Roxanne Prichard, PhD
@roxanneprichard.bsky.social
Professor, Sleep Researcher, Speaker. Passionate about Inclusive Excellence in Teaching, Sleep as Social Justice, and Pleasure Activism.
I'm watching @netflix.com Famous Last Words with Gloria Steinem now. I am so grateful for her life's work, and immensely proud to have published in @msmagazine.com. I learned today that Gloria's mother was also one who experienced menopausal sleeping pill addiction. msmagazine.com/2025/08/01/w...
Sleep Is a Feminist Issue: Why Women’s Rest Is Political
the medical system has long dismissed women’s sleep struggles—especially during menopause—putting their health and lives at risk.
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I appreciate this list -- especially Narcan & emergency contraception. I would also include a tourniquet. #StopTheBleed Here in MN, we talk about what can and can't be left in the car. Naloxone doesn't do well at extreme temps. www.cnn.com/2026/08/29/h...
Healthcare adulting begins with a well-stocked first aid kit for college life | CNN
A physician and mother recommends common medications, emergency supplies and other helpful tools for a first aid kit that’s easily accessible for college students.
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I went to Hugh school in East Tennessee and got to perform in some of the same theatres where she started singing. Thank you, Dolly. What a magnificent legacy she leaves. #ImaginationLibrary #VaccineDevelopment
Where does your "Mind after Midnight" wander? Mine frets about the excessive space junk induced Kessler Effect. I had the chance to ask the Papal astronomer (Br. Guy Consolmagno, PhD) if it was a rational worry. He replied it was an inevitability. That didn't help. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/w...
A Ton of Space Junk Tumbles Unpredictably to Earth Every Week
Flaming chunks of metal crash into homes, farms and parking lots. Who’s to blame? And who pays for the damage?
nytimes.com
I talked to a neighbor whose Somali US citizen grandmother was wrongly detained by ICE and sent to a detention center in Louisiana. Access to beds was in eight hour shifts in a room like this, and they drugged the women to get them to sleep during the day.
Drew Harwell@drewharwell.com · 3mo ago86 people in a single ICE holding room, "all jostling for space in a closet of humanity that smelled of sweat, urine and feces." What would we call it anywhere else? www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
I was thankful for a church service this weekend on grieving political violence. Here in St. Paul, it’s the 10th anniversary of the murder of Philando Castile, a beloved school team member and part of our neighborhood. So much grief, so little accountability.
Quinta Jurecic@qjurecic.bsky.social · 3mo agoIt’s been six months since the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Here is how the federal government has stonewalled investigations, and how Minnesota law enforcement is attempting to push for accountability anyway
I used Fitbit for > 10 years to track sleep and CV activity. Im so disappointed with the Google Health takeover a few weeks ago. The data reliability is poor & UX stinks. As a sleep researcher, I know I don’t need a wearable to tell me how well I slept. Ps: I slept a fine 6.5 hr last night.
Enjoying summer solstice from one of the most amazing buildings on the continent. The gardens are so peaceful at the North American Baha’i temple.
I'm heading to Baltimore for #SLEEP2026! I'm so excited for my students' presentations and to learn from colleagues. Our lab's presentations are on: 1) ICE Stress, Insomnia & Nightmares College Students: 2) Sleep Locus of Control, Cannabis & Alcohol 3) Idiopathic Hypersomnia Misdiagnosis
🧵I was educated in Knox County, TN public schools. Even though Pulitzer-winner Alex Haley was literally the next county over, and I was in high school the year he passed, his name was never mentioned in school. Nor was hometown hero & poet Nikki Giovanni name. www.wbir.com/article/news...
Knox County Schools adds Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Roots' to list of banned books
Knox County Schools recently took Alex Haley's influential novel, "Roots," off library shelves under the Age-Appropriate Materials Act.
wbir.com
This Mother’s Day, I’m grieving all the senseless loss in our community. * the Hortman’s assassinated on Father’s Day; * mass shooting at Annunciation; * Good & Pretti murdered by ICE *Thousands of neighbors deported, with grieving students left behind * 70 children in held in detention
Just a reminder from my N of 20 health psychology class who completed the POMS (profile of mood states) before and after a 45 minute walk along the Mississippi River: taking a walk outside is good for the mood, with the effect sizes on par with a 12 week training in meditation or yoga.
