Richard Horner

Richard Horner is a Professor of Medicine and Physiology at the University of Toronto, and a Canada Research Chair. Richard is author of the book The Universal Pastime: Sleep and Rest Explained. Richard is also the author of over a hundred research papers and chapters in textbooks on sleep science. His research identifies mechanisms of sleep, sedation and anesthesia. He engages with the media on various platforms to discuss sleep 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. Richard leads undergraduate and graduate teaching on sleep science at the University of Toronto. He has won awards for his research and teaching.