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Lisa J. Meltzer is affiliated with National Jewish Health in the United States and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of psychology and medicine. Their research spans experimental and cognitive psychology, education, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, cognitive neuroscience, and psychiatry and mental health.

The focus of their work centers largely on sleep and related disorders, with additional emphasis on sleep and wakefulness research, child nutrition and feeding issues, infant development and preterm care, diabetes management and research, early childhood education and development, and work-related fatigue linked to sleep.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Pediatric sleep health: It matters, and so does how we define it, 2021, Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • Sleep education for healthcare providers: Addressing deficient sleep in Australia and New Zealand, 2020, Sleep Health
  • Seeing the Whole Elephant: a scoping review of behavioral treatments for pediatric insomnia, 2020, Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • Changing school start times: impact on sleep in primary and secondary school students, 2021, SLEEP
  • Sleep Education and Training among Practicing Clinical Psychologists in the United States and Canada, 2020, Behavioral Sleep Medicine

Lisa J. Meltzer has frequently published in various venues, with the most publications appearing in:

  • SLEEP
  • Diabetes
  • Behavioral Sleep Medicine
  • Sleep Health
  • Sleep Medicine

Frequent collaborators include Kyla Wahlstrom, Ariel A. Williamson, Sarah M. Honaker, Erin Cobry, and Hailey Meaklim, reflecting a consistent network of co-authorship over multiple studies.

Their research addresses multiple layers of sleep science, spanning clinical, developmental, and educational aspects. This interdisciplinary approach is evident in the range of topics covered and the variety of publication venues.

Best Publications

  • Behavioral treatment of bedtime problems and night wakings in infants and young children.

    Jodi A. Mindell;Brett Kuhn;Daniel S. Lewin;Lisa J. Meltzer

  • Use of actigraphy for assessment in pediatric sleep research

    Lisa J. Meltzer;Hawley E. Montgomery-Downs;Salvatore P. Insana;Colleen M. Walsh

  • Relationship between child sleep disturbances and maternal sleep, mood, and parenting stress: a pilot study.

    Lisa J. Meltzer;Jodi A. Mindell

  • Developmental aspects of sleep hygiene: findings from the 2004 National Sleep Foundation Sleep in America Poll.

    Jodi A. Mindell;Lisa J. Meltzer;Mary A. Carskadon;Ronald D. Chervin

  • The SBSM Guide to Actigraphy Monitoring: Clinical and Research Applications

    Sonia Ancoli-Israel;Jennifer L. Martin;Terri Blackwell;Luis Buenaver

  • Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Behavioral Interventions for Pediatric Insomnia

    Lisa J. Meltzer;Jodi A. Mindell

  • Direct comparison of two new actigraphs and polysomnography in children and adolescents.

    Lisa J Meltzer;Colleen M Walsh;Joel Traylor;Anna M L Westin

  • Prevalence of Diagnosed Sleep Disorders in Pediatric Primary Care Practices

    Lisa J. Meltzer;Courtney Johnson;Jonathan Crosette;Mark Ramos

  • Sleep and sleep disorders in children and adolescents.

    Lisa J. Meltzer;Jodi A. Mindell;Jodi A. Mindell

  • The sleepy adolescent: causes and consequences of sleepiness in teens

    Melisa Moore;Lisa J. Meltzer

  • Pediatric sleep health: It matters, and so does how we define it.

    Lisa J. Meltzer;Ariel A. Williamson;Ariel A. Williamson;Jodi A. Mindell;Jodi A. Mindell

  • Comparison of a Commercial Accelerometer with Polysomnography and Actigraphy in Children and Adolescents.

    Lisa J. Meltzer;Laura S. Hiruma;Kristin Avis;Hawley Montgomery-Downs

  • Disordered Eating, Body Mass, and Glycemic Control in Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes

    Lisa J. Meltzer;Suzanne Bennett Johnson;Jason M. Prine;Richard A. Banks

  • Development and validation of the PROMIS Pediatric Sleep Disturbance and Sleep-Related Impairment item banks.

    Christopher B Forrest;Christopher B Forrest;Lisa J Meltzer;Carole L Marcus;Anna de la Motte

  • The experience of secondary traumatic stress upon care providers working within a children's hospital.

    Paul M. Robins;Paul M. Robins;Lisa Meltzer;Lisa Meltzer;Nataliya Zelikovsky;Nataliya Zelikovsky

  • Sleep in pediatric primary care: A review of the literature

    Sarah Morsbach Honaker;Lisa J. Meltzer

  • School Year Versus Summer Differences in Child Weight Gain: A Narrative Review

    Tom Baranowski;Teresia O'Connor;Craig Johnston;Sheryl Hughes

  • Impact of a child's chronic illness on maternal sleep and daytime functioning.

    Lisa J. Meltzer;Jodi A. Mindell

  • Sleep Disruptions in Parents of Children and Adolescents with Chronic Illnesses: Prevalence, Causes, and Consequences

    Lisa J. Meltzer;Melisa Moore

  • Brief Report: Sleep in Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Lisa J. Meltzer

  • Corrigendum to “Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Behavioral Interventions for Pediatric Insomnia”

    Lisa J. Meltzer;Jodi A. Mindell

Frequent Co-Authors

Dean W. Beebe
Dean W. Beebe Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Lamia P. Barakat
Lamia P. Barakat Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Suzanne Bennett Johnson
Suzanne Bennett Johnson Florida State University
Deirdre E. Logan
Deirdre E. Logan Boston Children's Hospital
Adam P. Spira
Adam P. Spira Johns Hopkins University
Yuelin Li
Yuelin Li Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Barbara H. Fiese
Barbara H. Fiese University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Daniel J. Taylor
Daniel J. Taylor University of Arizona
Sonia Ancoli-Israel
Sonia Ancoli-Israel University of California, San Diego
Susan Redline
Susan Redline Brigham and Women's Hospital

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