Chase Bank, United Airlines and Timeshifter launch the Jet Set & Reset campaign

Today, on National Lose the Jet Lag Day, the United Family of Cards from Chase announced that it has teamed up with Timeshifter, the world’s most advanced circadian technology platform, to launch the “Jet Set & Reset” pledge and Sweepstakes* designed to help travelers understand and tackle the underlying cause of jet lag - a nemesis to great travel.

Exclusive to United MileagePlus® members, those who take the “Jet Set & Reset” pledge to take on jet lag in 2023 will be entered into a Sweepstakes for a chance to win a prize from three potential prize categories that help turn those pledges into action:

• One (1) winner will receive a year-long subscription to the Timeshifter jet lag app and 1 million United MileagePlus miles, the ultimate package for more and better travel experiences.

• Eight (8) people will receive a year-long subscription to the Timeshifter jet lag app and 500K United MileagePlus miles.

• 500 pledge takers will win a year-long subscription to the Timeshifter jet lag app, which provides highly personalized plans for managing jet lag.

“The United Family of Cards from Chase brings more and better travel to the world through card rewards and benefits, and the turn of the new year is the perfect time to commit to getting the most out of travel,” said Laurinda Rainey, General Manager of United Co-Brand Cards at Chase. “We are excited to launch this Sweepstakes on National Lose the Jet Lag Day to raise awareness of the impact jet lag has on travel.”

According to Timeshifter, jet lag causes significant human and financial costs – from poor concentration and reduced productivity to less enjoyment and weakened immune function. Timeshifter debunks common jet lag myths and replaces them with real science, allowing travelers to control circadian rhythms by taking small actions at specific times to ensure they arrive at their best.

“When I was an astronaut, we learned how to shift our circadian rhythms to prepare for rocket launches and spacewalks. Because our circadian clock regulates our sleep, alertness and almost all other biological systems in our body, it was key to our safety, performance and health,” said Mike Massimino, former NASA Astronaut and Timeshifter Advisor. “It’s gratifying to see circadian science finally being applied outside of NASA to equip travelers to tackle jet lag, and I applaud Chase and United for shining a light on jet lag health with their ‘Jet Set & Reset’ campaign.”

The Timeshifter jet lag app was developed with world-renowned scientists, led by Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Timeshifter’s Chief Scientist, Dr. Steven W. Lockley, based on the latest research in sleep and circadian neuroscience. The app provides users with highly personalized jet lag plans based on their normal sleep pattern, chronotype, itinerary and personal preferences.

“We want United flyers to enjoy their travel experiences on and off the plane, and our United Family of Cards from Chase help people maximize their travel,” said Marketing & Loyalty VP and MileagePlus President, Luc Bondar. “We’re excited to kick off the new year with an opportunity for travelers to take on jet lag and commit to getting the most out of their travel in 2023. With our expanded network reach this year, travelers have more access to their favorite destinations and new places they have yet to visit.”

Take the pledge to enter the Sweepstakes, and learn tips for overcoming jet lag by visiting: https://jetsetreset.chase.com.

Additionally, anyone with a United credit card, including United GatewaySM Card, UnitedSM Explorer Card, United QuestSM Card, United ClubSM Infinite Card, UnitedSM Business Card and United ClubSM Business Card is eligible for a limited time 50% discount off an annual Timeshifter subscription by visiting https://chase.timeshifter.com now through June 30, 2023. For more information about the United Family of Cards from Chase or to apply for a card**, visit here.

*No Purchase or Payment Necessary to Enter or Claim a Prize. The Sweepstakes begins on 1/11/23 at 9:00 AM ET and ends on 2/7/23 at 5:00 PM ET. Sweepstakes is open to all legal residents of the 50 US and DC (having a valid Tax Identification Number (TIN) or Social Security Number (SSN)) who are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry and are a United MileagePlus® member. Void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited. The Sweepstakes is subject to the Official Rules. For complete details and Official Rules go to https://jetsetreset.chase.com.

**Accounts subject to credit approval. Restrictions and limitations apply. Cards are issued by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Member FDIC.

About Chase

Chase is the U.S. consumer and commercial banking business of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a leading financial services firm based in the United States with assets of $3.8 trillion and operations worldwide. Chase serves more than 66 million American households and 5 million small businesses with a broad range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. Customers can choose how and where they want to bank: More than 4,700 branches in 48 states and the District of Columbia, 16,000 ATMs, mobile, online and by phone. For more information, go to chase.com.

