Doctor Stephen Emegbo BSc (hon), MSc, PgDip, PhD
Lecturer in Healthcare Sciences
Summary
Stephen Emegbo is an academic in healthcare science with a specialism in the field of sleep physiology. He was previously employed as a Senior Clinical Physiologist at the Liverpool Sleep & Ventilation Centre, Aintree University Hospitals, and the sleep service lead at York Hospital. With over 25 years of experience, Dr. Emegbo has made significant contributions to sleep medicine and physiology through his clinical, research, and academic work.
He earned his PhD in Sleep Physiology from the University of Surrey, focusing on age and gender differences in healthy human sleep. and is actively involved in the sleep community, previously serving as a technical assessor for the United Kingdom Accreditation Service on the IQIPS scheme and executive committee member of the British Sleep Society (BSS).
In addition to his clinical role, he is a director of research and development at Performance Sleep, where he applies his expertise to enhance sleep efficiency and performance, particularly in the context of sports. He is also has a research interest in the role of sleep in the development and severity of frailty and the Irisin-BDNF axis in the interaction between sleep and exercise.
About
Stephen Emegbo is an academic in healthcare science with a specialism in the field of sleep physiology. He was previously employed as a Senior Clinical Physiologist at the Liverpool Sleep & Ventilation Centre, Aintree University Hospitals, and the sleep service lead at York Hospital. With over 25 years of experience, Dr. Emegbo has made significant contributions to sleep medicine and physiology through his clinical, research, and academic work.
He earned his PhD in Sleep Physiology from the University of Surrey, focusing on age and gender differences in healthy human sleep. and is actively involved in the sleep community, previously serving as a technical assessor for the United Kingdom Accreditation Service on the IQIPS scheme and executive committee member of the British Sleep Society (BSS).
In addition to his clinical role, he is a director of research and development at Performance Sleep, where he applies his expertise to enhance sleep efficiency and performance, particularly in the context of sports. He is also has a research interest in the role of sleep in the development and severity of frailty and the Irisin-BDNF axis in the interaction between sleep and exercise.
Teaching
School of Biosciences and Chemistry
College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences
Healthcare Science
Sleep Physiology
Publications
Journal articles
Sprung, V.S., Kemp, G.J., Wilding, J.P.H., Adams, V., Murphy, K., Burgess, M., ... Cuthbertson, D.J. (2020). Randomised, cOntrolled Multicentre trial of 26 weeks subcutaneous liraglutide (a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor Agonist), with or without contiNuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and obstructive sleep apnoEa (OSA) (ROMANCE): study protocol assessing the effects of weight loss on the apnea–hypnoea index (AHI). BMJ Open, 10 (7), e038856. http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038856
Chakrabarti, B., Emegbo, S., Craig, S., Duffy, N., & O'Reilly, J. (2017). Pulse transit time changes in subjects exhibiting sleep disordered breathing. Respiratory Medicine, 122, 18-22. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2016.11.014
Pedlar, C.R., Lane, A.M., Lloyd, J.C., Dawson, J., Emegbo, S., Whyte, G.P., & Stanley, N. (2007). Sleep Profiles and Mood States During an Expedition to the South Pole. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, 18 (2), 127-132. http://doi.org/10.1580/06-weme-br-039r1.1
Hindmarch, I., Legangneux, E., Stanley, N., Emegbo, S., & Dawson, J. (2006). A double‐blind, placebo‐controlled investigation of the residual psychomotor and cognitive effects of zolpidem‐MR in healthy elderly volunteers. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 62 (5), 538-545. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2125.2006.02705.x
Stanley, N., Emegbo, S., Pedlar, C., & Whyte, G. (2003). NOCTURNAL RESPIRATORY EVENTS DURING SLEEP IN ACUTE NORMOBARIC HYPOXIA IN RECREATIONAL ATHLETES. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 35 (Supplement 1), S162. http://doi.org/10.1097/00005768-200305001-00892
Valipour, A., Makker, H.K., Hardy, R., Emegbo, S., Toma, T., & Spiro, S.G. (2002). Symptomatic Gastroesophageal Reflux in Subjects With a Breathing Sleep Disorder. Chest, 121 (6), 1748-1753. http://doi.org/10.1378/chest.121.6.1748