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Hans P. A. Van Dongen is affiliated with Washington State University Spokane in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines including psychology, neuroscience, and medicine, with a primary focus on the study of sleep, circadian rhythms, and their impacts on human health and performance.

Their work predominantly addresses topics such as sleep and related disorders, sleep and work-related fatigue, sleep and wakefulness research, and circadian rhythm and melatonin. Additional research interests include heart rate variability and autonomic control, ergonomics and musculoskeletal disorders, and obstructive sleep apnea.

Van Dongen's publication record features numerous articles in leading journals, demonstrating active contributions to the scientific understanding of sleep and circadian biology. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SLEEP
  • Chronobiology International
  • Nature and Science of Sleep
  • Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
  • SLEEP Advances

Several recent papers highlight their research scope. These include the 2021 study "Night shift schedule causes circadian dysregulation of DNA repair genes and elevated DNA damage in humans" published in the Journal of Pineal Research, and another 2021 article titled "Distinct circadian mechanisms govern cardiac rhythms and susceptibility to arrhythmia" appearing in Nature Communications. Further contributions from 2021 include "Guiding principles for determining work shift duration and addressing the effects of work shift duration on performance, safety, and health: guidance from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society", published in both SLEEP and the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. In 2020, Van Dongen co-authored "Circulating Exosomal miRNAs Signal Circadian Misalignment to Peripheral Metabolic Tissues" in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Van Dongen has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, who include Brieann C. Satterfield, Devon Hansen, Kimberly A. Honn, Shobhan Gaddameedhi, and John M. Hinson. These collaborations reflect ongoing research partnerships and multidisciplinary approaches within the field of sleep science.

Their subfields of specialization encompass experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, endocrine and autonomic systems, physiology, and social psychology. This multidisciplinary expertise supports Van Dongen's comprehensive approach to understanding sleep mechanisms and their effects on health and behavior.

Best Publications

  • The Cumulative Cost of Additional Wakefulness: Dose-Response Effects on Neurobehavioral Functions and Sleep Physiology From Chronic Sleep Restriction and Total Sleep Deprivation

    Hans P. A. Van Dongen;Greg Maislin;Janet M. Mullington;David F. Dinges

  • Systematic interindividual differences in Neurobehavioral impairment from sleep loss: Evidence of trait-like differential vulnerability

    Hans P A Van Dongen;Maurice D Baynard;Greg Maislin;David F Dinges

  • Sleep as a fundamental property of neuronal assemblies

    James M. Krueger;David M. Rector;Sandip Roy;Hans P. A. Van Dongen

  • Soluble TNF-α receptor 1 and IL-6 plasma levels in humans subjected to the sleep deprivation model of spaceflight

    William T. Shearer;James M. Reuben;Janet M. Mullington;Nicholas J. Price

  • Shift Work: Disrupted Circadian Rhythms and Sleep-Implications for Health and Well-Being

    Stephen M. James;Kimberly A. Honn;Shobhan Gaddameedhi;Hans P.A. Van Dongen

  • Individual differences in adult human sleep and wakefulness: Leitmotif for a research agenda.

    Hans P. A. van Dongen;Kristen M. Vitellaro;David F. Dinges

  • Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and Psychomotor Vigilance

    Hans P.A. Van Dongen;David F. Dinges

  • Sleep deprivation, vigilant attention, and brain function: a review.

    Amanda N. Hudson;Hans P. A. Van Dongen;Kimberly A. Honn

  • Morning-type and evening-type individuals differ in the phase position of their endogenous circadian oscillator

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  • Neurobehavioral Dynamics Following Chronic Sleep Restriction: Dose-Response Effects of One Night for Recovery

    Siobhan Banks;Hans P. A. Van Dongen;Greg Maislin;David F. Dinges

  • Effects of sleep deprivation on dissociated components of executive functioning.

    Adrienne M. Tucker;Paul Whitney;Gregory Belenky;John M. Hinson

  • Sleep debt: Theoretical and empirical issues

    Hans P. A. Van Dongen;Naomi L. Rogers;David F. Dinges

  • Sleep loss reduces diurnal rhythm amplitude of leptin in healthy men.

    J. M. Mullington;J. L. Chan;H. P. A. Van Dongen;M. P. Szuba

  • Diffusion model for one-choice reaction-time tasks and the cognitive effects of sleep deprivation

    Roger Ratcliff;Hans P. A. Van Dongen

  • Efficient driver drowsiness detection at moderate levels of drowsiness

    Pia M. Forsman;Bryan J. Vila;Robert A. Short;Christopher G. Mott

  • Impact of Five Nights of Sleep Restriction on Glucose Metabolism, Leptin and Testosterone in Young Adult Men

    Amy C. Reynolds;Jillian Dorrian;Peter Y. Liu;Hans P. A. Van Dongen

  • Circadian Rhythm Profiles in Women with Night Eating Syndrome

    Namni Goel;Albert J. Stunkard;Naomi L. Rogers;Naomi L. Rogers;Hans P.A. Van Dongen;Hans P.A. Van Dongen

  • Trait interindividual differences in the sleep physiology of healthy young adults

    Adrienne M. Tucker;David F. Dinges;Hans P. A. Van Dongen

  • Caffeine eliminates psychomotor vigilance deficits from sleep inertia

    Hans P.A. Van Dongen;Nicholas J. Price;Janet M. Mullington;Martin P. Szuba

  • Sleep deprivation affects multiple distinct cognitive processes.

    Roger Ratcliff;Hans P. A. Van Dongen

  • Shift Work and Inter‐Individual Differences in Sleep and Sleepiness

    Hans P. A. Van Dongen

  • Investigating the interaction between the homeostatic and circadian processes of sleep-wake regulation for the prediction of waking neurobehavioural performance.

    Hans P. A. Van Dongen;David F. Dinges

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory Belenky
Gregory Belenky Washington State University Spokane
Paul Whitney
Paul Whitney Washington State University
Jillian Dorrian
Jillian Dorrian University of South Australia
Roger Ratcliff
Roger Ratcliff The Ohio State University
Marcos G. Frank
Marcos G. Frank Washington State University Spokane
Christopher L. Drake
Christopher L. Drake Henry Ford Health System
Peter Achermann
Peter Achermann University of Zurich
Takatoshi Mochizuki
Takatoshi Mochizuki Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Nirinjini Naidoo
Nirinjini Naidoo University of Pennsylvania
Akihiro Yamanaka
Akihiro Yamanaka Chinese Academy of Sciences

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