ABOUT
WHY ZEBBLE
Dr Allie Hare
Dr Allie Hare, consultant in sleep medicine and co-founder of Grace Sleep A consultant physician and specialist in Sleep medicine. She led the national review of outpatient sleep medicine pathways and in 2025, she was awarded a National Clinical Impact Award in recognition of the national importance of her work in sleep and respiratory medicine. Her expertise in sleep is regularly referenced across the national press, including British Vogue, the Guardian, the Independent, the Telegraph, the Sunday Times, the BBC are a few to name. She has provided sleep advice to large corporates, Formula 1 teams and drivers and to professional athletes from premier league football teams to boxing. She is the co-founder of Grace London and the clinical lead for Grace Sleep: the world’s premium sleep clinic and part of Grace London’s exclusive collection of healthcare and wellness clinics.
Dr Jason Ellis
Dr Jason Ellis is a Professor of Sleep Science at Northumbria University, Director of the Northumbria Centre for Sleep Research, and a practising clinical psychologist. A recognised expert in insomnia and behavioural sleep medicine, he has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications and regularly advises the NHS, government bodies, and major brands on sleep health. He has served on several committees including the British Psychological Society - Division of Health Psychology, the Teaching and Educational Advisory Committee for the Sleep Research Society (USA), and the Division of Health Psychology Scotland. Dr Ellis is also a sought-after speaker and educator, helping people understand and improve their sleep through evidence-based approaches.
Dr Pam Alfonso-Miller
Dr Alfonso-Miller is Clinical Director of Northumbria Sleep Research at Northumbria University. Her work focuses on better living through sleep by observing sleep in the waking world, particularly at the intersection of mind, body, environment, and lifestyle and by plotting these intertwined relationships, translating science into solutions that seek to improve physical health, psychological health and quality of life in the general population. As a trained paediatrician she has applied these concepts to the development of interventions that support healthy sleep development in babies and parental education and is named inventor on patents for one such collaboration. Dr. Alfonso-Miller is also trained in CBT-I and has been part of a team of collaborators working with different organizations consulting on sleep and health in the UK and the US.
Dr Neil Stanley
A leading independent sleep expert with over 43 years of experience in sleep research. He began his career in 1982 at the RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine and later established one of the UK's most advanced sleep laboratories at the University of Surrey. Formerly Chairman of the British Sleep Society, he has authored more than 40 peer-reviewed papers and books, including How to Sleep Well, which has been praised for its accessible, evidence-based advice. Dr Stanley is widely recognised for his work demystifying sleep and advocating for practical, personalised approaches to better rest.
Dr Oliver Bernath
Dr Oliver Bernath is a consultant neurologist and internationally trained sleep disorders specialist with over 25 years of experience. He completed his medical degree at the University of Ulm and trained in neurology at the University of Chicago, the cradle of sleep medicine, where he became Chief Resident. He went on to complete fellowships in clinical neurophysiology at UCSF and sleep medicine at both UCSF and Stanford, training under pioneers including Rechtschaffen, Dement and Guilleminault. He is board certified in the US in neurology, clinical neurophysiology and sleep medicine, and is registered on the UK GMC Specialist Register. Dr Bernath previously led the Northern California Sleep Disorders Centre at Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco and now practices in both NHS and private settings. He currently sees patients at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Sleep Disorders Centre, Queen Victoria Hospital, and privately at Lanserhof at The Arts Club in Mayfair and The Chelsea Psychology Clinic. He treats the full spectrum of sleep disorders and is a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, British Sleep Society, European Sleep Research Society, and the German Sleep Society.
Professor Russell Foster
Professor Russell Foster CBE is Professor of Circadian Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, Head of the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, founding Director of the Sir Jules Thorn Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute (SCNi), and a Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford. His research explores how circadian rhythms and sleep are generated, regulated, and disrupted by societal pressures, ageing and disease. A landmark discovery was his identification and characterisation of a previously unrecognised light-detecting system within the eye that regulates circadian rhythms and sleep, with his work now translated into clinical practice. Russell has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the Royal Society of Biology, and the Academy of Medical Sciences, and was appointed CBE in 2015 for services to Science. He has published over 300 scientific papers, written multiple award-winning books including the bestseller Life Time, and is internationally recognised for his contributions to circadian neuroscience, public engagement, and sleep health.
