The Often-Overlooked Health Behavior

In this episode, hosts Jim Knickman and Brian Elbel discuss the importance of health behavior and especially the often-overlooked issue of sleep hygiene with Dr. Azizi Seixas, the interim chair of health informatics and health data science at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. During their conversation they discuss the important health behaviors and the risk behaviors that impact individual and population health. They also discuss factors driving these behaviors and the role of the health system in informing, communicating, and shaping improved health behavior. In addition, they reveal some potential career opportunities and discuss how technology is being used to study and measure healthy behavior.