So it's my great pleasure to introduce
我很榮幸的向大家介紹
Maurice M. Ohayon from Stanford University He is a psychiatrist in the Department of Psychiatry
斯坦福大學的莫里斯歐哈楊 他是斯坦福大學精神病學
and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University
和行為科學系的 一名精神病學專家
And he is the Director of Stanford Epidemiologic Research Center He has an unusual background
也是斯坦福流行病研究中心的主任 他的學科背景很不尋常
He has a PhD in biology but he also has doctors in mathematics as well as computer sciences
他是生物學的博士 但他也同時獲得了數學和計算機科學的博士學位
And he really joined forces with this sleep community about 15 years ago
大約在15年前 他開始從事睡眠方面的研究
where his research began to focus on epidemiology of sleep and mental disorders in the general population
當時他的研究方向著重于 普通人群的睡眠和精神失調情況
And I know from all the research that I do if you are in the mode of writing an NIH grants
從我所開展的所有研究來看 如果你正在完成國家健康研究所的研究項目
and you have to talk about the significance of your research and the impact on the population
你就必須要談到你的研究意義 及其對一般人群產生的影響
Dr. Ohayon has really given us the references that we need the data we need to talk about
歐哈楊博士為我們提供了所需的參考數據 這些數據在對這些問題的研究過程中
the significance of the problem So if you need any prevalence data
非常的重要 所以如果你需要一些流行數據
on gender differences like I do or age differences
像是我需要的關于性別差異的數據 或者年齡差異的數據
we are always citing his wonderful work So fortunate for this sleep research community
那么我們都會引用到他的成果 因此他加入睡眠研究學術界
he has joined us and today he is going to talk about
是我們的榮幸 今天他演講的主題是
epidemiology of sleep and obesity We really owe a great deal of appreciation to him
睡眠和肥胖癥的流行病學研究 我們真的非常感謝
for his contributions to sleep research So join me in a warm welcome for Dr. Ohayon
他為睡眠研究領域所做出的貢獻 下面請和我一起歡迎歐哈楊博士