Delegate: Nurse Sarah Jeffries you tube channel
Delegate Short Bio: Sarah Jeffries is a former Emergency Room nurse who has worked in both the United Kingdom and the United States for over 15 years. During her clinical career she developed a strong interest in the role sleep plays in physical health, mental wellbeing, cognitive performance, and recovery from stress.
After leaving full time hospital work, Sarah began educating the public about sleep science through her YouTube channel, where she translates complex medical research into practical, easy to understand information. Her work focuses on helping people understand how sleep affects the brain, hormones, emotional regulation, and long term health.
Drawing from her experience in emergency medicine and mental health settings, Sarah is particularly interested in how chronic stress, lifestyle factors, and modern habits such as late night screen use, alcohol, and cannabis affect sleep quality and brain function.
Through online education, public speaking, and digital content, she aims to make evidence based sleep knowledge accessible to a wider audience and empower people to use sleep as a tool to improve their health, resilience, and quality of life.
Scope of Activity: Individual activity
Activity: For World Sleep Day, Sarah Jeffries will use her online platform to raise awareness about the importance of sleep for brain health, emotional regulation, and long term wellbeing.
Her activities will include publishing educational content across her YouTube channel and social media platforms explaining the science of sleep in a clear and engaging way for the general public. These videos will address common misconceptions about sleep and provide evidence based insights into how sleep impacts cognitive performance, stress regulation, and overall health.
In addition, Sarah will host a live online Q&A session focused on common sleep myths, giving her audience the opportunity to ask questions directly and learn practical strategies for improving their sleep habits.
Through these activities, Sarah aims to support the mission of World Sleep Day by increasing public understanding of sleep as a fundamental pillar of health and encouraging healthier sleep behaviors worldwide.
Location: Los Angeles
Date of Activity: March 13th 2026