About United

United's shared purpose is "Connecting People. Uniting the World." From our U.S. hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark/New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., United operates the most comprehensive global route network among North American carriers. United is bringing back our customers' favorite destinations and adding new ones on its way to becoming the world's best airline. For more about how to join the United team, please visit www.united.com/careers and more information about the company is at www.united.com. United Airlines Holdings, Inc., the parent company of United Airlines, Inc., is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol "UAL".

About Timeshifter

Timeshifter is the world’s most advanced circadian technology platform. It translates complex circadian science into breakthrough solutions to give people control of their circadian rhythms for the first time. In 2018, Timeshifter launched its first service — now the most-downloaded and highest-rated jet lag app in the world. Recently, Timeshifter launched a new app to help shift workers optimize their sleep, alertness, health, and quality of life. Timeshifter even helps astronauts prepare for rocket launches and perform at their best when living aboard the International Space Station. Timeshifter has received several awards, including the National Sleep Foundation's SleepTech® Award, Health Magazine's Sleep Award, and Fast Company's World Changing Ideas. For more information, go to www.timeshifter.com.

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631.377.1109
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Timeshifter and Axiom Space partner to enhance safety and performance on space missions

BOSTON, USA (December 2, 2021) — Timeshifter Inc. – the circadian technology pioneer – today announced at the Global Wellness Summit a partnership with Axiom Space, a leader in human spaceflight and human-rated space infrastructure, to help Axiom optimize the safety and performance of its astronauts and mission controllers as they build the world’s first commercial space station.

Timeshifter will provide astronauts and mission controllers with sleep and circadian plans to reduce jet lag when traveling on Earth, optimize shift work performance in mission control, and prepare for rocket launches. Through this partnership, Timeshifter will also advise Axiom on the lighting environment and sleep cabin design for the new space station.

Most people are aware of the importance of sleep (the sleep economy has reached nearly $500 billion per year). However, our circadian system is less understood, even though it controls sleep and almost every biological system in our bodies – including the heart, metabolism, and reproductive and immune functions – with significant implications for our performance and our health. This partnership will put an important spotlight on the entire circadian field, and help Timeshifter develop new features and products to help people back on Earth live their best and most productive lives.

Axiom Space exists to create a thriving home in space that benefits every human, everywhere. When the International Space Station is decommissioned, its partner nations plan to rely on private companies to advance the frontiers of human habitation and discovery in low-Earth orbit. Axiom, whose leadership played key roles in the ISS’ design, development, assembly, and operation, is taking on this challenge by driving expanded commercial utilization of the ISS today while currently constructing a privately owned and operated successor that will host astronauts, private organizations, and space agencies. The first step on this roadmap is Axiom's Ax-1, the first-ever private mission to the International Space Station scheduled for launch on February 21, 2022, which will bring a crew of four Axiom private astronauts to conduct 100 hours of research experiments in partnership with a host of organizations on the ground.

Timeshifter has built the world’s first technology platform for optimizing performance, safety, and health using circadian science. This gives Timeshifter the unique ability to solve several universal and impactful problems. Timeshifter has already developed a solution for jet lag with its app launched in 2018 – now the most-downloaded and highest-rated jet lag app in the world. It has also just released a new app to help shift workers manage their sleep, alertness, health, and quality of life. Globally, around 700 million people are shift workers, often changing schedules so frequently that most never adapt, living in a circadian no-man’s land, stuck between home and work lives.

Timeshifter has also begun strategic work in the field of chronotherapeutics, and aims to use circadian time to help patients time their medication better, based on their internal circadian time, or reset their clocks to prepare for medical treatments to improve clinical outcomes and reduce side-effects.

“Our team has designed sleep and circadian plans for space agencies, Formula 1 teams, and Olympic athletes for more than a decade. We are thrilled to now bring this expertise to human spaceflight leader Axiom Space to help optimize the safety and performance of their astronauts and mission controllers. This partnership continues Timeshifter’s momentum as the leader in circadian technology, and further raises awareness of the entire circadian field.”

— Mickey Beyer-Clausen, Co-founder & CEO of Timeshifter.

“We have convened an elite collection of expertise at Axiom to build and operate the world’s first commercial space station, and Timeshifter fits right into that mold as a partner. Circadian science has been a critical part of enhancing safety and performance for both astronauts and mission controllers on past space missions. The partnership with Timeshifter will bring those capabilities to Axiom’s operations, but will also include research to help people back on Earth live so they can perform at their best, and live longer and healthier lives.”

— Axiom Chief Medical Officer Dr. Smith Johnston, who previously served as NASA's lead of Fatigue Management and Human Health, Performance, and Longevity programs.

“As we learn more about circadian rhythms, their importance in maintaining our performance, health, and well-being is becoming increasingly clear. Not long into the future, measuring and accounting for the differences in our individual circadian rhythms will become commonplace in all aspects of our lives, from when to sleep and exercise, and what and when to eat, to the interpretation of blood tests or when to take medications.”

— Dr. Steven Lockley, Chief Scientist at Timeshifter and an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School.

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About Axiom Space:

Axiom Space is guided by the vision of a thriving home in space that benefits every human, everywhere. The leading provider of human spaceflight services and developer of human-rated space infrastructure, Axiom operates end-to-end missions to the International Space Station today while privately building its successor – a permanent commercial destination in Earth’s orbit that will sustain human growth off the planet and bring untold benefits back home. For more information, visit www.axiomspace.com

About Timeshifter:

Timeshifter is the world’s most advanced circadian technology platform, designed to improve human performance, safety and health. Timeshifter translates complex circadian science into breakthrough solutions, including the most-downloaded and highest-rated jet lag app and a revolutionary app to empower shift workers to adapt to changing schedules. Timeshifter has received several awards, including the National Sleep Foundation's SleepTech® Award, Health Magazine's Sleep Award, and Fast Company's World Changing Ideas. For more information, visit www.timeshifter.com

About Steven W. Lockley, Ph.D.:

Dr. Steven Lockley is a Neuroscientist in the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School. He is also a Professor and VC Fellow at the Surrey Sleep Research Centre, University of Surrey in the UK, and an Affiliated Faculty member of the Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard School of Public Health. He received his B.Sc. (Hons) in Biology from the University of Manchester, UK in 1992 and a PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Surrey, UK in 1997. With over 25 years of research experience in circadian rhythm and sleep, Dr. Lockley is a specialist in ways to reset the circadian clock, particularly the role of light and melatonin. He has studied the effects of light on the circadian pacemaker extensively including the role of light wavelength, timing, duration and pattern. This work has led to development of ‘smart’ lighting applications designed to improve alertness, safety and productivity, translation of the physiological effects of light into architecture and design, and light therapies for several clinical disorders. Dr. Lockley has also studied the impact of circadian disruption, long work hours, sleepiness and sleep disorders on performance and health in occupational groups, including doctors, police and firefighters, and has led several workplace interventions that have reduced workplace errors and injury. He also advises NASA on how to alleviate jet lag for astronauts traveling the globe and how to reduce the problems associated with shift work at NASA Mission Control. Dr. Lockley has published more than 180 original reports, reviews, chapters and editorials on circadian rhythms and sleep and his research is funded by NASA and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) among others. He has won a number of awards including the NASA Johnston Space Center Director's Innovation Team Award (as part of the ISS Flexible Lighting Team). He co-edited the first textbook on sleep and health ‘Sleep, health and society: From Aetiology to Public Health’ and co-authored ‘Sleep: A Very Short Introduction’ from Oxford University Press. For more information, visit Dr. Lockley’s Harvard faculty profile

Timeshifter launches app for shift workers

Based on its ground-breaking technology platform for circadian time, and insights from its successful jet lag app, Timeshifter launched a new app to help those struggling with shift work.

BOSTON, USA (December 2, 2021) — Timeshifter Inc. – the circadian technology pioneer best known for the most-downloaded and highest-rated jet lag app in the world – today announced at the Global Wellness Summit the launch of a new revolutionary circadian app for shift workers. This is a natural next step in Timeshifter’s mission to solve multiple billion-dollar problems caused by the mistiming of the circadian clock. The circadian clock controls almost every biological system in our bodies — from our sleep-wake cycle and mood and performance patterns to our metabolic, immune, and reproductive systems.

About 20% of the global labor force are shift workers, whose work schedule requires them to work outside of typical daylight hours and can also require shifts that rotate through different hours throughout the week. That’s nearly 700 million people changing to a new schedule soon after they adapt to the previous one, or never adapting at all. Their struggle to adjust impacts their own health and safety, and also affects their employers, families, and their quality of life.

Shift work and irregular hours are prevalent in many industries, including manufacturing, construction, mining, security, and hospitality. In a global economy facing challenges from supply chain disruption and climate change, key sectors including transportation, warehousing/distribution, delivery, and utilities rely on shift work to deliver critical services. Shift workers providing vital services to keep our communities safe and healthy, include doctors, nurses, firefighters, EMTs, police, and the military. Shift work comes at a price, however. Night shift work is associated with an increased risk of accidents and injuries; over time, shift workers have an increased risk of chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, depression, and certain cancers.

Timeshifter will not replace existing shift work scheduling solutions already in place. Instead, the new app is a tool intended to be used by the shift workers, regardless of their given work schedule. When a shift worker imports their schedule and enters their sleep pattern, chronotype, and personal preferences, the app will provide highly personalized advice to tackle the underlying problem of circadian and sleep disruption.

By providing highly personalized advice, Timeshifter will help shifter workers increase their safety and productivity while improving their quality of life.

“Our plan has always been to move beyond jet lag to solve other large, previously unsolved circadian-based problems. With almost 700 million people working shifts and struggling with irregular work schedules, we can’t continue to ignore the many negative consequences shift work causes.”

— Mickey Beyer-Clausen, Co-founder and CEO of Timeshifter.

Winner of the National Sleep Foundation’s 2019 SleepTech® Award for ‘Best App’, one of Health Magazine’s 2020 Sleep Awards, and a Phocuswright 2019 Innovator, Timeshifter’s jet lag app is the most-downloaded and highest-rated jet lag app worldwide. Based on more than 70,000 post-flight surveys, travelers who followed Timeshifter's advice versus travelers who didn’t follow their Timeshifter plan were 17 times less likely to report very severe jet lag. Both the jet lag app and new shift work app are being developed with Harvard Medical School Associate Professor Steven Lockley, Ph.D. who is a world-renowned expert in circadian rhythms and sleep, and has provided shift work solutions to NASA’s Mission Control and Formula 1 teams.

“With its jet lag app, Timeshifter has demonstrated an ability to translate sleep and circadian neuroscience into a tool that helps travelers proactively reset their circadian clock quickly to new time zones. Shift work can cause many of the same problems as jet lag but is a bigger challenge as the problems are not isolated to a specific trip but are part of the workers’ everyday lives. As with jet lag, the app must address not only the sleep and circadian factors underlying shift work but must combine this with practical advice that workers can follow. This approach has worked well for jet lag, and we are excited to apply the same principles to a problem to improve the health, wellbeing, safety, and productivity of the many millions of shift workers worldwide.”

— Dr. Steven Lockley, Chief Scientist at Timeshifter and an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School.

To learn more about Timeshifter’s shift work app, please visit www.timeshifter.com/the-shift-work-app. If you are a business employing shift workers, please visit www.timeshifter.com/the-shift-work-app/business

NOTE TO EDITORS

Presskit: www.timeshifter.com/news

About Timeshifter:

Timeshifter translates sleep and circadian neuroscience into technology-based solutions to improve the safety, health, and performance of billions of people. In June 2018, Timeshifter launched its first product — now the most-downloaded and highestrated jet lag app in the world. Based on more than 70,000 post-flight surveys, travelers who followed Timeshifter's advice versus travelers who didn’t follow their Timeshifter plan were 17 times less likely to report very severe jet lag. Recently, Timeshifter launched a new app to help shift workers optimize their sleep, alertness, health, and quality of life. At least 20% of the global labor force are shift workers, changing to a new schedule soon after they adapted to the previous one, or never adapting at all. Timeshifter has received several awards and recognition, including the National Sleep Foundation's 2019 SleepTech® Award, Health Magazine's 2020 Sleep Award, and an honorable mention of Fast Company's 2021 World Changing Ideas. Partners include United Airlines, SAP, CTW, Amadeus, Six Senses, Tripadvisor, TravelPerk, Montblanc, and Haven Life. Investors include former NASA Astronauts Michael López-Alegría and Mike Massimino, Chief Medical Officer for Axiom Space, Dr. Smith Johnston, Chairman of Air Canada, Vagn Sørensen, legendary race driver with 9 Le Mans wins, Tom Kristensen, and entrepreneur and endurance GT car racer, John Shoffner. For more information, visit www.timeshifter.com

About Steven W. Lockley, Ph.D.:

Dr. Steven Lockley is a Neuroscientist in the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School. He is also a Professor and VC Fellow at the Surrey Sleep Research Centre, University of Surrey in the UK, and an Affiliated Faculty member of the Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard School of Public Health. He received his B.Sc. (Hons) in Biology from the University of Manchester, UK in 1992 and a PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Surrey, UK in 1997. With over 25 years of research experience in circadian rhythm and sleep, Dr. Lockley is a specialist in ways to reset the circadian clock, particularly the role of light and melatonin. He has studied the effects of light on the circadian pacemaker extensively including the role of light wavelength, timing, duration and pattern. This work has led to development of ‘smart’ lighting applications designed to improve alertness, safety and productivity, translation of the physiological effects of light into architecture and design, and light therapies for several clinical disorders. Dr. Lockley has also studied the impact of circadian disruption, long work hours, sleepiness and sleep disorders on performance and health in occupational groups, including doctors, police and firefighters, and has led several workplace interventions that have reduced workplace errors and injury. He also advises NASA on how to alleviate jet lag for astronauts traveling the globe and how to reduce the problems associated with shift work at NASA Mission Control. Dr. Lockley has published more than 180 original reports, reviews, chapters and editorials on circadian rhythms and sleep and his research is funded by NASA and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) among others. He has won a number of awards including the NASA Johnston Space Center Director's Innovation Team Award (as part of the ISS Flexible Lighting Team). He co-edited the first textbook on sleep and health ‘Sleep, health and society: From Aetiology to Public Health’ and co-authored ‘Sleep: A Very Short Introduction’ from Oxford University Press. For more information, visit Dr. Lockley’s Harvard faculty profile

Timeshifter announces Circadian Awareness Day

NEW YORK – (24 JULY, 2021) – Timeshifter, the circadian technology pioneer best known for the most-downloaded and highest-rated jet lag app in the world, today announced the official launch of Circadian Awareness Day. Our circadian clock controls almost every biological system in our bodies — from our sleep-wake cycle and mood and performance patterns to our metabolic, immune, and reproductive systems, and even many of our genes, and there's a growing consensus amongst scientists that circadian science is the new frontier in human performance and personalized medicine.

“Every 24 July (24/7), Circadian Awareness Day will shine a light on the incredible effects our 24/7 circadian rhythms have on our safety, performance and health. It calls our attention to the negative effects of circadian rhythm disorders, such as jet lag and shift work, but also new scientific research and meaningful innovations in the CircadianTech space,” said Timeshifter founders Mickey Beyer-Clausen and Dr. Steven W. Lockley, BSc, PhD. Dr. Lockley is a world-renowned sleep and circadian neuroscientist and associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

“As we learn more about circadian rhythms, their importance in maintaining our health and wellbeing is becoming increasingly clear. Not long into the future, measuring and accounting for the differences in our individual circadian rhythms will become commonplace in all aspects of our lives, from when to sleep and exercise, and what and when to eat, to the interpretation of blood tests or when to take medications.” said Dr. Steven Lockley. 

Beyer-Clausen and Dr. Lockley were recently interviewed by Beth McGroaty, VP of Research at the Global Wellness Summit. The interview was published today and explores:

• How sleep (our cultural obsession) is not the same as the “circadian clock”—and only solutions that have the timing of light at their center can shift or “reset” our circadian rhythms.

• How our modern world is a circadian nightmare. Solutions that maintain or “reset” our circadian rhythms, a revolution not only for shift workers and jet-lagged travelers but for ALL of us, with our always-on, Zoom-at-5 AM, digital lives.

• How circadian science will transform medicine, with drugs, treatments and vaccines timed to your circadian cycle for maximum efficacy and safety.

• How the future is “circadian wellness”: When is the best time to do that high-intensity workout, eat that particular food, or have that important meeting.

Beyer-Clausen and Dr. Lockley will also keynote at the next Global Wellness Summit (November 30–December 3) in Boston, where they’ll share insight on how circadian neuroscience will drive the future of health and wellness.

Timeshifter partners with SAP to integrate its shift work app

SAP chose circadian technology pioneer, Timeshifter, for its SAP.iO Foundry’s accelerator program focused on the energy and natural resources industries in Australia and New Zealand.

The intention with the partnership is to integrate Timeshifter's upcoming app for shift workers with SAP SuccessFactors and make the Timeshifter app available to SAP’s business customers.

Based on a shift worker’s work schedule, sleep pattern, chronotype, and personal constraints and preferences, the Timeshifter app will provide highly personalized advice to tackle the underlying problem of circadian and sleep disruption, and increase their safety and productivity while improving their quality of life.

“SAP is committed to helping our customers transform and grow. Partnering with some of the most innovative startups pioneering advancements across the energy and natural resources sectors enables us to do exactly that.”

— Damien Bueno, SAP ANZ President and Managing Director

Media contacts:
Benjamin Nickel
+49 170 4920616
benjamin.nickel@sap.com

Mickey Beyer-Clausen
+1 631 377 1109
mickey@timeshifter.com

Timeshifter raises funding and reveals upcoming shift work app

Based on its powerful technology platform for circadian shifting and insights from its successful jet lag app, Timeshifter is now developing a new app to help those struggling with shift work.

NEW YORK, NY (February 4, 2021) — Timeshifter® – the circadian science company best known for the most-downloaded and highest-rated jet lag app in the world – today announced it will finalize $2 million in financing and its plan to launch a new app for shift workers later this year. This is a natural next step in Timeshifter’s mission to solve multiple billion-dollar problems caused by the mistiming of the circadian clock. The circadian clock controls almost every biological system in our bodies — from our sleep-wake cycle and mood and performance patterns to our metabolic, immune, and reproductive systems.

About 20% of the global labor force are shift workers. That’s almost 700 million people changing to a new schedule soon after they adapt to the previous one, or never adapting at all. Their struggle to adjust impacts their own health and safety, and also affects their employers, families, and their quality of life.

Shift work and irregular hours are prevalent in many industries, including manufacturing, construction, mining, security, hospitality, and warehousing, delivery and transportation. Shift work is also essential to many vital 24/7 services our society relies on around-the-clock to keep us safe and healthy, including doctors, nurses, firefighters, EMTs, police, and the military. Shift work comes at a price, however. Night shift work is associated with an increased risk of accidents and injuries, and long-term, shift workers have an increased risk of chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, depression and even some cancers.

Timeshifter will not replace existing shift work scheduling solutions already in place. Instead, the new app is a tool intended to be used by the shift workers, regardless of their given work schedule. When a shift worker imports their schedule and enter their sleep pattern, chronotype, and personal preferences, the app will provide highly personalized advice to tackle the underlying problem of circadian and sleep disruption, and increase their safety and productivity while improving their quality of life.

“Our plan has always been to move beyond jet lag to solve other large, previously unsolved circadian-based problems. With almost 700 million people working shifts and struggling with irregular work schedules, we can’t continue to ignore the many negative consequences shift work causes.”

— Mickey Beyer-Clausen, Co-founder and CEO of Timeshifter.

Winner of the National Sleep Foundation’s 2019 SleepTech® Award for ‘Best App’, one of Health Magazine’s 2020 Sleep Awards, and a Phocuswright 2019 Innovator, Timeshifter’s jet lag app is the most-downloaded and highest-rated jet lag app worldwide. Based on more than 70,000 post-flight surveys, travelers who followed Timeshifter's advice versus travelers who didn’t follow their Timeshifter plan were 17 times less likely to report very severe jet lag.

Both the jet lag app and new shift work app are being developed with Harvard Medical School Associate Professor Steven Lockley, Ph.D. who is a world-renowned expert in circadian rhythms and sleep, and has provided shift work solutions to NASA’s Mission Control and Formula 1 teams working overnight.

“With its jet lag app, Timeshifter has demonstrated an ability to translate sleep and circadian neuroscience into a tool that helps travelers proactively reset their circadian clock quickly to new time zones. Shift work can cause many of the same problems as jet lag but is a bigger challenge as the problems are not isolated to a specific trip but are part of the workers’ everyday lives. As with jet lag, the app has to address not only the sleep and circadian factors underlying shift work but has to combine this with practical advice that workers can follow. This approach has worked well for jet lag and we are excited to apply the same principles to a problem to improve the health, wellbeing, safety, and productivity of the many millions of shift workers worldwide.”

— Dr. Steven Lockley, Co-founder of Timeshifter and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School

Timeshifter is finalizing $2 million in financing, and has raised $3 million so far. Investors include former NASA Astronaut, Captain Michael López-Alegría, Chief Medical Officer and Lead Flight Surgeon for Axiom Space, Dr. Smith Johnston, Chairman of Air Canada, Vagn Sørensen, and entrepreneur and endurance GT car racer, John Shoffner.

