Success Made to Last With CPT Allison Brager-Neuroscientist re: sleep disorder

WHETHER YOU’RE ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE PANDEMIC OR SHELTERING AT HOME, THE CORONAVIRUS IS LEADING TO STRESS AND TROUBLE SLEEPING.

PUT IT ALL TOGETHER, AND YOU’VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO COULD BENEFIT FROM TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL BEING.ARMY NEUROSCIENTIST, CAPTAIN ALLISON BRAGER, HAS STUDIED SURVIVAL UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS, HOW BIG OF AN IMPACT IS STRESS AND SLEEP DEPRIVATION HAVING ON PEOPLE RIGHT NOW? HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO MAINTAIN A NORMAL SLEEP ROUTINE AND STAY FIT TO HELP ALLEVIATE STRESS?​ WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TIPS YOU HAVE BEEN SHARING TO HELP SOLDIERS AIDING IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 TO MAINTAIN A SLEEP SCHEDULE AND MANAGE THEIR STRESS LEVELS? HOW HAS YOUR ARMY TRAINING PREPARED YOU FOR THE CHALLENGES THAT HAVE COME WITH THE PANDEMIC AND HOW CAN THOSE TIPS HELP OTHERS THAT ARE AT HOME?WHEN YOU ARE NOT ON THE FRONT LINES AIDING A HUMANITARIAN MISSION, YOU ARE A NEUROSCIENTIST. HOW CAN OTHERS FOLLOW IN YOUR CAREER PATH?

CPT Allison Brager was born in Youngstown, Ohio and was her class valedictorian of Youngstown-Boardman High School. CPT Brager direct commissioned into the Army in March 2017 in order to support sleep and human performance research & development portfolios as one of the few active duty neuroscientists. Prior to the Army, she was a research professor at Morehouse School of Medicine and Morehouse College -- part of the historically black college & university system and where Martin Luther King, Jr was educated -- in Atlanta, GA. In the Army, she has served as Chief of the Sleep Research Center