Building a Sleep Health Plan for Athletes with Dr. Jesse Cook. EP#581

About this episode

Dr. Jesse Cook discusses building a sleep health plan for athletes, focusing on best practices and essential principles.

On this episode of the AMSSM Sports Medcast, host Dr. Devin McFadden, MD, is joined by Dr. Jesse Cook, PhD, to discuss Building a Sleep Health Plan for Athletes. In this conversation, which was recorded during the 2025 AMSSM Annual Meeting, Dr. Cook shares more information on his main stage lecture of the same name, which focused on best practices and essential principles. Dr. Cook is a postdoctoral fellow with a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on the intersection of sleep and mental health, with his primary program of research purposed to advance the classification, assessment, and treatment of unexplained hypersomnolence. He has additional research interests related to the strengths, limitations, and overall utility of wearable sleep tracking technology for research and clinical purposes, as well as the roles of sleep and circadian health in the performance and well-being of athletes. Clinically, he embraces an integrative orientation, drawing principally from CBT and third-wave therapy approaches (i.e., ACT and DBT). Registration is now open for the 2026 AMSSM Annual Meeting. Visit the conference website to…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Devin McFadden

Guest: Dr. Jesse Cook

Topics covered

• sleep health
• athlete performance
• mental health
• wearable technology
• CBT
• circadian health

Keywords

• sleep health
• athletes
• mental health
• wearable technology
• CBT
• hypersomnolence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Wisconsin-Madison

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