To learn more about Timeshifter’s shift work app, please visit www.timeshifter.com/the-shift-work-app. If you are a business employing shift workers and interested in joining Timeshifter’s new Global Safety & Healthy Initiative for Shift Workers, please visit www.timeshifter.com/the-shift-work-app/business

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Presskit:
www.timeshifter.com/news

About Timeshifter:

Timeshifter is translating circadian neuroscience into products and services that enable people to improve their safety, health, and performance. In June 2018, Timeshifter launched its first service — now the most-downloaded and highest-rated jet lag app in the world. Based on more than 70,000 post-flight surveys, only 3.61% of travelers who followed Timeshifter's advice struggled with jet lag. Travelers who did not follow their Timeshifter plan were 17 times more likely to report very severe jet lag. In February 2021, Timeshifter announced its plan to launch a new app to help shift workers optimize their sleep, alertness, health, and quality of life. At least 20% of the global labor force are shift workers, changing to a new schedule soon after they adapted to the previous one, or never adapting at all. Timeshifter has also begun strategic work in the field of chronotherapeutics. For more information, visit www.timeshifter.com.

About Steven W. Lockley, Ph.D.:

Dr. Steven Lockley is a Neuroscientist in the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School. He is also a Professor and VC Fellow at the Surrey Sleep Research Centre, University of Surrey in the UK, and an Affiliated Faculty member of the Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard School of Public Health. He received his B.Sc. (Hons) in Biology from the University of Manchester, UK in 1992 and a PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Surrey, UK in 1997. With over 25 years of research experience in circadian rhythm and sleep, Dr. Lockley is a specialist in ways to reset the circadian clock, particularly the role of light and melatonin. He has studied the effects of light on the circadian pacemaker extensively including the role of light wavelength, timing, duration and pattern. This work has led to development of ‘smart’ lighting applications designed to improve alertness, safety and productivity, translation of the physiological effects of light into architecture and design, and light therapies for several clinical disorders. Dr. Lockley has also studied the impact of circadian disruption, long work hours, sleepiness and sleep disorders on performance and health in occupational groups, including doctors, police and firefighters, and has led several workplace interventions that have reduced workplace errors and injury. He also advises NASA on how to alleviate jet lag for astronauts traveling the globe and how to reduce the problems associated with shift work at NASA Mission Control. Dr. Lockley has published more than 180 original reports, reviews, chapters and editorials on circadian rhythms and sleep and his research is funded by NASA and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) among others. He has won a number of awards including the NASA Johnston Space Center Director's Innovation Team Award (as part of the ISS Flexible Lighting Team). He co-edited the first textbook on sleep and health ‘Sleep, health and society: From Aetiology to Public Health’ and co-authored ‘Sleep: A Very Short Introduction’ from Oxford University Press. For more information, visit Dr. Lockley’s Harvard faculty profile.

Timeshifter partners with Reco from TripAdvisor

Tripadvisor®, the world's largest travel platform, today officially unveiled a new trip designing platform called Reco. Reco helps travelers plan unforgettable vacation experiences that are handcrafted by trusted experts who build tailor-made itineraries featuring the best of what a destination has to offer.

As part of every Reco trip design, the customer will receive an exclusive set of perks to make the most of their trip, including a complimentary Timeshifter jet lag plans.

Timeshifter partners with SAP Concur

Timeshifter was one of only six startups selected from hundreds of applications to join SAP.iO Foundry’s Fall 2020 acceleration program, focused on COVID-19 recovery. The intention is to integrate Timeshifter with SAP Concur and make Timeshifter available to SAP customers.

“By helping these enterprising startups in the SAP.iO program scale, we enable our customers to benefit from the value of some of these unique solutions and emerging technologies when they become available in SAP Concur App Center.”

— Andy Watson, SAP Concur, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific Japan and Greater China.

SAP.iO Foundries are SAP’s global network of equity-free startup accelerators that help promising startups integrate with SAP solutions and accelerate their entry into a curated, inclusive ecosystem whose offerings can be easily accessed and deployed by SAP customers.

Media contacts:

Anke Otto-Jungkind
+1 (650) 796-6478
anke.otto-jungkind@sap.com

Mickey Beyer-Clausen
+1 631 377 1109
mickey@timeshifter.com