Michael A. Grandner, PhD, MTR
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Associate Professor, Psychology
Associate Professor, Medicine
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience - GIDP
Assistant Professor, Physiological Sciences - GIDP
Associate Professor, Clinical Translational Sciences
Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
PO Box 245002
Building: Arizona Health Sciences Center (#201)
Room #: 70PC
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Selected Publications
Grandner, M. A., Alfonso-Miller, P., Fernandez-Mendoza, J., Shetty, S., Shenoy, S., and Combs, D. (2016). Sleep: Considerations for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Current Opinions in Cardiology, 31(5): 551-565.
Grandner, M. A., Seixas, A., Shetty, S., and Shenoy, S. (2016). Sleep duration and diabetes risk: Population trends and potential mechanisms. Current Diabetes Reports, 16:106.
Grandner, M. A., Williams, N., Knutson, K. L., Roberts, D., and Jean-Louis, G. (2016). Sleep disparity, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic position. Sleep Medicine, 18:7-18. PMCID: 4631795.
Patterson, F. Malone, S. K., Lozano, A., Grandner, M. A., and Hanlon, A. L. (2016). Smoking, sedentary behavior, and diet associated with habitual sleep duration and chronotype: Data from the UK Biobank. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 50(5):715-726.
Perlis, M. L., Grandner, M. A., Brown, G. K., Basner, M., Chakravorty, S., Morales, K. H., Gehrman, P. R., Chaudhary, N. S., Thase, M. E., and Dinges, D. F. (2016). Nocturnal wakefulness: A previously unrecognized risk factor for suicide. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 77(6):726-733.
St-Onge, M-P., Coons, M., Bhatt, D. L., Brown, D., Conroy, M. B., Grandner, M. A., and Jean-Louis, G. (2016). Sleep duration and quality: Impact on lifestyle behaviors and cardiometabolic health: An advisory from the American Heart Association. Circulation, 134(18): e367-386.
Grandner, M. A. (2017). Sleep and obesity risk in adults: Possible mechanisms, contextual factors, and implications for research, intervention, and policy. Sleep Health, 3(5): 393-400.
Grandner, M. A. (2017). Sleep, health, and society. Sleep Medicine Clinics, 12 (1): 1-22.
Ji, X., Grandner, M. A., and Liu, J. (2017). The relationship between micronutrient status and sleep patterns: A systematic review. Public Health Nutrition, 20(4):687-701.
Grandner, M. A., Mullington, J. M., Hashmi, S. D., Redeker, N. S., Watson, N. F., and Morgenthaler, T. I. (2018). Sleep Duration and Hypertension: Analysis of >700,000 Adults by Age and Sex. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 14(6): 1031-1039.
Student Opportunities Through Research
Students have the opportunity to learn more about sleep, about sleep research, and connections between sleep and health. Students are offered opportunities for hands-on learning, as well as opportunities to pursue an area that they are uniquely interested in.
Sponsored Research Through MSRP
Sydney Phan (MSRP 2023): "Reconsidering Stimulus Control: Activities in Bed Associated with Sleep-Related Outcomes."
Michael Amadei (MSRP 2025): "Risk of Arterial and Venous Thrombotic Events in Melasma Patients: A Comparative Analysis of TXA Users vs. Non-Users"
NIH Undergraduate Diversity Program
Harun Abdi, 2019, "Athletes and Sleep"
NIH High School Student Research Program
Khem Gautam, Catalina High School, 2018
Zaira Guendulayn, Tucson High Magnet School, 2018
Alexis Hernandez, Salpointe Catholic High School, 2019
Christina Niyigena, Sahuaro High School, 2019
Jacqueline Figueroa, Sunnyside High School, 2020
Luz Islava, Pueblo High School, 2020
Degrees
- San Diego State University and University of California, San Diego (Ph.D)
- San Diego VA Healthcare System and UCSD (Internship)
- University of Pennsylvania (Fellowship, Behavioral Sleep Medicine)
- University of Pennsylvania (Fellowship, Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology)
- University of Pennsylvania (Masters, Translational Research)
Awards
- Winner, Distinguished Early Career Award, Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine 2013
- Obtanied official recognition of Sleep Awareness Week by PA Senate and Governor 2013
- Winner, Sleep Research Network Early Career Award 2014
- Winner, Sleep Deprivation Section Award, American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2014
- Elected Fellow, American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2015
- Winner, Distinguished Service Award, Pennsylvania Sleep Society 2016
- Winner, Early Career Award, AHA Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health 2016
- Selected, Eureka Institute for Translational Medicine Conference 2016
- Elected Fellow, American Heart Association 2017
- Included among the 20 individuals on the Thrive Global “Fuel List” 2017
Research Interests
My research interests include the broad application of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, including studies of sleep as a domain of health behavior and the development and implementation of behavioral interventions for insufficient sleep and sleep disorders. Specific areas of focus include:
adverse cardiovascular, metabolic, and behavioral health outcomes associated with short sleep and/or insufficient sleep,
biopsychosocial determinants of short sleep, insufficient sleep, and poor sleep quality, and
behavioral interventions for sleep as a domain of health behavior. In summary, it is my belief that we need to better understand the downstream adverse outcomes of insufficient or poor quality sleep, the upstream determinants of sleep and sleep behaviors, and how knowledge of sleep determinants can inform behavioral interventions for adverse outcomes.