Ana Brito

Dr Ana Brito

Clinical sleep physiologist and Sleep Practitioner

About Dr Ana Brito

Dr. Ana Brito is a sleep physiologist and sleep coach with 18 years of Clinical and Educational experience within the sleep field. She has over 10 years of NHS experience within sleep departments, 4 of them in a paediatric setting. She is passionate about education and supporting adults and families with children improving their sleep.

She is currently supporting the sleep diagnostic services at Evelina’s London Children’s Hospital and also working with cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia in adults.

Qualifications

Associate’s Degree – Respiratory and Cardiac Physiology
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra (2001 – 2005)
Master’s Degree – Sleep Sciences – biological signals spectral analysis and sleep disorders diagnosis
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa (October 2007 – December 2010)
PhD program – Sleep Disturbance on HIV
Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine (2014)

Notable Achievements

  • Certified Somnologist: ESRS Examination for sleep experts
  • Masterclass in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBTI)

Publications

The influence of anxiety, hostility and type D personality on health behaviors of university students.
Saúde & Tecnologia, 5-11. – Dores, A.R., Barros, D.D., Brito, A.L., Singh, S., & Teixeira, R.J. (2018)
Contributed to “Sleep Apnoea Frontiers”
ISBN 978-981-99-7901-1

Courses taught by Dr Ana Brito

Sleep Practitioner Programme

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