Dr. Flynn-Evans leads the NASA Ames Research Center Fatigue Countermeasures Laboratory at NASA Ames Research Center. She holds a PhD from the University of Surrey and an MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health. Prior to joining NASA, she was an Instructor in Medicine in the Division of Sleep Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Flynn-Evans has extensive research experience examining the short and long-term effects of sleep loss and circadian misalignment in occupational settings, including among astronauts, airline pilots, physicians and other shift workers.