Andrea ran a sleep service in the West Midlands in her role as a specialist health visitor for children with disabilities and complex health needs working with families who have children aged 0-5 with sleep difficulties and joined the training team in 2022. She has a daughter with a physical and learning disability who is now 18 who had significant sleep difficulties when she was younger and this led to her passion to support families in similar situations. 

Dr Rehman is also a teaching fellow at the University of Strathclyde and lectures in Psychology. Her teaching focus is primarily in the topic of mental health. 

Claire loves to help train doctors to become fully qualified GPs as a GP Trainer and Educator. She also works with third-sector organisations to deliver programmes to improve health and wellbeing and address the root causes of illness and health.

Dr Florian did a fellowship with Prof Cathy Hill, Professor of Paediatric Sleep Medicine, at Southampton General Hospital. He conducts
research in relation to paediatric sleep.

Michael’s background is originally in nursing, medical and mental health, with the latter part of his nursing career with the CAMHs team at Guy’s Hospital in London.

Michael left nursing to do a social work degree, and worked as a neurology social worker at Great Ormond Street. He moved to Edinburgh and worked as a social worker for children with disabilities for City of Edinburgh Council. It was then he trained as a sleep counsellor. Michael then moved to the voluntary sector, working as a social worker and trainer at Epilepsy Scotland.