So it's my great pleasure to introduce
我很荣幸的向大家介绍
Maurice M. Ohayon from Stanford University He is a psychiatrist in the Department of Psychiatry
斯坦福大学的莫里斯欧哈杨 他是斯坦福大学精神病学
and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University
和行为科学系的 一名精神病学专家
And he is the Director of Stanford Epidemiologic Research Center He has an unusual background
也是斯坦福流行病研究中心的主任 他的学科背景很不寻常
He has a PhD in biology but he also has doctors in mathematics as well as computer sciences
他是生物学的博士 但他也同时获得了数学和计算机科学的博士学位
And he really joined forces with this sleep community about 15 years ago
大约在15年前 他开始从事睡眠方面的研究
where his research began to focus on epidemiology of sleep and mental disorders in the general population
当时他的研究方向着重于 普通人群的睡眠和精神失调情况
And I know from all the research that I do if you are in the mode of writing an NIH grants
从我所开展的所有研究来看 如果你正在完成国家健康研究所的研究项目
and you have to talk about the significance of your research and the impact on the population
你就必须要谈到你的研究意义 及其对一般人群产生的影响
Dr. Ohayon has really given us the references that we need the data we need to talk about
欧哈杨博士为我们提供了所需的参考数据 这些数据在对这些问题的研究过程中
the significance of the problem So if you need any prevalence data
非常的重要 所以如果你需要一些流行数据
on gender differences like I do or age differences
像是我需要的关于性别差异的数据 或者年龄差异的数据
we are always citing his wonderful work So fortunate for this sleep research community
那么我们都会引用到他的成果 因此他加入睡眠研究学术界
he has joined us and today he is going to talk about
是我们的荣幸 今天他演讲的主题是
epidemiology of sleep and obesity We really owe a great deal of appreciation to him
睡眠和肥胖症的流行病学研究 我们真的非常感谢
for his contributions to sleep research So join me in a warm welcome for Dr. Ohayon
他为睡眠研究领域所做出的贡献 下面请和我一起欢迎欧哈杨博士