Prof Derk-Jan Dijk: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- group leader at the UK Dementia Research Institute Centre for Care Research & Technology at Imperial College London and the University of Surrey
- Quoted on
- Dementia, Mental health
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 8 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“This study adds to the growing body of evidence that sleep disorders, such as sleep apnoea, increase the risk for neurodegenerative disease. It is therefore important that we develop scalable technologies to diagnose and treat these sleep conditions early and effectively.”
What Prof Derk-Jan Dijk has said
“The burden to the participants is essentially zero – they don't have to sit in front of a light box or wear blue-blocking glasses.”
sleep and circadian rhythm researcher at the University of Surrey · Mental health · 27 Aug 2026 · Out of the blue? How the colour of light could be used to treat mental illness ↗
Where Prof Derk-Jan Dijk has been quoted
- Sleep problems could double risk of dementia in later life, major study findscarehomeprofessional.com · 8 Sept 2026
- Out of the blue? How the colour of light could be used to treat mental illnesstheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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