Areas of Interest
- Behavioral sleep medicine
- Depression
- Perinatal mood disorders
- Behavioral sleep medicine
- Sleep and psychiatric illness
- Sleep in the perinatal population
Featured News

6 tips for quality sleep after going back to the workplace
What sleep experts say will help you get re-acclimated to a pre-pandemic schedule

Seeing the Light of an Improved Mood
A psychologist explains how to boost your mood, and your sleep, on a cloudy day with light therapy.

Primary Care in a Pandemic: Spotting Mental Health Needs and More
Free online toolkit aims to support providers in identifying problems their patients may be experiencing, and intervening early.

Associations between Sleep and Cognitive Performance in a Racially/Ethnically Diverse Cohort: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN)
Findings published in Sleep regarding sleep and cognitive performance in a large sample of older women

Study Seeks to Better Understand the Relationship Between Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Depression During Pregnancy
The U-M Department of Psychiatry is looking to recruit pregnant women who are snoring and are feeling down or depressed to take part in a study aimed at studying the effects on mood and cortisol.
Credentials
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan
- Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, University of Alabama