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Former Professor Jack Edinger Dies; Helped Establish Duke Sleep Lab
Jack Edinger, PhD. passed away on May 25 at age 72. He was a former professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences from 2002 to 2011 and adjunct professor from 2012 until his death.
Dr. Edinger co-founded an insomnia outpatient program at Duke School of Medicine and was instrumental in establishing the Duke Sleep Lab in the 1980s. He also worked at the Durham VA Health Care System for 32 years, from 1980 to 2012, serving as the acting chief of the psychology service for the last 15 years of his
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