Charles M. Morin is Professor of Psychology at Université Laval. He completed doctoral training in clinical psychology at Nova Southeastern University in Florida (1986) and postdoctoral work in sleep research at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he launched his career as Professor of Psychiatry/Psychology. In 1994, he was recruited at Laval and founded the Centre d’étude des troubles du sommeil which, 20 years later, was ranked as the leading center worldwide for the number of research citations on insomnia.
Holder of the Canada Research Chair in Behavioural Sleep Medicine, Professor Morin is a world-renowned sleep expert who has made original and sustained contributions to the development and dissemination of psychological and behavioural therapies for insomnia, a health problem traditionally treated with medications. Through his landmark studies, he was the first to demonstrate that psychological (cognitive-behavioural) therapy for insomnia is as effective as medication in the short term and, more importantly, produces more durable sleep benefits. The impact of his work has reached well beyond his discipline and the social sciences; it has transformed the way insomnia is treated in clinical practice, with direct implications for improving the quality of life of millions of individuals afflicted with chronic sleep problems.
Professor Morin has held leadership positions in national and international organizations including as President of the World Sleep Society and the Canadian Sleep Society, founding member of the Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine and Chair of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Taskforce to develop clinical practice guidelines for insomnia.