on depression, fatigue, and sleep quality. William H. Redd, PhD, professor of oncological sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, who is involved in that light research, worries that enthusiasm for circadian lighting may have gotten ahead of the science but is himself enthusiastic. “I personally believe that this has gigantic potential,” he said. The stem-cell unit is a good place to test light, he said, because patients are there at least two weeks.
- William H. Redd, PhD, Professor, Oncological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai