NISHIDA, Masaki
Master’s Program / HEALTH AND EXERCISE SCIENCE / Sleep Medicine
- SUBJECTS
- Sleep, Circadian Rhythm, Physical Exercise, Sports, Mental Health, Psychiatry, Cognitive Science, Plysomnography, Neuroscience
- PROFILE
- Masaki Nishida is a Professor of sleep science and sports psychiatry in the Faculty of sport science at Waseda University. His research scope is sleep science related to spots performance, as well as mental health in the athletes. He is also a clinical psychiatrist, specializing in sleep disorder. He is a Certified Psychiatrist of the Japanese Board of Psychiatry, Board Certified Physician of the Japanese Society of Sleep Research, and Certified sports physician, Japan Sports Association. He also serves as a board member of the Japanese Society for Sleep Research, and a director of the Japanese Association of Sports Psychiatry. Dr. Nishida earned his doctoral degree in Medical Science from the Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
- BIOGRAPHY
- Career:
2005- Harvard Medical SchoolCenter for Sleep and Cognition
2008- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
2011- Department of Psychiatry, Jichi Medical University
2015- Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology Laboratory
Educational background:
1990/04 -1996/03 Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Faculty of Medicine
Degree:
Doctor of Medical Science
Chronic sleep loss or “sleep debt,” has been shown to increase the risk of various diseases. Sleep loss also impairs our abilities to perform sports such as concentration, attention and endurance. Even athletes who appear to be healthy are no exception to this rule. It has been generally accepted that daytime sleepiness due to lack of enough sleep not only deteriorates performance skills but also increases the risk of injuries. I believe that sleep is the most essential for healthy mental state for all, especially for athletes. It is also important to investigate the relationship between sports, sleep, and mental health to ameliorate the overall health of the population, as well as improve the conditioning of athletes. My goal is to conduct scientific research that yield beneficial effect on both the human health and people in the field of sports.
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