{"id":33629,"date":"2025-04-28T13:09:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T20:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/?p=33629"},"modified":"2025-04-28T13:09:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T20:09:23","slug":"sleep-researcher-amanda-lamp-featured-in-atlantic-article-on-mom-fatigue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/28\/sleep-researcher-amanda-lamp-featured-in-atlantic-article-on-mom-fatigue\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleep Researcher Amanda Lamp Featured in Atlantic Article on Mom Fatigue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A recent article in <em>The Atlantic<\/em> featured sleep researcher <a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/directory\/wsu-profile\/alamp\/\">Amanda Lamp<\/a>, PhD, an assistant professor in the Elson S. 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