About Umair Akram
My research examines cognitive and behavioral factors underlying insomnia. In particular, self-perception of tiredness, facial cues of tiredness, sleep-related cognitive biases and the relationship between sleep and psychiatric difficulty. On the side, I like to examine the perception and therapeutic potential of internet memes related to psychiatric disorders.
I competed my PhD at Northumbria University, examining cognition in insomnia. Following, I succesfully read for the PDip in Sleep Medicine at the University of Oxford. Prior, I completed the BSc Psychology program at the University of Hull. After working as a Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, I currently work as a Senior Lecturer in psychology at the University of Lincoln.
Moreover, I serve as an associate editor for: npj Mental Health Research, and Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (Nature).
