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Overview

Philip R. Gehrman is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within psychology and neuroscience, with a focus on sleep and related disorders. This work has contributed to several subfields including experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, endocrine and autonomic systems, psychiatry and mental health, and clinical psychology.

The main topics explored by Gehrman involve sleep and wakefulness research, circadian rhythm and melatonin, sleep and work-related fatigue, mental health research topics, obstructive sleep apnea research, and bipolar disorder and treatment.

Gehrman has a notable record of publications in various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include SLEEP, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Affective Disorders, The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, and Biological Psychiatry. These venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the research, combining clinical, psychological, and physiological approaches to sleep-related conditions.

Their collaborative network is composed of frequent co-authors such as Katherine E. Miller, Jennifer Goldschmied, Elaine M. Boland, Janeese Brownlow, and Olivia Larson, reflecting ongoing teamwork in advancing research on sleep and mental health.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Gehrman demonstrate a breadth of focus within sleep research. These include the 2020 study on the effects of digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia on insomnia severity published in The Lancet Digital Health, the 2021 article on sleep classification from wrist-worn accelerometer data using random forests appearing in Scientific Reports, and a 2021 systematic review and meta-analysis on the heritability of sleep duration and quality in Sleep Medicine Reviews. Further contributions include a 2023 publication on insomnia treatment and depression prevention in SLEEP and a 2022 paper titled "Insomnia in the Older Adult" published in Sleep Medicine Clinics.

  • Effects of digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia on insomnia severity: a large-scale randomised controlled trial (2020, The Lancet Digital Health)
  • Sleep classification from wrist-worn accelerometer data using random forests (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Heritability of sleep duration and quality: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2021, Sleep Medicine Reviews)
  • Does insomnia treatment prevent depression? (2023, SLEEP)
  • Insomnia in the Older Adult (2022, Sleep Medicine Clinics)

Best Publications

  • Comparative effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia: a systematic review

    Matthew D Mitchell;Philip Gehrman;Michael Perlis;Craig A Umscheid

  • Genome-wide association analyses of chronotype in 697,828 individuals provides insights into circadian rhythms.

    Samuel E. Jones;Jacqueline M. Lane;Jacqueline M. Lane;Andrew R. Wood;Vincent T. van Hees

  • Who gets the best sleep? Ethnic and socioeconomic factors related to sleep complaints

    Michael A. Grandner;Nirav P. Patel;Philip R. Gehrman;Dawei Xie

  • Estimating sleep parameters using an accelerometer without sleep diary

    Vincent Theodoor van Hees;S. Sabia;S. Sabia;S. E. Jones;A. R. Wood

  • Increased light exposure consolidates sleep and strengthens circadian rhythms in severe Alzheimer's disease patients.

    Sonia Ancoli-Israel;Philip Gehrman;Jennifer L. Martin;Tamar Shochat

  • A meta-analysis of group cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia.

    Erin A. Koffel;Jonathan B. Koffel;Philip R. Gehrman

  • Genome-Wide Association Analyses in 128,266 Individuals Identifies New Morningness and Sleep Duration Loci.

    Samuel E. Jones;Jessica Tyrrell;Andrew R. Wood;Robin N. Beaumont

  • Sleep disturbance is associated with cardiovascular and metabolic disorders.

    Michael A. Grandner;Nicholas J. Jackson;Victoria M. Pak;Philip R. Gehrman

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of cognitive behavior therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) in cancer survivors

    Jillian A. Johnson;Joshua A. Rash;Tavis S. Campbell;Josée Savard

  • Predeployment Sleep Duration and Insomnia Symptoms as Risk Factors for New-Onset Mental Health Disorders Following Military Deployment.

    Philip R. Gehrman;Amber D. Seelig;Isabel G. Jacobson;Edward J. Boyko

  • Problems associated with short sleep: Bridging the gap between laboratory and epidemiological studies

    Michael A. Grandner;Nirav P. Patel;Philip R. Gehrman;Michael L. Perlis

  • Sleep Patterns Before, During, and After Deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan

    Amber D. Seelig;Isabel G. Jacobson;Besa Smith;Tomoko I. Hooper

  • Genetic studies of accelerometer-based sleep measures yield new insights into human sleep behaviour

    Samuel E. Jones;Vincent T. van Hees;Diego R. Mazzotti;Pedro Marques-Vidal

  • Sleeping well with cancer: A systematic review of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in cancer patients

    Sheila N Garland;Jillian A Johnson;Josee Savard;Philip Gehrman

  • Sleep duration versus sleep insufficiency as predictors of cardiometabolic health outcomes

    Nicole G. Altman;Bilgay Izci-Balserak;Elizabeth Schopfer;Nicholas Jackson

  • Genetic Basis of Chronotype in Humans: Insights From Three Landmark GWAS

    David A. Kalmbach;Logan D. Schneider;Joseph Cheung;Sarah J. Bertrand

  • Melatonin Fails to Improve Sleep or Agitation in Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial of Institutionalized Patients With Alzheimer Disease

    Philip R. Gehrman;Donald J. Connor;Jennifer L. Martin;Tamar Shochat

  • Age and sleep disturbances among American men and women: data from the U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

    Michael A. Grandner;Jennifer L. Martin;Nirav P. Patel;Nicholas J. Jackson

  • The sigmoidally transformed cosine curve: a mathematical model for circadian rhythms with symmetric non‐sinusoidal shapes

    Matthew R. Marler;Matthew R. Marler;Philip Gehrman;Jennifer L. Martin;Sonia Ancoli-Israel;Sonia Ancoli-Israel

  • Insomnia and Cognitive Performance.

    Janeese A. Brownlow;Janeese A. Brownlow;Katherine E. Miller;Philip R. Gehrman

  • Effect of Light on Agitation in Institutionalized Patients With Severe Alzheimer Disease

    Sonia Ancoli-Israel;Jennifer L. Martin;Philip Gehrman;Tamar Shochat

Frequent Co-Authors

Sonia Ancoli-Israel
Sonia Ancoli-Israel University of California, San Diego
Michael E. Thase
Michael E. Thase University of Pennsylvania
Børge Sivertsen
Børge Sivertsen Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Timothy M. Frayling
Timothy M. Frayling University of Geneva
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Andrew R. Wood
Andrew R. Wood University of Exeter
Jody Corey-Bloom
Jody Corey-Bloom University of California, San Diego
Grant W. Montgomery
Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland
Frances K. Barg
Frances K. Barg University of Pennsylvania
Andrew C. Heath
Andrew C. Heath Washington University in St. Louis

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