Gina Poe

Gina Poe is a distinguished Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is a leading neuroscientist whose research focuses on understanding the fundamental role of sleep in memory consolidation and brain function.
Dr. Poe has built a career investigating how sleep deprivation affects cognitive performance and neural plasticity, and how different sleep stages contribute to memory processing.
She directs the UCLA Sleep and Neuroimaging Laboratory, where her team employs advanced neuroimaging techniques and animal models to uncover the mechanisms underlying sleep's cognitive benefits.
Her work has contributed significantly to the broader understanding of sleep's essential role in maintaining brain health and learning capacity.