Training faculty

T32 Grant Faculty Mentors

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NameDegree(s)Primary Department or ProgramResearch Interest (sleep circadian interest if not a sleep/circadian expert)
MD, PhDNeurologyMovement disorders and sleep (RBD, Parkinson’s, MCI)
Broussard, Josiane L.PhDHealth and Exercise ScienceÌýTissue-specific insulin sensitivity and metabolism (sleep, circadianÌýrhythms, timing of behaviors such as eating and exercise)
MDEndocrinology, Metabolism, and DiabetesCardiometabolic health, Behavioral change, Obesity Diabetes, Endocrinology, Physical Activity and Weight Loss Maintenance
PhDApplied Mathematics and StatisticsMathematical modeling of sleep, circadian rhythms, and metabolism
Friedman,Ìý ÌýNaomi PPhDPsychology & Neuroscience/ Institute for Behavioral GeneticsGenetics and executive function (sleep, cognition and insomnia)
MDPulmonary Sciences & Critical Car­eBiological mechanisms of asthma/lung diseases & obesityÌý (sleep apnea, l) air pollution and cardiovascular disease
PhDOrthopedicsConcussion, inflammation and cerebrovascular regulation, biomarkers, sleep disturbance
Kaiser,Ìý Roselinde HPhD

Psychology & Neuroscience

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Affective disorders, brain networks involved in emotion regulationÌý(sleep, circadian rhythms and mood)
PhDGeriatricsEndocrine regulation of metabolism (sleep, circadian rhythms, and bone)
Lowry, Christopher APhDIntegrative PhysiologyBehavioral Neuroendocrinology (circadian rhythms, inflammation, depression and PTSD)

PhD

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Endocrinology, Metabolism, and DiabetesDiet, exercise, obesity, & aging on metabolism & energy expenditure (sleep, circadian rhythms and metabolism)
MD, PhDNeurologyMechanisms by which sleep impacts memory functions; how sleep may protect the brain against Alzheimer’s disease
Opp, Mark RPhDIntegrative PhysiologyInsufficient sleep, inflammation, pre-disposesition and/or exacerbates chronic pathologies
PhDPharmaceutical SciencesMass spectrometry, metabolomics, & proteomics-biomarkers of COPD, Type 1 diabetes and asthma (biomarkers of insufficient sleep)
Rowe,Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Rachel KPhDIntegrative PhysiologySleep-immune interactions, sleep-endocrine interactions, sleep-wake disturbances after neurotrauma, neuroinflammation
Saddoris,Ìý Michael PPhDPsychology & NeuroscienceBehavioral neuroscience, motivation, learning, stress, drug abuse and (circadian and sleep disruption)
PhDPediatric EndocrinologyObesity, diabetes, depression (sleep, stress)
PhDPediatricsHealth effects of poor sleep in children and adolescents
Spencer, RobertPhDPsychology & NeuroscienceNeurobiology of psychological stress and stress adaptation; (circadian rhythms and the role of clock gene expression in brain function)
Stitzel, Ìý Ìý Jerry APhDIntegrative Physiology / Institute for Behavioral GeneticsGenetics for behavioral and physiological actions of drugs of abuse (circadian rhythms, sleep and nicotine)
MD, MCREndocrinology, Metabolism, and DiabetesCircadian and sleep distubances and bone health
Wright, Kenneth P.PhD

Integrative Physiology

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Sleep and circadian rhythms, cardiometabolic health and performance

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