THIS! Stress testing --> *canceling childhood cancer research *ending USAID *crippling forest service *kneecapping mRNA vaccines *dictating medical school curriculums *eliminating social groups from military service *disenfranchising women and on and on
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 6mo agoIt’s hard not to see Vance’s criticism of the Pope’s theological bona fides as just silly hubris. But I also see it as a stress test of sorts — can they manipulate sentiment against a pontiff. Not for Trump’s interests. More likely for Thiel’s.
I went to Dr. Charles R. Drew elementary so I knew of his legacy establishing blood banks and fighting against medical segregation. Today I learned he was one of the too many physicians who died young in a fall asleep at the wheel accident after working all night. bloodcancer.org.uk/news/charles...
Hi sleep folks— it’s starting to be the season of school sponsored all night grad parties with the extremely sleep deprived teens driving themselves and others home in early morning. Does anyone have policy briefs about this? www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/l...
After drowsy driving tragedy a year ago, all-night Bainbridge grad tradition will go on
Last year, a Bainbridge grad reportedly fell asleep while driving after the event and hit two joggers.
kitsapsun.com
A 70F day in Minnesota in March means class outside, even if it’s brain 🧠 dissection day.
In honor of #BrainAwarenessWeek, students @uofstthomasmn.bsky.social created a Brain Injury & Recovery exhibit inspired by alum Paul Rousseau’s memoir of surviving a gunshot wound to the head: Friendly Fire. @paulwrites7.bsky.social @danafoundation.bsky.social
Hi! Our team is collecting data on sleep and wellbeing of adults living in the Twin Cities metro area during this winter’s ICE activities. The survey is available in English and Somali stthomas.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Please share! (Thank you, @twincitiesgeek.com)
I’m here today at the Minnesota State Capitol, offering expert testimony in favor of HF 1944 adopting permanent standard time. I was also the person to “fix” the clock in the senate committee room, winding it back one hour outside of natural time. @savestandard.bsky.social
Hi! Our team is collecting data on sleep and wellbeing of adults living in the Twin Cities metro area during this winter’s ICE activities. Please share! @twincitiesgeek.com stthomas.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Pls Share: Twin Cities metro area residents: We want to know about your experiences of stress and sleep during Operations Metro Surge. Take the 10 min anonymous survey here. stthomas.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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I love speaking about sleep & mental health, athletics, and academic success! So many college students have questions about sleep health. Often I am able to help a student with an undiagnosed sleep disorder navigate to the appropriate clinician. www.hypersomniafoundation.org has a free webinar Th!
What are hypersomnia sleep disorders, such as idiopathic hypersomnia, narcolepsy types 1 and 2, and Kleine-Levin syndrome? - Hypersomnia Foundation
The Hypersomnia Foundation is building a community to educate, empower, and support people who have idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) and related sleep disorders, including narcolepsy types 1 and 2 (NT 1 an...
hypersomniafoundation.org
In winter, I like taking pictures of tree branches that look like dendrites.
I'm about halfway through this nearer-than-I-want-it-to-be AI takes over medicine speculative fiction novel and loving it. As a sleep neuroscientist and pre-health advisor, I particularly appreciate Dr. Key's precision throughout regarding MedEd culture & science discovery. Thank you!
Justin C. Key@justinkey.bsky.social · 8mo agoMinnesota great & respiratory titan Jessie Diggins! Medaling in three Olympics, already the most decorated US Nordic skier of all time before this morning’s epic kick for Bronze with bruised ribs. A fierce sleep and mental health advocate who openly discusses her ED recovery. Thank you.
I’ve been supporting peace and democracy here in the Twin Cities through different avenues: education, legislative advocacy, mutual aid, coalition-building, but my favorite is delighting in immigrant-owned businesses.
It's the start of #BlackHistoryMonth and the new semester. Today, I'm grateful for the educational legacies of George Washington Carver Pauli Murray bell hooks Octavia E. Butler Charles R. Drew Ronald E. McNair James Baldwin What about you?
