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Sebastiaan Overeem is Full Professor in the Signal Processing Systems group (Department of Electrical Engineering). He is a clinical somnologist and a neuroscientist, holding the chair Advanced Sleep Monitoring. He focuses on the development, validation and implementation of new diagnostic methods for sleep and sleep disorders.
Overeem has a broad interest and experience in the field of sleep medicine. An important focus has been on narcolepsy, including the neurophysiology of cataplexy and the biology of the hypocretin system. The hypocretin-system formed the initial link to sleep in Parkinson’s disease, when it was shown that hypocretin defects are present in Parkinson’s as a cause of sleep disturbances. Assessing sleep disorders in neurodegenerative disease posed a technological challenge, resulting in the first collaboration with Eindhoven University of Technology.
Within the framework of the Eindhoven MedTech Innovation Center, Overeem is coordinating various research efforts aiming to improve the diagnosis of sleep disorders, through new non-obtrusive measurement modalities, in addition to advanced analysis methods for sleep. Besides objective measures, the assessement of subjective sleep experience and symptoms is an integral topic of research.
His clinical work as a sleep medicine specialist takes place at the Center for Sleep Medicine Kempenhaeghe.
He published over 225 peer-reviewed papers, which are frequently cited (>12000 citations, Web of Science H-index 55, i10 index 124).
Academic background
Sebastiaan Overeem holds a PhD (2003, cum laude) and MD (2004, cum laude) from Leiden University. Part of his thesis work took place at the Center for Narcolepsy Research at Stanford University. After graduating, he worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology at Radboud University Medical Center from 2005 to 2015. In 2008, he took up the position of somnologist at Sleep Medicine Center Kempenhaeghe. Overeem joined Eindhoven University of Technology as Senior Researcher in 2015 and was appointed professor in 2017.
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“Technological developments in the area of sleep diagnostics are essential to improve the care for patients with sleep disorders, diseases with a tremendous impact on quality of life.”
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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somnologist, Center for Sleep Medicine
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LightCap: Light, Cognition, Attention, Perception (LightCap)
de Kort, Y. A. W., de Kort, Y. A. W., Smolders, K. C. H. J., Schlangen, L. J. M., Haans, A., Overeem, S., Schrijnemakers, L. R. R., Gecer, E., Verhoef, V. T. R. & Jedon, R.
1/03/20 → 29/02/24
Project: Research direct
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A deep-learning approach to assess respiratory effort with a chest-worn accelerometer during sleep
Schipper, F., van Sloun, R. J. G., Grassi, A., Overeem, S. & Fonseca, P., May 2023, In: Biomedical Signal Processing and Control. 83, 12 p., 104726.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Assessment of obstructive sleep apnea severity using audio-based snoring features
Xie, J., Fonseca, P., van Dijk, J., Overeem, S. & Long, X., Sept 2023, In: Biomedical Signal Processing and Control. 86, Part A, 11 p., 104942.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Can body position be arrhythmogenic?
van den Broek, J. L. P. M., Heydari, S., Zhan, Z., van ’t Veer, M., Sammali, F., Overeem, S., van den Heuvel, E. R. & Dekker, L. R., May 2023, In: Sleep Medicine. 105, p. 21-24 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Contactless Camera-Based Sleep Staging: The HealthBed Study
van Meulen, F., Grassi, A., van den Heuvel, L., Overeem, S., van Gilst, M. M., van Dijk, J., Maass, H., van Gastel, M. J. H. & Fonseca, P., 12 Jan 2023, In: Bioengineering. 10, 1, 15 p., 109.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Effects of solriamfetol on on-the-road driving in participants with narcolepsy: A randomised crossover trial
Vinckenbosch, F., Lammers, G. J., Overeem, S., Chen, D., Wang, G., Carter, L. P., Zhou, K., Ramaekers, J. G. & Vermeeren, A., Jan 2023, In: Human Psychopharmacology. 38, 1, 10 p., e2858.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Supplementary Material for: Long-Term Occupational Sleep Loss and Post-Retirement Cognitive Decline or Dementia
Thomas, J. (Creator), Overeem, S. (Creator) & Claassen, J. A. H. R. (Contributor), Karger Publishers, 25 May 2020
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12366440
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Effects of long-term sleep disruption on cognitive function and brain amyloid-β burden: a case-control study
Thomas, J. (Creator), Ooms, S. J. (Creator), Mentink, L. J. (Creator), Booij, J. (Creator), Olde Rikkert, M. G. M. (Contributor), Overeem, S. (Creator), Kessels, R. P. C. (Creator) & Claassen, J. A. H. R. (Creator), Figshare, 27 Aug 2020
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5103583
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Prizes
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Probing paralysis; cataplexy versus the physiological weakness of sleep
Overeem, Sebastiaan (Recipient), 2005
Prize: NWO › Veni › Scientific
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The power of a nap: sleep benefit in Parkinson’s Disease
Overeem, Sebastiaan (Recipient), 2011
Prize: NWO › Vidi › Scientific
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VCBM 2021 Honorable Mention
Garcia Caballero, Humberto (Recipient), Corvo, Alberto (Recipient), van Meulen, Fokke (Recipient), Fonseca, Pedro (Recipient), Overeem, Sebastiaan (Recipient), van Wijk, Jack J. (Recipient) & Westenberg, Michel A. (Recipient), 24 Sept 2021
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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Developments in the assessment of sleep and circadian rhythms
Sebastiaan Overeem (Organiser)
10 May 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Workshop, seminar, course or exhibition › Scientific
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Waarom kan je je niet herinneren dat je in slaap bent gevallen?
Sebastiaan Overeem (Speaker)
2 May 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Keynote talk › Popular
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A Somnologist's Dream
Sebastiaan Overeem (Speaker)
19 Jan 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Plenary talk › Professional
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Sleep Medicine Reviews (Journal)
Sebastiaan Overeem (Editorial board member)
2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity › Scientific
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Somnoloog: 'Apparaten die je slaap meten, zijn maar beperkt betrouwbaar'
8/05/21
1 Media contribution
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Tel jij altijd obsessief je uren slaap? Misschien lijd je aan orthosomnia.
7/04/21
1 Media contribution
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Voor opsporen slaapapneu is [dit] wellicht niet meer nodig
2/12/19
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