Dr Sophie Bostock is a sleep scientist who believes sleep is the most underrated performance tool we have. She trained in medicine at the University of Nottingham. Her PhD in Health Psychology at UCL looked at why happiness protects against heart disease, and the research kept pointing to sleep as the hidden driver of mental and physical resilience. She spent five years at Big Health working on Sleepio, its award-winning digital sleep programme, first as a research scientist and then as UK Innovation Lead. She went on to found The Sleep Scientist, where she gives keynotes, consulting and coaching on sleep routines, sleep environments and habits. She often appears in the media as a sleep expert, including on ITV’s This Morning and in the ITV documentary Why Can’t We Sleep?
