Biography:

,Currently, she is an associate professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. She focuses on neuronal mechanisms and behavioral antecedents for obesity due to inadequate sleep. She is currently interested in sex differences mediating sleep deprivation-weight gain, the interaction between hedonic eating and sleep disruption on weight gain, how diet and sleep modify efficacy of anti-obesity therapies and developing non-invasive methods to quantify REM and non-REM sleep.