Shilpa Kauta, M.D.

Director for the ChristianaCare Sleep Wellness Center · ChristianaCare

Dr. Shilpa Kauta currently serves as the Medical Director for the ChristianaCare Sleep Wellness Center.

Sleep Medicine

Gary Elkins, Ph.D., ABPP

Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience (Core Clinical Faculty) · Baylor University

Dr. Gary Elkins' areas of specialization are clinical psychology, health psychology, and hypnotherapy.

Clinical Psychology Health Psychology Hypnotherapy Hypnotherapy for Hot Flashes Breast Cancer Survivors

Rebecca Spencer

Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Rebecca Spencer is one of the nation's leading researchers exploring the relationship between sleep and brain function.

Children and Napping Sleep and Learning Learning and Memory Children and Sleep Cognition

Kimberly Fenn

Associate Professor of Psychology, Director of the Sleep and Learning Lab · Michigan State University

An expert on the effect of sleep on learning and memory

Sleep Deprivation and Memory Sleep Deprivation Sleep Sleep and Human Performance Fitness and Memory

Sara Mednick

Professor of Cognitive Sciences · UC Irvine

Sara Mednick is an expert in memory consolidation, sleep, aging and brain stimulation and author of “The Power of the Downstate.”

Memory Consolidation Aging Sleep Pharmacology Cognitive Science

Ram Sharma, M.D.

Psychiatrist · ChristianaCare

Dr. Ram Sharma is a psychiatrist with the Behavioral Health Unit at ChristianaCare’s Wilmington Hospital.

Psychiatric Clinical Research Psychopharmacology Psychosis Treatment Resistant Depression Bipolar Disorder

Martine Hackett

Associate Professor of Population Health · Hofstra University

Dr. Hackett's research focuses on public health and health inequities, particularly in the American suburbs and minority communities.

Public Health Health Communication Research Methods Maternal-Child Health Infant Injury

Michael Scullin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience · Baylor University

Professor Scullin’s research investigates how sleep physiology impacts memory, education, health, and aging.

Neuroscience Sleep Physiology Cognitive Neuroscience Sleep Neuroscience and Cognition Psychology

Michael Jaffee

Professor/Chair · University of Florida

Dr. Michael Jaffee is board-certified in neurology, psychiatry, sleep medicine, and brain injury medicine.

Alzheimer Disease Sleep Disorders Concussion Dementia Traumatic Brain Injury

David Creswell

Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

David Creswell’s research focuses broadly on understanding what makes people resilient under stress.

Social Psychology Health Neuroscience Neuroscience Health Psychology Psychoneuroimmunology

Elizabeth Burgess Dowdell, PhD

Professor and Coordinator of Undergraduate Research | M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing · Villanova University

Elizabeth Dowdell, PhD, RN, FAAN, is an expert in the use of social media by adolescents and the health risks posed by online behaviors.

Gun Violence Internet Safety Sleep Texting Violence and Victimology Health Risk Behaviors in Children and Adolescents

Robert Lindeman

Sleep Consultant · Robert Lindeman Sleep Consultant

Robert Lindeman is a Lay Leader at his Synagogue, Congregation Kehillath Israel.

Community Religion Volunteering Sailing Acapella

William D. Parham

Professor of Counseling · Loyola Marymount University

Department of Specialized Programs in Professional Psychology

Sport Psychology Multicultural Counseling Foundations of Counseling Trauma Counseling: Theories and Interventions Interplay Between Sports Psychology

Alicia Walf

Senior Lecturer, Cognitive Science · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Neuroscientist with extensive research into body, brain, and mind relationships related to brain health, social cognition and emotions.

Brain Health Emotion Memory Neuroplasticity Well-Being

Vaughn McCall, MD

Case Distinguished University Chairman for the Department of Psychiatry & Health Behavior, Executive Vice Dean for the Medical College of Georgia · Augusta University

Vaughn McCall focuses on depression, electroconvulsive therapy, quality of life, insomnia, and suicide.

Suicide Quality of Life Depression Electroconvulsive Therapy Insomnia

Michael Yassa

Professor and Chancellor’s Fellow · UC Irvine

Michael Yassa is interested in how learning and memory mechanisms are altered in aging and neuropsychiatric disease.

Neurobiology and Behavior Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Memory and Disease Memory Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Debra Lyon

Dean/Chair · University of Florida

Debra Lyon’s research focuses on symptom management in women with breast cancer and other chronic illnesses.

Symptom management in breast cancer Cancer Genetics

Hanne M. Hoffmann

Assistant Professor of Animal Science; Expert in Neuroendocrinology · Michigan State University

Dr. Hoffmann’s research program is focused on how light changes your well being, motivation, fertility and pregnancy success.

Light Contamination Impact of Light on Physiology Development Molecular Biology Preterm Labor

Kenneth Rosenman

Professor and Medicine Chief of the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine · Michigan State University

Kenneth Rosenman is an expert on preventing and treating medical conditions caused by exposure to chemicals, lead, asbestos and silica

Coronavirus Work-related Asthma Occupational Environmental Disease Pulmonary Disease COVID-19

Michael Chumley

Professor · Texas Christian University

Research focus has been on the role of inflammation in neurodegenerative diseases.

Modifiable Risk Factors Developmental Neurobiology Inflammation Neurodegenerative Diseases Exercise Physiology