Prof Russell Foster: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- head of the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute at the University of Oxford
- Quoted on
- Dementia
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“There's increasing evidence surrounding a lack of sleep's association with cognitive decline later in life... poor sleep during the middle years is a risk factor for dementia in later years, because the brain loses its ability to effectively clear these toxins.”
Where Prof Russell Foster has been quoted
- Do we really need eight hours sleep a night – and what happens if we don’t get it?theguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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