Additional Info

Specialty Subjects : Mental Health, particularly adolescent mental health, Sleep, Biological Rhythms, Dreams

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. T he American Medical Association Guide to Better Sleep (Random House, 1984).

Enter your professional bio here : As a science 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 am also a science book moderator for the Tucson Festival of Books. I received the 2024 Sleep Health Advocate Award from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine for my reporting. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynne_Lamberg

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

Awards and Recognition : 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

Skills (Select all that apply) : Articles, Blog posts, Books, Editing, Essays, Feature writing, News, Profiles, Q&A, Op-Ed

List any memberships you have with other organizations : National Association of Science Writers (Book Editor), Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ), Education Writers Association, Authors Guild, Education Writers Association, Association of Science Communicators