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Michael V. Vitiello is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines with an emphasis on psychology, medicine, and neuroscience. The scientist has contributed significantly to fields such as experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, endocrine and autonomic systems, and sociology and political science.

Their work addresses several main topics, including sleep and related disorders, sleep and wakefulness research, circadian rhythm and melatonin, COVID-19 and mental health, sleep and work-related fatigue, impact of technology on adolescents, and restless legs syndrome research.

Michael V. Vitiello has published extensively, with frequent contributions to several academic venues. The most common venues include Sleep Medicine Reviews, Sleep Medicine, SSRN Electronic Journal, SLEEP, and Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.

Recent scholarly articles include:

  • Sleep problems during the COVID-19 pandemic by population: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2020) in Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
  • Sleep disturbances during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression (2022) in Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of long term physical and mental sequelae of COVID-19 pandemic: call for research priority and action (2022) in Molecular Psychiatry
  • Prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder after infectious disease pandemics in the twenty-first century, including COVID-19: a meta-analysis and systematic review (2021) in Molecular Psychiatry
  • Sleep disturbances during pregnancy and adverse maternal and fetal outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2021) in Sleep Medicine Reviews

The scientist's frequent co-authors include Haitham Jahrami, Xiangdong Tang, Ye Zhang, Rong Ren, and Zahra Saif.

Michael V. Vitiello has also contributed to book publications, with a notable title being The Victims' Rights Movement, published by New York University Press eBooks in 2023.

Best Publications

  • National Sleep Foundation’s sleep time duration recommendations: methodology and results summary

    Max Hirshkowitz;Max Hirshkowitz;Kaitlyn Whiton;Steven M. Albert;Cathy Alessi

  • Meta-Analysis of Quantitative Sleep Parameters From Childhood to Old Age in Healthy Individuals: Developing Normative Sleep Values Across the Human Lifespan

    Maurice M. Ohayon;Mary A. Carskadon;Christian Guilleminault;Michael V. Vitiello

  • National Sleep Foundation's updated sleep duration recommendations: final report ☆

    Max Hirshkowitz;Max Hirshkowitz;Kaitlyn Whiton;Steven M. Albert;Cathy Alessi

  • National Sleep Foundation's sleep quality recommendations: first report.

    Maurice Ohayon;Emerson M. Wickwire;Max Hirshkowitz;Max Hirshkowitz;Steven M. Albert

  • Loss of circadian rhythmicity in blood testosterone levels with aging in normal men.

    William J. Bremner;Michael V. Vitiello;Patricia N. Prinz

  • Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders: Part I, Basic Principles, Shift Work and Jet Lag Disorders An American Academy of Sleep Medicine Review

    Robert L. Sack;Dennis Auckley;R. Robert Auger;Mary A. Carskadon

  • Sleep disturbances increase the risk of dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Le Shi;Si-Jing Chen;Meng-Ying Ma;Yan-Ping Bao

  • Epidemiology of restless legs syndrome: A synthesis of the literature

    Maurice M. Ohayon;Ruth O’Hara;Michael V. Vitiello

  • Circadian rhythm sleep disorders: part II, advanced sleep phase disorder, delayed sleep phase disorder, free-running disorder, and irregular sleep-wake rhythm. An American Academy of Sleep Medicine review.

    Robert L. Sack;Dennis Auckley;R. Robert Auger;Mary A. Carskadon

  • Sleep problems during the COVID-19 pandemic by population: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Haitham Jahrami;Ahmed S BaHammam;Nicola Luigi Bragazzi;Zahra Saif

  • Evidence‐Based Recommendations for the Assessment and Management of Sleep Disorders in Older Persons

    Harrison G. Bloom;Harrison G. Bloom;Imran Ahmed;Cathy A. Alessi;Cathy A. Alessi;Sonia Ancoli-Israel

  • Sleep in Normal Aging

    Junxin Li;Michael V. Vitiello;Nalaka S. Gooneratne

  • Age-related sleep change: Gender and estrogen effects on the subjective-objective sleep quality relationships of healthy, noncomplaining older men and women.

    Michael V Vitiello;Lawrence H Larsen;Karen E Moe

  • Implications of sleep disturbance and inflammation for Alzheimer's disease dementia

    Michael R Irwin;Michael V Vitiello

  • Sleep, EEG and mental function changes in senile dementia of the Alzheimer's type

    Patricia N. Prinz;Peter Paul Vitaliano;Michael V. Vitiello;John Bokan

  • Nighttime insomnia treatment and education for Alzheimer's disease: a randomized, controlled trial.

    Susan M. McCurry;Laura E. Gibbons;Rebecca G. Logsdon;Michael V. Vitiello

  • Geriatrics: sleep disorders and aging.

    Patricia N. Prinz;Michael V. Vitiello;Murray A. Raskind;Michael J. Thorpy

  • Sleep disturbances in caregivers of persons with dementia: contributing factors and treatment implications.

    Susan M. McCurry;Rebecca G. Logsdon;Linda Teri;Michael V. Vitiello

  • Neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease: Past progress and anticipation of the future

    Yonas E. Geda;Lon S. Schneider;Laura N. Gitlin;David S. Miller

  • Sleep disturbances in patients with Alzheimer's disease: epidemiology, pathophysiology and treatment.

    Michael V. Vitiello;Soo Borson

Frequent Co-Authors

Linda Teri
Linda Teri University of Washington
Laura D. Baker
Laura D. Baker Wake Forest University
Rebecca G. Logsdon
Rebecca G. Logsdon University of Washington
Michael Von Korff
Michael Von Korff Kaiser Permanente
Bruce Rybarczyk
Bruce Rybarczyk Virginia Commonwealth University
Peter P. Vitaliano
Peter P. Vitaliano University of Washington
Sonia Ancoli-Israel
Sonia Ancoli-Israel University of California, San Diego
Barbara Riegel
Barbara Riegel University of Pennsylvania
Phyllis C. Zee
Phyllis C. Zee Northwestern University
Charles M. Morin
Charles M. Morin Université Laval

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