Jeffrey Durmer is a systems neuroscientist, neurologist, and sleep medicine physician. He earned his MD and Ph.D. in systems neuroscience from the University of Pennsylvania, is the past director of the Emory University Sleep Laboratory and Pediatric Sleep Medicine Program, and co-founder of Nox Health, a population sleep healthcare company based in the Atlanta, GA, and Nox Medical, a leading sleep technology firm based in Reykjavik, Iceland.
He is a member of the NIH Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board, serves on the Board of Directors of the RLS Foundation, is chair of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation Development Council, and is the Sleep Performance Director for the United States Olympic Weightlifting team, along with many other professional and elite athletic organizations. Currently, he is the Chief Medical Officer of Absolute Rest, a tech-enabled high-performance sleep health and behavioral management company.
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