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• Short Bio

  Dr. Fernandez-Mendoza is the Edward O. Bixler Professor of Psychiatry and the Associate Vice Chair for Faculty Development in Research Scholarship in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health at Penn State University College of Medicine, where he holds a joint appointment in the Department of Public Health Sciences. He is also a clinical psychologist board-certified in Behavioral Sleep Medicine at the Penn State Health Sleep Research & Treatment Center. In his clinical practice, he performs assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients with a wide-array of sleep disorders and serves as the Director of the Behavioral Sleep Medicine accredited training program. His research uses population-based designs and focuses on three overarching goals: 1) the association of sleep health, particularly insomnia, short sleep, sleep apnea and circadian misalignment, with cardiometabolic, neurocognitive and psychopathologic morbidity and mortality, 2) the pathophysiology and natural history of sleep biomarkers, disorders and phenotypes across the lifespan and 3) the effect of pharmacological vs. behavioral therapies on sleep. His projects have been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

• Learning objectives

  1. Identify the pathophysiology of the insomnia with short vs. normal sleep duration phenotypes.

  2. Demonstrate the association of the insomnia with short vs. normal sleep duration phenotypes with adverse cardiovascular, metabolic, neurocognitive and mental health outcomes.

  3. Describe the treatment needs of the insomnia with short vs. normal sleep duration phenotypes and their potential therapeutic response.

• Zoom Meeting Link

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  Zoom link: https://uottawa-ca.zoom.us/j/97427949290?pwd=Q3ZJTHFWR2t0eGdlb2tWOE9HaFhVdz09

  Meeting ID: 973 1985 7390

  Passcode: 894712