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Dean W. Beebe is affiliated with Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Medicine and Psychology, with substantial contributions in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Beebe's work encompasses a broad range of topics related to sleep and its effects on health and cognition. Key themes in their research include:

  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Down syndrome and intellectual disability research

The scientist has published extensively in several academic journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • SLEEP
  • The Clinical Neuropsychologist
  • Sleep Health
  • Journal of Sleep Research
  • Transplantation and Cellular Therapy

Some of Dean W. Beebe's recent papers include:

  • Losing sleep by staying up late leads adolescents to consume more carbohydrates and a higher glycemic load (2021, SLEEP)
  • Impact of sleep restriction on affective functioning in adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (2020, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry)
  • Evaluating working memory outcome measures for children with Down syndrome (2021, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research)
  • Neuronal activation and performance changes in working memory induced by chronic sleep restriction in adolescents (2021, Journal of Sleep Research)
  • Bedtime, body mass index and obesity risk in preschool-aged children (2020, Pediatric Obesity)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Kara Duraccio
  • Andrea Fidler
  • Kendra N. Krietsch
  • Catharine Whitacre
  • Rachael W. Taylor

Overall, Dean W. Beebe's work integrates studies on sleep patterns, cognitive function, and health outcomes primarily in pediatric and adolescent populations, with ongoing investigation into the effects of sleep restriction and its broader impacts on behavior and physiology.

Best Publications

  • Obstructive sleep apnea and the prefrontal cortex: towards a comprehensive model linking nocturnal upper airway obstruction to daytime cognitive and behavioral deficits.

    Dean W. Beebe;David Gozal

  • Cognitive, behavioral, and functional consequences of inadequate sleep in children and adolescents.

    Dean W. Beebe

  • The neuropsychological effects of obstructive sleep apnea: a meta-analysis of norm-referenced and case-controlled data.

    Dean W. Beebe;Lisa Groesz;Carolyn Wells;Alisha Nichols

  • Neurobehavioral morbidity associated with disordered breathing during sleep in children : A comprehensive review

    Dean W. Beebe

  • Sleep restriction worsens mood and emotion regulation in adolescents

    Katherine T. Baum;Anjali Desai;Julie Field;Lauren E. Miller

  • A Randomized Trial of Adenotonsillectomy for Childhood Sleep Apnea

    Carole L. Marcus;Reneé H. Moore;Carol L. Rosen;Bruno Giordani

  • A review of the effects of sleep during the first year of life on cognitive, psychomotor, and temperament development.

    Mathew Ednick;Aliza P. Cohen;Gary L. McPhail;Dean Beebe

  • Sleep in Overweight Adolescents: Shorter Sleep, Poorer Sleep Quality, Sleepiness, and Sleep-Disordered Breathing

    Dean W. Beebe;Daniel Lewin;Meg Zeller;Marie McCabe

  • Dietary intake following experimentally restricted sleep in adolescents.

    Dean W Beebe;Stacey Simon;Suzanne Summer;Stephanie Hemmer

  • Neuropsychological effects of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea.

    Dean W. Beebe;Carolyn T. Wells;Jennifer Jeffries;Barbara Chini

  • Cognitive and Adaptive Outcome in Low-Grade Pediatric Cerebellar Astrocytomas: Evidence of Diminished Cognitive and Adaptive Functioning in National Collaborative Research Studies (CCG 9891/POG 9130)

    Dean W. Beebe;M. Douglas Ris;F. Daniel Armstrong;John Fontanesi

  • Intraindividual variability of sleep/wake patterns in relation to child and adolescent functioning: A systematic review.

    Stephen P. Becker;Stephen P. Becker;Craig A. Sidol;Tori R. Van Dyk;Tori R. Van Dyk;Jeffery N. Epstein;Jeffery N. Epstein;Jeffery N. Epstein

  • Prevalence, Patterns, and Persistence of Sleep Problems in the First 3 Years of Life

    Kelly C. Byars;Kimberly Yolton;Joseph Rausch;Bruce Lanphear

  • The association between sleep disordered breathing, academic grades, and cognitive and behavioral functioning among overweight subjects during middle to late childhood.

    Dean W. Beebe;M. Douglas Ris;Megan E. Kramer;Elizabeth Long

  • The Childhood Adenotonsillectomy Trial (CHAT): Rationale, Design, and Challenges of a Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating a Standard Surgical Procedure in a Pediatric Population

    Susan Redline;Raouf Amin;Dean Beebe;Ronald D. Chervin

  • Feasibility and behavioral effects of an at-home multi-night sleep restriction protocol for adolescents

    Dean W. Beebe;Gahan Fallone;Neha Godiwala;Matt Flanigan

  • Attention, Learning, and Arousal of Experimentally Sleep-restricted Adolescents in a Simulated Classroom

    Dean W. Beebe;Douglas Rose;Raouf Amin

  • The contribution of intermittent hypoxia, sleep debt and sleep disruption to daytime performance deficits in children: Consideration of respiratory and non-respiratory sleep disorders

    Sarah L. Blunden;Dean W. Beebe

  • Quality of life and obstructive sleep apnea symptoms after pediatric adenotonsillectomy

    Susan L. Garetz;Ron B. Mitchell;Portia D. Parker;Reneé H. Moore

  • Sweet/Dessert Foods Are More Appealing to Adolescents after Sleep Restriction

    Stacey L. Simon;Julie Field;Lauren E. Miller;Mark DiFrancesco

Frequent Co-Authors

Shari L. Wade
Shari L. Wade Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Susan Redline
Susan Redline Brigham and Women's Hospital
M. Douglas Ris
M. Douglas Ris Baylor College of Medicine
Bruno Giordani
Bruno Giordani University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Stephen P. Becker
Stephen P. Becker Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Anna J. Esbensen
Anna J. Esbensen Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Lisa J. Meltzer
Lisa J. Meltzer National Jewish Health
Mark A. Reinecke
Mark A. Reinecke Northwestern University
H. Gerry Taylor
H. Gerry Taylor Case Western Reserve University
Jeffery N. Epstein
Jeffery N. Epstein Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

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