Professor Tiina Paunio (www.helsinki.fi/sleep-and-health) has long-standing and wide interest on mechanisms of psychiatric disorders and comorbid sleep traits, and their therapeutic interventions. She leads the SLEEPWELL Research Program at Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki. Dr Paunio has supervised and examined a number of doctoral theses in Finland and other European countries. Currently, she chairs the ESRS Somnologist examination Subcommittee, acts as a deputy editor of Journal of Sleep Research and as an Editor in the 2nd edition of the European Somnologist textbook. She is also Vice Dean of the Medical Faculty of University of Helsinki.