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The overarching goal of our research is to better understand the associations among behaviors, psychosocial factors, and cardiovascular disease endpoints. For example, we study how sleep and stress overlap and interact in relation to early cardiometabolic risk markers, as well as how these relationships vary across sociodemographic groups.
Sleep-related beliefs and behaviors
Sleep-related beliefs and behaviors
We examine links between sleep-related beliefs and behaviors, as a better understanding of these relationships may inform behavioral sleep interventions. This work has focused on concepts such as sleep myths and sleeper prototypes, as well as support for sleep health-related policies. We are also interested in how psychological factors and sleep are related, with a special interest in the role of the pre-sleep period.
Sociodemographic variation in sleep and cardiovascular risk
Sociodemographic variation in sleep and cardiovascular risk
Another line of research focuses on racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in sleep characteristics, and pathways linking multi-level discrimination to health outcomes.
Psychosocial factors in diabetes management
Psychosocial factors in diabetes management
Psychological and behavioral factors play a role in the management of diabetes. In a recent series of studies, we focus on how depressive symptoms relate to hemoglobin A1c in adolescents and young adults with Type 1 diabetes.
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