Professor Leanne Fleming

Professor Leanne Fleming, Director

Leanne Fleming is Professor of Clinical Sleep Research and Director of the Strathclyde Sleep Centre at the University of Strathclyde. Her research focuses on the aetiology, maintenance and treatment of insomnia disorder using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. She is particularly interested in the interaction between sleep and mental health, and a key focus of her work is supporting people with cancer to sleep well during and beyond cancer treatment.

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Dr Megan Crawford discusses sleep (Cadal) on BBC Alba’s Trusadh

An do dhùisg thu gu math? How was your sleep?

Trusadh – Cadal (Sleep)
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Strathclyde Sleep Centre co-director Dr Megan Crawford recently met with Gaelic singer and broadcaster Joy Dunlop for BBC Alba’s Trusadh series. Their recent episode Cadal – Scottish Gaelic for ‘Sleep’ – follows Joy Dunlop as she meets with people from across Scotland to discuss their sleep and their struggles with it.

The episode emphasises the importance of sleep for the health and wellbeing of the country, and Strathclyde Sleep Centre is highlighted as one of the few places in Scotland conducting research into sleep. Dr Crawford discusses some of the research that we undertake, particularly around investigating and adapting cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), and provides some useful advice for how we might go about improving our sleep.

The episode – Cadal – aired on BBC Alba on the 18th of November 2025. You can watch the episode on BBC iPlayer by Clicking Here.

Note: You may not be able to access the episode on BBC iPlayer after the 18th of December 2025.

Gach deagh dhùrachd. Oidhche mhath agus cadal math!
Best wishes. Good night and sleep well!

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