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Operational Fatigue & Performance Research

Advancing Worker Health and Safety through
Real-World Applications

Research-Driven Solutions for Real-World Impact

Transforming Scientific Insights into Practical Applications

Operational Fatigue and Performance research focuses on taking the knowledge developed with basic laboratory fatigue science and testing it in the real world by studying individuals or occupational groups in their natural work and social environments.

Collaborating Across Industries to Combat Fatigue

IBR collaborates with diverse researchers to identify and mitigate sources of fatigue in the field:

  • Academia
  • The Military
  • Commercial Aviation
  • Shift Workers
  • Healthcare
  • Transportation

Data collected in the field can be compared against the SAFTE-FAST biomathematical model to predict performance and improve health and safety in the real world.

IBR sleep and performance research focuses on the impact of the operational environment on worker health and performance rather than underlying sleep disorders or co-morbid diagnoses.

Diverse hands holding gear cogs, representing cross-industry collaboration (academia, military, aviation, healthcare) to combat operational fatigue using SAFTE-FAST biomathematical modeling and field research.
Fatigued female shift worker in industrial vest resting against warehouse shelving, holding tablet for data on adapting biomathematical models for sleep, circadian rhythms, and health in specialty populations like substance use recovery and autism
Adapting Biomathematical Models

Modeling Sleep and Circadian Rhythmicity in Specialty Populations

Biomathematical models of fatigue usually focus on the impact of three processes (the homeostatic urge for sleep, circadian rhythm, and sleep inertia) on cognitive performance in an average, normal sleeping population. However, sleep is a relevant variable to examine in the context of health and performance in all populations. 

Sleep and Circadian Rhythmicity in Specialty Populations research at IBR aims to adapt biomathematical modeling to the prediction of health or performance indices in individuals with existing medical diagnoses.

Projects Include:

  • Sleep and pain
  • Sleep and recovery from substance use disorder
  • Sleep, mood, and function in autism spectrum disorder
  • Circadian rhythmicity and drug craving
  • The three-process model and sleep disorders

Modeling Sleep and Circadian Rhythmicity in Specialty Populations is a novel area of research and IBR is open to collaboration. For more information, please contact ib********@ib****.org

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Connect with IBR Research

IBR was founded as a research institute and continues to thrive with a diverse portfolio of initiatives both on-site and in collaboration with US and international colleagues. IBR’s current scientific research activities include:
  • Operational Fatigue & Performance
  • Sleep in Specialty Populations
  • Behavioral Economics
  • Applied Behavioral Sciences
  • Policy Studies
  • Tools for Researchers
For more information about research initiatives at IBR, please contact ib********@ib****.org
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