Research Center: Henry Ford Health
Location: This is a virtual study open to the United States
Lead Researcher: Phillip Cheng PhD
IRB: This study has been reviewed and approved by the Henry Ford Health Institutional Review Board

Millions of shift workers across the U.S. face significant health challenges due to disrupted circadian rhythms. Unfortunately, current approaches often fall short of addressing these long-term health risks.

This innovative study at Henry Ford Health is exploring a groundbreaking solution: personalized light therapy schedules and strategies designed to help align circadian rhythms with existing work schedules. The study aims to improve worker health, well-being, and on-the-job performance by supporting their natural rhythms. If you’re a shift worker interested in improving your health and being part of this cutting-edge research, join researchers in redefining workplace wellness. Sign up today!

• Participants will be compensated for participating in this study. Compensation will only be provided to eligible participants who complete the study.
• Participants may benefit from a system that integrates work and health, using real-time circadian tracking to optimize personal well-being, workplace efficiency, and safety.
• Participants will be contributing valuable information that may benefit night shift workers in the future.
• Participants will be helping to advance medical research.

• If you decide to participate in the study and later feel that you no longer wish to be part of it, you can withdraw at any time.
• Any information that you provide will be kept strictly confidential, except as required by law.
• Qualified health professionals will monitor your health as it relates to the study.

• Men and women aged 18 and older
• Must be currently working a night shift
• Must be willing to maintain sleep diaries, complete surveys, download and use the study mobile app, and potentially share data from smartwatches or activity trackers
• Must be able to participate virtually over approximately 8 months

The study team will explain the research in its entirety but some details are:

• Participants will be asked to maintain sleep diaries and regularly fill out monthly surveys over an eight-month study period, with an option to extend participation for an additional 6 weeks.
• Participants will be asked to use the study mobile app.
• Participants may be asked to share data from smartwatches or activity trackers, and some may be invited to complete an interview. These are completely optional.

Henry Ford Health
Henry Ford Health provides a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care, and other healthcare retail. It is one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers, recognized for clinical excellence in cancer care, cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics and sports medicine, and multi-organ transplants. Consistently ranked among the top five NIH-funded institutions in Michigan, Henry Ford Health engages in more than 2,000 research projects annually. Equally committed to educating the next generation of health professionals, Henry Ford Health trains more than 4,000 medical students, residents, and fellows every year across 50+ accredited programs.

Please note:
The study will be conducted remotely which means there will be no in-person visits, allowing you to participate in the comfort of your own home.