Daniel F. Kripke, M.D. is a licensed practicing physician certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego.  Dr. Kripke was elected a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.  Dr. Kripke has written hundreds of medical articles and has given invited lectures in 18 countries. 

In 1973, Dr. Kripke established one of the first sleep clinics in the United States.  He has been treating patients with sleep disorders and doing research on sleep ever since.

You can contact Dr. Kripke at dkripke1@san.rr.com, but please do not write for personal medical advice.  A physician should not give personal advice to a patient he does not know.

Acknowledgment:  I have been fortunate that my research has been supported for over 30 years mainly by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Department of Psychiatry and the Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging of the University of California, San Diego have also supported my research, as has the Weingart Foundation and the American Cancer Society. Recently, the Scripps Clinic Sleep Center has been supporting some of my research, with the help of generous gifts from private donors. Ambulatory Monitoring, Inc. (the manufacturer of the Actillume and other actigraphs) and Minimitter-Respironics (makers of actigraphs), The Sunbox Company and Apollo Health (who make bright light boxes) have supported our research, mainly through joint research projects funded by the National Institutes of Health. In the 1970's and 1980's, I did sleeping pill studies with Hoffmann-La Roche and Upjohn and once consulted with Schering, but for years I have avoided accepting any fee from pharmaceutical manufacturers, so that I would be free to report this information. I also do not accept fees from tort lawyers or class-action attorneys. It is important that readers understand for whom an author works. Being supported largely by public funds, I am able to speak out for public interests. I appreciate this opportunity.

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