Sonia is a professor Emeritus and a professor of research at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine. Dr. Ancoli-Israel is Past-President of the Sleep Research Society (SRS) and was on the founding Executive Board of the National Sleep Foundation (NSF). Retired, but somehow still working avidly on sleep technology, Sonia does make time to spend with her grandchildren and is currently writing her travel blog: JourneyswithSonia.com.