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TROXEL_WENDY_PHD_P_2012-0328_SMI.jpg Wendy M. Troxel
Behavioral and Social Scientist, RAND Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh
Ph.D.
4570 Fifth Avenue
Suite 600
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: (412) 683-2300, x4427
Email: wtroxel@rand.org
 
Education
B.A. Bucknell University - 1995
PhD, University of Pittsburgh, - 2006
 
Publications
1. Troxel WM, Matthews KA, Bromberger JT, Sutton-Tyrrell K. Chronic stress burden, discrimination, and subclinical carotid artery disease in African American and Caucasian women. Health Psychology, 22:300-9, 2003. PubMed PMID: 12790258.

2. Gallo LC, Troxel WM, Matthews KA, Kuller L, Sutton-Tyrrell K. Marital role occupancy and quality in middle aged women: Prediction of the levels and trajectories of cardiovascular risk factors. Health Psychology, 22:453-63, 2003. PubMed PMID: 14570528.

3. Gallo LC, Troxel WM, Kuller L, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Edmundowicz D, Matthews KA. Marital status, marital quality and subclinical artherosclerosis in postmenopausal women. Psychosomatic Medicine, 65:952-62, 2003. PubMed PMID: 14645772.

4. Gallo LC, Troxel WM, Matthews KA, McWilliams L, Kuller L, Sutton-Tyrrell K. Occupation and subclinical cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women: Are clerical workers at greater risk? Health Psychology, 22:19-29, 2003. PubMed PMID: 12558198.

5. Troxel WM, Matthews KA. What are the costs of marital conflict and dissolution to children’s physical health? Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 7:29-57, 2004. PubMed PMID: 15119687.

6. Troxel WM, Gallo LC, Matthews KA, Kuller LH. Marital quality and occurrence of the metabolic syndrome. Archives of Internal Medicine, 165:1022-7, 2005. PubMed PMID: 15883241.

7. Troxel WM, Cyranowski J, Hall M, Frank E, Buysse DJ. Attachment anxiety, relationship context, and sleep in major depressive disorder. Psychosomatic Medicine, 69:692-9, 2007. PubMed PMID:17724256.

8. Troxel WM, Robles T, Hall M, Buysse DJ. Marital quality and the marital bed: Examining the covariation between relationship quality and sleep. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 11:389-404, 2007. PubMed PMID: 17854738.

9. Troxel WM, Buysse DJ, Hall M, Matthews, KA.. Marital Happiness and Sleep Disturbances in a Multi-Ethnic Sample of Middle-Aged Women. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 7: 2-19, 2009. Pubmed PMID: 19116797.

10. Troxel WM, Buysse DJ, Matthews KA, Kip KE, Strollo PJ, Hall M, Drumheller O, Reis SE. Sleep symptoms predict the development of the metabolic syndrome. Sleep, 33:1633-1640, 2010. PubMed PMID: 21120125.

11. Hasler BP and Troxel WM. Couples’ Nighttime Sleep Efficiency and Concordance: Evidence for Bidirectional Associations with Daytime Relationship Functioning. Psychosomatic Medicine, 72: 794-801, 2010. PubMed PMID: 20668283.

12. Troxel WM. It’s more than Sex: Exploring the dyadic nature of sleep and it’s implications for health. Psychosomatic Medicine, 72:578-586, 2010. PubMed PMID:20467000.

13. Troxel WM, Buysse DJ, Monk TE, Begley A, Hall M. Does social support differentially affect sleep in older adults with versus without insomnia? Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 69:459-466, 2010. NIHMS: 198158

14. Troxel WM, Buysse DJ, Matthews KA, Kravitz HM, Bromberger JT, Sowers MF, Hall M. Marital/ Cohabitation Status and History in Relation to Sleep in Midlife Women. Sleep, 33:973-81, 2010. PubMed PMID: 20614858.

15. Troxel WM, Buysse DJ, Hall M, Kamarck T, Owens JF, Strollo PJ, Reis SE, Matthews KA. Journal of Hypertension, 28: 265-271, 2010. Social integration, social contacts, and nocturnal blood pressure in African Americans and Caucasians. PubMed PMID: 20051909.

16. Troxel W., Germain A. Insecure Attachment is an Independent Correlate of Objective Sleep Disturbances in Military Veterans. Sleep Medicine, in press.

17. Troxel W, Germain A, Buysse DJ. Brief Behavioral Treatment of Insomnia: Principles and Session by Session Guide. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, in press.

BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Troxel WM, Buysse DJ. Measuring subjective sleep quality: The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. In: Perumal, Monti, Lader & Langer (Eds.), Sleep Disorders: Diagnosis and Therapeutics. London: Informa Healthcare, UK, Ltd., 2008.

2. Troxel WM, Buysse DJ. Principles of Insomnia. In: Winkelman JW, Plante D (Eds.) Foundations of Psychiatric Sleep Medicine, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge pp. 203-215, 2010.
 
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