Sleep and Performance Research Center
Human Sleep and Cognition Laboratory
Brieann C. Satterfield, Ph.D.
AREAS OF INTEREST
Sleep loss, cognitive performance, genetic and neural mechanisms, metabolism, cancer, health outcomes
RESEARCH SCOPE
I study the complex phenotype-genotype associations between sleep and cognition. I use functional genetic polymorphisms as a tool to understand the underlying neurobiological mechanisms associated with inter-individual differences in cognitive impairment during sleep loss. Recently, I have taken interest in investigating how circadian disruption increases the risk of poor health outcomes, including metabolic health and cancer.