Faculty Fellow Nitesh Chawla (Computer Science and Engineering) was quoted in a Notre Dame News' article titled "Past Your Bedtime? Inconsistency May Increase Risk to Cardiovascular Health". The article discusses the dangers of an irregular sleep schedule for cardiovascular health due to an increase in resting heart rate.
“We already know an increase in resting heart rate means an increased risk to cardiovascular health,” said Nitesh Chawla, the Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Notre Dame, director of the Center for Network and Data Science and a lead author of the study. “Through our study, we found that even if you get seven hours of sleep a night, if you’re not going to bed at the same time each night, not only does your resting heart rate increase while you sleep, it carries over into the next day.”