Millions of shift workers across the U.S. face significant health challenges due to disrupted circadian rhythms. Unfortunately, current approaches often fall short of addressing these long-term health risks. 

This innovative study at Henry Ford Health is exploring a groundbreaking solution: personalized light therapy schedules and strategies designed to help align circadian rhythms with existing work schedules. The study aims to improve worker health, well-being, and on-the-job performance by supporting their natural rhythms. If you're a shift worker interested in improving your health and being part of this cutting-edge research, join researchers in redefining workplace wellness. Sign up today!

• Men and women aged 18 and older 
• Must be currently working night shifts 
• Must be willing to maintain sleep diaries, complete surveys, download and use the study mobile app, and potentially share data from smartwatches or activity trackers
• Must be able to participate virtually over approximately 8 months

• Participants will be compensated for participating in this study. Compensation will only be provided to eligible participants who complete the study.
• Participants may benefit from a system that integrates work and health, using real-time circadian tracking to optimize personal well-being, workplace efficiency, and safety.
• Participants will be contributing valuable information that may benefit night shift workers in the future.
• Participants will be helping to advance medical research.

The study team will explain the research in its entirety but some details are:

• Participants will be asked to maintain sleep diaries and regularly fill out monthly surveys over an eight-month study period, with an option to extend participation for an additional 6 weeks. 
• Participants will be asked to use the study mobile app.
• Participants may be asked to share data from smartwatches or activity trackers, and some may be invited to complete an interview. These are completely optional.

Jonny joined the Henry Ford Sleep Research Center as a Research Assistant in July 2023 after earning a B.A. in Psychology and a B.A. in Business Economics from Brown University in 2023, where he also played on their Men's Ice Hockey Team. He is the current Project Coordinator on SAIL, which focuses on the implementation of the Arcashift application for night shift workers. He also helps with SHIFT and REACT along with specializing in recruiting for LunAIRo. In his free time, Jonny enjoys playing golf and watching movies.

Jonny Russell

Marleigh coordinates the hiring and training of new lab staff and volunteers, and uses his broad understanding of current studies to facilitate the handoff of duties between departing and entering Research Assistants. He works closely with Dr. Cheng on his projects and plans to grow into a Research Coordinator position. Marleigh graduated from Eastern Michigan University in 2019 with a BS in Neuroscience with a minor in Human Biology and plans to continue to contribute to scientific pursuit with the HFH Sleep Research team. In his free time, he enjoys cooking, arranging music, and playing with his cat.

Marleigh Treger

Philip Cheng, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist who currently serves as an Associate Professor of Medicine for the Department of Sleep Medicine at Henry Ford Health, an Adjunct Research Associate Professor at the University of Michigan, and the Director of the Center for Behavioral Circadian Medicine. He is interested in sleep and circadian medicine because of its wide-reaching impacts on mental health, physical health, safety, and quality of life. Over his career, he has earned over a dozen awards for his excellence in research, student instruction, and actions toward equity, and is currently funded by multiple grants from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. Dr. Cheng has cultivated a program of research focused on the clinical translation of circadian science into practical and widely accessible tools and interventions. His primary contributions to science include investigations into sleep quality impacting symptoms of Major Depressive Disorder, novel uses of digital behavioral treatment of insomnia, the importance of sleep for stress regulation, and addressing disparities in insomnia and other health conditions as a result of racial discrimination. View a complete list of Dr. Cheng’s published work in My Bibliography or view his Henry Ford profile here.

Philip Cheng, PhD

Research Site:

Henry Ford Health

Location:

This is a virtual study open to the United States and Canada

Lead Researcher:

Phillip Cheng PhD

Ethics Committee:

This study has been reviewed and approved by the Henry Ford Health Institutional Review Board

Henry Ford Health provides a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care, and other healthcare retail. It is one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers, recognized for clinical excellence in cancer care, cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics and sports medicine, and multi-organ transplants. Consistently ranked among the top five NIH-funded institutions in Michigan, Henry Ford Health engages in more than 2,000 research projects annually. Equally committed to educating the next generation of health professionals, Henry Ford Health trains more than 4,000 medical students, residents, and fellows every year across 50+ accredited programs.

Qualified health professionals will monitor your health as it relates to the study.

This trial has been reviewed and approved by an independent ethics committee. 

All research staff that are running this trial have been trained in GCP, which assures that the rights, safety, and well-being of research subjects are protected and respected.

We follow all established national privacy standards used in all doctors' offices, hospitals and other businesses where personal medical information is stored.

All data you provide us is encrypted and stored safely and securely in accordance with security and privacy rules.

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Strictly Confidential

Your records relating to this study and any other information received will be kept strictly confidential, except as required by the law.

If you decide to participate in the study and later feel that you no longer wish to be part of it, you may withdraw at any time.

You will receive a detailed outline of all details of the study, including treatment, risks and procedures, and given the chance to ask questions to study staff, before you decide whether to participate.

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