Research that helps parents and babies sleep better gets Royal approval

Research that helps parents and babies sleep better gets Royal approval. December 2017) Research that has helped to shape the way babies sleep and how parents care for them at night-time has been given the Royal seal of approval. The Parent-Infant Sleep Lab at Durham University has been awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher Education - the highest accolade for any academic institution and part of the national honours system in the United Kingdom. Caring for babies. The Lab's work with more than 5,000 parents and babies during the last 20 years has substantially increased parents' understanding of babies' sleep, how best to care for babies during the night, and how best to keep them safe when asleep. The prize from the Royal Anniversary Trust has been awarded to Durham University for 'leading influential research on parent-infant sleep with a widely-used public information service'. The awards are approved by The Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister from recommendations made by the Royal Anniversary Trust.