Sleep Number Announces Collaboration with Mayo Clinic to Advance Sleep Science and Cardiovascular Medicine
January 08, 2020 at 09:00 am EST
Sleep Number announced agreement with Mayo Clinic. The agreement includes an endowment from Sleep Number to Mayo Clinic to further sleep science research with an emphasis on cardiovascular medicine, and a dedicated research and development fund that will improve health care quality and clinical outcomes with potential life-changing benefits. Lack of sleep has been linked to many diseases and conditions prevalent now, including heart disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes and depression. At a time when the CDC has declared sleep disorders a public health epidemic, one-in-three people do not get adequate quality sleep. To address this crisis, the two Minnesota-based organizations are joining forces. The “Sleep Number Research Fund in Sleep Science with an Emphasis on Cardiovascular Medicine” and the “Sleep Number Research & Development Fund to Further Sleep Science” are valued at $10 million over five years.