For 30 years, Dr. Martin Moore-Ede has been a leading expert on managing the risks of human fatigue in transportation and industrial businesses that operate 24/7. After experiencing the challenges of fatigue as a surgeon-in-training working 36-hour shifts, Dr. Moore-Ede was one of the first to define the challenges of living, working and sleeping in a 24 hour a day, 7-day a week world. As a Harvard Medical School professor (1975 – 1998), he led the team that discovered the biological clock in the human brain that controls the timing of sleep and wakefulness. He pioneered research on how the human body can safely adapt to working around the clock and sustain optimum physical and mental performance. In 1983 he founded CIRCADIAN and as Chairman and CEO, he has guided its growth so that CIRCADIAN now advises over half the Fortune 500 companies on 24/7 workforce solutions.
Dr. Moore-Ede graduated with a First Class Honors degree in Physiology from the University of London, and received his medical degrees from Guy’s Hospital Medical School, and his Ph.D. in Physiology from Harvard University. He has published 10 books, and more than 145 scientific papers on human fatigue, errors and accidents and the physiology of sleep deprivation and circadian rhythms. He has served on multiple national and international committees, and has won numerous awards. He is a frequent guest on television, radio and print. He regularly testifies before Congressional committees, and advises government agencies on Hours Of Service regulations in the US, Canada and the U.K.
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