This is my Veni project, funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and running from 2025 to 2029.
Sleep is closely tied to emotional well-being, and persistent poor sleep increases the risk of psychological and physical health problems. Sleep restriction therapy is an evidence-based treatment for insomnia, yet about half of patients do not benefit from it, and the processes that keep sleep healthy are still poorly understood. In this project I bring together clinical data, mathematical models of sleep and theories of how treatment works into one formal model. The aim is to understand how these processes interact to regulate healthy sleep, and to find ways to improve treatment.
