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  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Timothy Roehrs is affiliated with the Henry Ford Health System in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the study of sleep and related disorders, with a particular emphasis on the intersection of sleep disturbances and substance use disorders.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Sleep and alertness disturbance and substance use disorders: A bi-directional relation (2021), Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
  • Current and potential pharmacological treatment options for insomnia in patients with alcohol use disorder in recovery (2020), Neuropsychopharmacology Reports

Roehrs has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, notably Gail Koshorek, Thomas Roth, Jelena Verkler, Mohammad Sibai, and Thomas Röth. Such collaborations indicate involvement in interdisciplinary work within sleep and substance use research areas.

The scientist has published extensively in various venues, with the most frequent publication outlets including:

  • SLEEP
  • Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Translational research
  • Neuropsychopharmacology Reports

Their research spans multiple fields of study, particularly:

  • Psychology
  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Within these fields, subfields of study include:

  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Surgery
  • Physiology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

The main topics covered in their work reflect a focus on sleep and its various dimensions:

  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
  • Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Mind wandering and attention

Their contributions to the field have been recognized with the title of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) awarded in 1997.

Best Publications

  • EEG arousals: Scoring rules and examples. A preliminary report from the Sleep Disorders Atlas Task Force of the American Sleep Disorder Association

    M. Bonnet;David W. Carley;M. Carskadon;P. Easton

  • Shift Work Sleep Disorder: Prevalence and Consequences Beyond that of Symptomatic Day Workers

    Christopher L. Drake;Christopher L. Drake;Timothy Roehrs;Timothy Roehrs;Gary Richardson;James K. Walsh

  • Vulnerability to stress-related sleep disturbance and hyperarousal.

    Christopher Drake;Gary Richardson;Timothy Roehrs;Holly Scofield

  • Sleep loss and REM sleep loss are hyperalgesic.

    Timothy Roehrs;Maren Hyde;Brandi Blaisdell;Mark Greenwald

  • Caffeine: Sleep and daytime sleepiness

    Timothy Roehrs;Timothy Roehrs;Thomas Roth;Thomas Roth

  • Insomnia: epidemiology, characteristics, and consequences.

    Thomas Roth;Timothy Roehrs

  • Insomnia causes, consequences, and therapeutics: an overview.

    Christopher L. Drake;Timothy Roehrs;Thomas Roth

  • Caffeine effects on sleep taken 0, 3, or 6 hours before going to bed.

    Christopher Drake;Timothy Roehrs;John Shambroom;Thomas Roth

  • Sleep, sleepiness, and alcohol use.

    Timothy Roehrs;Thomas Roth

  • Atlas and scoring rules

    M. Bonnet;David W. Carley;M. Carskadon;P. Easton

  • Sleep, sleepiness, sleep disorders and alcohol use and abuse.

    Timothy Roehrs;Thomas Roth

  • Daytime alertness in patients with chronic insomnia compared with asymptomatic control subjects.

    Edward Stepanski;Frank Zorick;Timothy Roehrs;David Young

  • Evaluation of the effectiveness of uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

    Shiro Fujita;William A. Conway;Jeanne M. Sicklesteel;Robert M. Wittig

  • Sleep disturbance in menopause.

    Robert R. Freedman;Timothy A. Roehrs

  • Epidemiology of alcohol and medication as aids to sleep in early adulthood

    Eric O. Johnson;Timothy Roehrs;Timothy Roehrs;Thomas Roth;Thomas Roth;Naomi Breslau;Naomi Breslau;Naomi Breslau

  • Predictors of Objective Level of Daytime Sleepiness in Patients with Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders*

    Timothy Roehrs;Frank Zorick;Robert Wittig;William Conway

  • Insomnia: pathophysiology and implications for treatment.

    Thomas Roth;Timothy Roehrs;Ron Pies

  • Sleep in Lifetime Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Community-Based Polysomnographic Study

    Naomi Breslau;Thomas Roth;Eleni Burduvali;Alissa Kapke

  • Sleep and pain: interaction of two vital functions.

    Timothy Roehrs;Thomas Roth

  • Daytime Sleepiness and Alertness

    Timothy Roehrs;Mary A. Carskadon;William C. Dement;Thomas Roth

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Roth
Thomas Roth Wayne State University
Frank Zorick
Frank Zorick Henry Ford Hospital
Christopher L. Drake
Christopher L. Drake Henry Ford Health System
Mark A. Lumley
Mark A. Lumley Wayne State University
Naomi Breslau
Naomi Breslau Michigan State University
Joris C. Verster
Joris C. Verster Utrecht University
Christopher Bishop
Christopher Bishop Binghamton University
Mark K. Greenwald
Mark K. Greenwald Wayne State University
Robert Freedman
Robert Freedman University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Mary A. Carskadon
Mary A. Carskadon Brown University

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