Doctor Stephen Emegbo BSc (hon), MSc, PgDip, PhD
Lecturer in Healthcare Sciences
Summary
Stephen Emegbo is an academic in healthcare science with a specialism in the field of sleep physiology. He was previously employed as a Senior Clinical Physiologist at the Liverpool Sleep & Ventilation Centre, Aintree University Hospitals, and the sleep service lead at York Hospital. With over 25 years of experience, Dr. Emegbo has made significant contributions to sleep medicine and physiology through his clinical, research, and academic work.
He earned his PhD in Sleep Physiology from the University of Surrey, focusing on age and gender differences in healthy human sleep. and is actively involved in the sleep community, previously serving as a technical assessor for the United Kingdom Accreditation Service on the IQIPS scheme and executive committee member of the British Sleep Society (BSS).
In addition to his clinical role, he is a director of research and development at Performance Sleep, where he applies his expertise to enhance sleep efficiency and performance, particularly in the context of sports. He is also has a research interest in the role of sleep in the development and severity of frailty and the Irisin-BDNF axis in the interaction between sleep and exercise.
About
Stephen Emegbo is an academic in healthcare science with a specialism in the field of sleep physiology. He was previously employed as a Senior Clinical Physiologist at the Liverpool Sleep & Ventilation Centre, Aintree University Hospitals, and the sleep service lead at York Hospital. With over 25 years of experience, Dr. Emegbo has made significant contributions to sleep medicine and physiology through his clinical, research, and academic work.
He earned his PhD in Sleep Physiology from the University of Surrey, focusing on age and gender differences in healthy human sleep. and is actively involved in the sleep community, previously serving as a technical assessor for the United Kingdom Accreditation Service on the IQIPS scheme and executive committee member of the British Sleep Society (BSS).
In addition to his clinical role, he is a director of research and development at Performance Sleep, where he applies his expertise to enhance sleep efficiency and performance, particularly in the context of sports. He is also has a research interest in the role of sleep in the development and severity of frailty and the Irisin-BDNF axis in the interaction between sleep and exercise.
Teaching
School of Biosciences and Chemistry
College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences
Healthcare Science
Sleep Physiology