CTSI Research Across the Lifespan Pilot Award issued to Drs. Adriane Soehner and Meredith Wallance
Drs. Wallace and Soehner received a CTSI Research Across the Lifespan Pilot Award in May 2019. Through this award, their goal is to create a large Pittsburgh Lifespan Sleep Databank using self-report and actigraphy assessed sleep data from existing University of...Daniel J. Buysse, MD receives the Peter Hauri Career Distringuished Achievement Award
The Peter Hauri Career Distinguished Achievement Award is awarded to a member of SBSM who has made significant, sustained scientific contributions to behavioral sleep medicine or who has made significant, sustained clinical contributions to behavioral sleep medicine...Dr. Martica Hall receives Mary A. Carskadon Outstanding Educator Award
The Mary A. Carskadon Outstanding Educator Award honors excellence in education in the sleep and circadian research field. This award is given to a sleep professional to honor outstanding educational contributions to disseminating the knowledge base, research methods...New PCORI grant to study insomnia treatment in rural adults
New PCORI grant to study insomnia treatment in rural adultsThe University of Pittsburgh will serve as the Clinical Coordinating Center for a new grant from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The study will compare the effectiveness of...Circadian Misalignment and Reward Function: A Novel Pathway to Substance Use (ACRES study)
K01 DA032557 (PI: Hasler)
Adolescence is a time of particular vulnerability to substance use disorders; initiation of substance use often occurs during this developmental period, and the progression from first use to substance dependence occurs more rapidly in adolescents than in adults.