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Sonia Ancoli-Israel is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research centers on various aspects of sleep and circadian rhythm disorders, with extensive work in psychology, medicine, and neuroscience. Their subfields include experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, endocrine and autonomic systems, physiology, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's main research topics encompass sleep and related disorders, sleep and wakefulness research, circadian rhythm and melatonin, obstructive sleep apnea research, sleep and work-related fatigue, dementia and cognitive impairment research, and restless legs syndrome research.

Recent publications by Sonia Ancoli-Israel include:

  • Association of Circadian Abnormalities in Older Adults With an Increased Risk of Developing Parkinson Disease, 2020, JAMA Neurology
  • Association of Rapid Eye Movement Sleep With Mortality in Middle-aged and Older Adults, 2020, JAMA Neurology
  • Cross-sectional and Prospective Associations of Rest-Activity Rhythms With Metabolic Markers and Type 2 Diabetes in Older Men, 2020, Diabetes Care
  • Predicting incident dementia and mild cognitive impairment in older women with nonparametric analysis of circadian activity rhythms in the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures, 2021, SLEEP
  • Elevated risk of depression among adolescents presenting with sleep disorders, 2020, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Katie L. Stone
  • Atul Malhotra
  • Kristine Yaffe
  • Susan Redline
  • Yue Leng

The main venues where Sonia Ancoli-Israel frequently publishes are:

  • SLEEP
  • Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Sleep Health

Best Publications

  • The role of actigraphy in the study of sleep and circadian rhythms.

    Sonia Ancoli-Israel;Roger Cole;Cathy Alessi;Mark Chambers

  • The Consensus Sleep Diary: Standardizing Prospective Sleep Self-Monitoring

    Colleen E. Carney;Daniel J. Buysse;Sonia Ancoli-Israel;Jack D. Edinger

  • Toward a better definition of the restless legs syndrome

    Arthur S. Walters;Michael S. Aldrich;Richard Allen;Sonia Ancoli‐Israel

  • Sleep disturbances and chronic disease in older adults: results of the 2003 National Sleep Foundation Sleep in America Survey.

    Daniel Foley;Sonia Ancoli-Israel;Patricia Britz;James Walsh

  • Recommendations for a standard research assessment of insomnia.

    Daniel J Buysse;Sonia Ancoli-Israel;Jack D Edinger;Kenneth L Lichstein

  • Sleep-disordered breathing, hypoxia, and risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia in older women

    Kristine Yaffe;Kristine Yaffe;Alison M. Laffan;Stephanie Litwack Harrison;Susan Redline

  • The visual scoring of sleep in adults

    Michael H. Silber;Sonia Ancoli-Israel;Michael H. Bonnet;Sudhansu Chokroverty

  • Sleep-disordered breathing in community-dwelling elderly.

    Sonia Ancoli-Israel;Daniel F. Kripke;Daniel F. Kripke;Melville R. Klauber;William J. Mason;William J. Mason

  • Characteristics of insomnia in the United States: results of the 1991 National Sleep Foundation Survey. I

    S Ancoli-Israel;T Roth

  • Neuroendocrine-Immune Mechanisms of Behavioral Comorbidities in Patients With Cancer

    Andrew H. Miller;Sonia Ancoli-Israel;Julienne E. Bower;Lucile Capuron

  • Prefrontal atrophy, disrupted NREM slow waves and impaired hippocampal-dependent memory in aging

    Bryce A Mander;Vikram Rao;Brandon Lu;Jared M Saletin

  • Prevalence, Demographics, and Psychological Associations of Sleep Disruption in Patients With Cancer: University of Rochester Cancer Center-Community Clinical Oncology Program

    Oxana G. Palesh;Joseph A. Roscoe;Karen M. Mustian;Thomas Roth

  • 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

  • Daytime consequences and correlates of insomnia in the United States : Results of the 1991 National Sleep Foundation survey. II

    Thomas Roth;Sonia Ancoli-Israel

  • Sleep Disorders in the Older Adult – A Mini-Review

    Ariel B. Neikrug;Sonia Ancoli-Israel

  • The hypoxic burden of sleep apnoea predicts cardiovascular disease-related mortality: the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study and the Sleep Heart Health Study.

    Ali Azarbarzin;Scott A. Sands;Katie L. Stone;Katie L. Stone;Luigi Taranto-Montemurro

  • β-amyloid disrupts human NREM slow waves and related hippocampus-dependent memory consolidation

    Bryce A Mander;Shawn M Marks;Jacob W Vogel;Vikram Rao

  • Sleep Deprivation and Clinical Performance

    Matthew B. Weinger;Sonia Ancoli-Israel

  • Periodic limb movements in sleep in community-dwelling elderly.

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  • The Role of Actigraphy in the Study of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms AMERICAN ACADEMY OF SLEEP MEDICINE REVIEW PAPER

    Sonia Ancoli-Israel;Roger Cole;Cathy Alessi;Mark Chambers

Frequent Co-Authors

Katie L. Stone
Katie L. Stone University of California, San Francisco
Joel E. Dimsdale
Joel E. Dimsdale University of California, San Diego
Susan Redline
Susan Redline Brigham and Women's Hospital
Paul J. Mills
Paul J. Mills University of California, San Diego
Kristine E. Ensrud
Kristine E. Ensrud University of Minnesota
Roland von Känel
Roland von Känel University of Zurich
Igor Grant
Igor Grant University of California, San Diego
Thomas L. Patterson
Thomas L. Patterson University of California, San Diego
Kristine Yaffe
Kristine Yaffe University of California, San Francisco
Brent T. Mausbach
Brent T. Mausbach University of California, San Diego

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