Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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Fred W. Turek, Ph.D., a consultant for Circadian Expert Services is a professor at Northwestern University where he served as the Chair of the Department of Neurobiology & Physiology for over 10 years. Dr. Turek is presently the Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Biology and the founder and director of the Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology at Northwestern University. Dr. Turek has served on a number of government advisory bodies and his research on biological rhythms has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, NASA, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the Army Research Office, DARPA. Dr. Turek was the founding president of the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms (SRBR) and the Editor-in-Chief and Deputy Editor in Chief of the Journal of Biological Rhythms. Dr. Turek has received several awards in recognition of his academic and research achievements, including an NIH Research Career Development Award, Senior International Fogarty Fellowships from the NIH, a Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, Distinguished Scientist Award from the Sleep Research Society and a Distinguished Investigator Award from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression. Dr. Turek has served on the Board of the NIH National Center on Sleep Disorders Research and on the Board of the National Sleep Foundation. Dr. Turek’s work in the transportation industry has led him to developed fatigue management strategies to combat the adverse effects of disrupted circadian rhythms and sleep loss on operators of motor and/or commercial vehicles. He has presented his work at international scientific conferences and workshops including a speech before the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). He has published over 375 original scientific papers and reviews. Dr. Turek accepts both plaintiff and defense expert witness work and provides confidential advice on how to minimize litigation risk and distinguish readily defensible from hard to defend claims. He also advises on strategies to cross-examine opposing counsel's witnesses. Circadian Expert Witness consultants have extensive experience of providing expert testimony in the courtroom, where they have an excellent record of educating and engaging juries so they reach informed conclusions.