Dr. Schneider is an internationally recognized sleep and cognitive neurologist with a special interest in big data approaches - from genetics to machine learning - in order to understand sleep and brain health. Dr. Schneider trained in neurology at Johns Hopkins and sleep medicine at Stanford. Following his clinical training he completed an NIH-funded post-doctoral research training in the Stanford Sleep Sciences and Medicine Center with Emmanuel Mignot. He is Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Sleep Medicine at Stanford and consultant neurologist at the Stanford/VA Alzheimer’s Center (SVAC), which is one of 10 centers funded by the California Department of Public Health’s California Alzheimer’s Disease Centers (CADCs).