Dorothy D. Sears: Circadian Rhythms and Cardiometabolic Health

Dorothy D. Sears, associate professor of Medicine at UC San Diego and associate director of the Center for Circadian Biology, at the Quantified Self Symposium 2018.

We need to learn from high frequency measures not just of glucose but body temperature, cortisol, heart rate and blood pressure. They are all dynamic and under circadian control. We want to learn with you and from you to get these stories out.

— Dorothy D. Sears

When we collect data about ourselves at a higher than typical frequency, new patterns emerge. In this talk, epidemiologist and chronobiologist Dorothy Sears offers a brief intro to why circadian rhythms matter for our metabolism, cardiovascular system, and even our cancer risk. Understanding how to live in proper alignment with our circadian rhythms is crucial to maintaining health in the modern world, and self-trackers may be the richest source of insights to create that understanding.

Dorothy D. Sears at the 2018 Quantified Self Cardiovascular Health Symposium.

Highlights from the QS Symposium 2018

Introduction to the Quantified Self Symposium 2018

Reza Mirza: The History and Future of Single-Subject Science

Hugo Campos: 10 Years With An Implantable Cardiac Device, Still No Data Access

Jana Beck: Carb Intake and 60 Lipid Measurements

Azure Grant: Lessons from Blood Testers, a Participant-Led Project

Dorothy D. Sears: Circadian Rhythms and Cardiometabolic Health

Carsten Skarke: Characterizing the Chronobiome with “Supertrackers”

Whitney E. Boesel: Cholesterol Variability Across Postpartum Menstrual Cycles

Xiao Li: Finding the Signal in Rich Self-Collected Data

Katherine Kim: What Counts as Clinical Data? Incorporating Self-Collected Observations into CVD Research