Colin Espie PhD, DSc, FRSM,

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(born 1957) is a Scottish Professor of Sleep Medicine in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience at the

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and Fellow of

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. He is closely involved with the development of the Sir Jules Thorn Sleep & Circadian Neuroscience Institute (SCNi) where he is Founding Director of th
Experimental & Clinical Sleep Medicine Research
programme, and Clinical Director of th
Oxford Online Programme in Sleep Medicine
His particular areas o
research expertise
are in the assessment and treatment of sleep disorders, most particularly the management of insomnia using

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a psycho-social intervention that aims to reduce symptoms of various mental health conditions, primarily depression and anxiety disorders. CBT focuses on challenging and changing cognitive distortions (suc ...

, and in studies on the

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and

pathophysiology Pathophysiology ( physiopathology) – a convergence of pathology with physiology – is the study of the disordered physiological processes that cause, result from, or are otherwise associated with a disease or injury. Pathology is the ...

of insomnia.

Biography

Educated at the

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with a PHD and DSc on sleep disorders, Espie was the founding Director of the University of Glasgow Sleep Centre from 1995 - 2012. He holds and has held adjunct or visiting professorial appointments at the Universities of Sydney, Rome (la Sapienza), Laval (Quebec City) and Rochester (NY).Oxford University website
Prof Colin Espie, biography
accessed April 2014 Espie co-founde
Big Health
the digital therapeutics company, with entrepreneur Peter Hames. The first programme, Sleepio is a fully automated digital CBT sleep improvement program, launched in 2010 with the intention "to disseminate evidence based CBT" and make "CBT for insomnia accessible to the wider population for the first time". The programme has been validated in a randomised placebo-controlled trial and has since been subject to a total of 12 pre-registered RCTs. Sleepio – Research
accessed April 2014 Sleepio received a U
NICE Guideline
in May 2022 Espie ha
published
over 300 scientific papers and has written and edited several books.

Other appointments

Espie is an Emeritus Professor in the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow. He is Deputy Editor for the
Journal of Sleep Research
', the official journal of the ESRS, serves on the Editorial Board o
Sleep Medicine Reviews
and holds or has held many positions on national and international committees relating to sleep disorders and their treatment. He has been the recipient of numerous awards for his professional contributions including from th
Sleep Research Society
th
Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine
and an Honorary Fellowship of th
BABCP
(British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy).

Selected publications

Espie, C.A., Lindsay, W.R., Brooks, D.N., Hood, E.M. & Turvey, T. (1989) A controlled comparative investigation of psychological treatments for chronic sleep-onset insomnia. Behaviour Research and Therapy 27, 79-88 Espie, C.A., MacMahon, K.M.A., Kelly, H-L., Broomfield, N.M., Douglas, N.J., Engleman, H.E., McKinstry, B., Morin, C.M. Walker, A. & Wilson, P. (2007) Randomised clinical effectiveness trial of nurse-administered small group CBT for persistent insomnia in general practice. Sleep 30, 574-584 Espie, C.A., Fleming, L., Cassidy, J., Samuel, L., Taylor, L.M., White, C.A., Douglas, N.J., Engleman, H.E., Kelly, H-L. & Paul, J. (2008) Randomized controlled clinical effectiveness trial of Cognitive Behavior Therapy versus Treatment as Usual for persistent insomnia in cancer patients. Journal of Clinical Oncology 26, 4651-4658 Espie, C.A., Kyle, S.D, Williams, C., Ong, J.C., Douglas, N.J., Hames, P., & Brown, J.S.L. (2012) A randomized, placebo-controlled, trial of online Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for chronic Insomnia Disorder delivered via an automated media-rich web application. SLEEP 35, 769-781 Espie, C.A., Emsley, R., Kyle, S.D., Gordon, C., Drake, C.L., Siriwardena, A.N., Cape, J., Ong, J.C., Sheaves, B., Foster, R., et al. (2019). Effect of Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia on Health, Psychological Well-being, and Sleep-Related Quality of Life: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry 76, 21-30. Miller, A. Espie, C.A. & Scott, J. (2004) The sleep of remitted bipolar outpatients: a controlled naturalistic study using actigraphy. Journal of Affective Disorders 80, 145-153 Stott, R,, Pimm, J,, Emsley, R., Miller, C.B., & Espie, C.A. (2021) Does adjunctive digital CBT for insomnia improve clinical outcomes in an improving access to psychological therapies service? Behavior Research & Therapy 144, 103922 Freeman, D., Sheaves, B., Goodwin, G.M., Yu, L.M., Nickless, A., Harrison, P.J., Emsley, R., Luik, A.I., Foster, R.G., Wadekar, V., Hinds, C., Gumley, A., Jones, R., Lightman, S., Jones, S., Bentall, R., Kinderman, P., Rowse, G., Brugha, T., Blagrove, M., Gregory, A.M., Fleming, L., Walklet, E., Glazebrook, C., Davies, E.B., Hollis, C., Haddock, G., John, B., Coulson, M., Fowler, D., Pugh, K., Cape, J., Moseley, P., Brown, G., Hughes, C., Obonsawin, M., Coker, S., Watkins, E., Schwannauer, M., MacMahon, K., Siriwardena, A.N. & Espie, C.A. (2017). The effects of improving sleep on mental health (OASIS): a randomised controlled trial with mediation analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry 4, 749-758. Maurer, L.F., Espie, C.A., Omlin, X., Reid, M.J., Sharman, R., Gavriloff, D., Emsley, R & Kyle S.D. (2020). Isolating the role of time in bed restriction in the treatment of insomnia: A randomized, controlled, dismantling trial comparing sleep restriction therapy with time in bed regularization. SLEEP 43(11) zsaa096 Espie, C.A., Kyle, S.D., Hames, P., Gardani, M., Fleming, L., &Cape, J. (2014). The Sleep Condition Indicator: a clinical screening tool to evaluate Insomnia Disorder. BMJ Open 4:e004183.

Books

Espie, C.A. (2021
Overcoming Insomnia
A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques, 2nd edition. Little, Brown Book Group, London Baglioni, C., Espie, C.A., & Riemann D. (2022
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia across the Lifespan
Guidelines and Clinical Protocols for Health Professionals. Wiley & Sons, London, and New York Espie, C.A. (due 2023) The Clinician’s Guide to Cognitive and Behavioural Therapeutics (CBTx) for Insomnia: a Scientist-Practitioner Approach. Cambridge University Press, UK Espie, C.A., Zee, P., & Morin, C.M. (due 2023) The Oxford Handbook of Sleep and Sleep Disorders (Oxford Library of Psychology) 2nd edition. Oxford University Press, USA

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Espie, Colin 1957 births Living people Scottish neuroscientists Alumni of the University of Glasgow Academics of the University of Oxford Fellows of Somerville College, Oxford

Biography

Other appointments

Selected publications

Books

See also

References