Richard Horner is Full Professor in the Department of Physiology & Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology (2007-2021), and Vice-Chair, Research, in the Department of Physiology (2021-2024).
He is author of over 140 research articles in peer-reviewed journals, and chapters in textbooks including Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine and the Murray & Nadel’s Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. His research has been continually supported by CIHR since 1998.
For his body of work in sleep and breathing, Dr. Horner was elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (FCAHS) in 2017. In 2023 he was awarded the Distinguished Lecturer Award in Sleep Sciences by the CIHR-Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health and Canadian Sleep Society.
Dr. Horner also leads and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on sleep science in the Faculty of Medicine spanning basic physiology to clinical problems. Dr. Horner has won awards for his research and teaching, including from the Faculty of Medicine for ‘Sustained Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentorship’ (2015) and ‘Excellence in Linking Undergraduate Teaching to Research’ (2013).
Dr. Horner engages with the media via radio, television, and print to discuss sleep science and health. He also collaborated on a short play – Somniloquy, with the UK playwright Craig Baxter – that dramatized the workings of the brain in sleep. He is the author of a book for the general public – The Universal Pastime: Sleep and Rest Explained.
Dr. Michael Stickland is a Professor in the Pulmonary Division within the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta. Dr. Stickland is the Director of the G. F. MacDonald Centre for Lung Health, which delivers the primary pulmonary rehabilitation program in Edmonton.
Dr. Stickland’s research interests include understanding exercise intolerance in patients with pulmonary and cardiovascular conditions, and developing clinical innovations to improve the delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation. Dr. Stickland is an editorial board member for CHEST and the Journal of Applied Physiology. His research is funded by: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada, Canadian Respiratory Research Network, the Canadian Foundation of Innovation.
