Charles M. Morin, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Sleep Research Centre at Université Laval in Quebec City.  He holds a Canada Research Chair on behavioural sleep medicine. 

Professor Morin is a world leader on insomnia research. He has been at the forefront of new developments on behavioural approaches to treating insomnia and on studying the natural history of insomnia with its risk factors and long-term consequences. He has conducted pivotal clinical trials comparing behavioural and pharmacological therapies for insomnia, which have had significant impact on how insomnia is dealt with in clinical practice.

Professor Morin has held several leadership positions in the field of sleep medicine/research, including as President of the World Sleep Society, past President of the Canadian Sleep Society and member of the the American Psychiatric Association work group revising sleep disorders diagnostic criteria for DSM-5. He is currently an Associate Editor for the journals SLEEP and for Behavioral Sleep Medicine and a member of the editorial board of several other journals.

Professor Morin has published extensively (8 books, > 300 articles, H-index 98) on the topic of insomnia (textbooks, scientific articles, chapters, books for the lay public) and these writings have been instrumental in enhancing the standards of clincial care for patients affected with insomnia.