Girardin Jean-Louis

Girardin Jean-Louis is an American academic who is a Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine.

[1] As part of his research, Jean-Louis advanced the science around wearable technologies (actigraphy) to monitor patient's sleep-wake behavior out of hospital and expensive laboratories.

He continued to improve the science of actigraphy such that it could be more readily used to collect sleep data in the comfort and safety of patient's own home.

[5] In an effort to understand the sleep behavior of minority groups, Jean-Louis has led several outreach initiatives.

[7] Alongside his academic research, Jean-Louis has launched several initiatives to support underrepresented minority groups in science and medicine.