Dr. McCrae’s program of sleep research focuses on the mechanisms underlying normal and pathological sleep, the link between sleep and cognition, and the efficacy and effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral interventions to treat insomnia in older individuals, dementia caregivers, and medical populations (pain, cardiac disease, cancer, and end stage renal disease). Her…
The long range goal of Dr. Pereira’s research program is to improve health outcomes and promote the well-being of individuals with chronic and/or life-limiting illnesses, with an emphasis on malignancies that occur commonly or exclusively among women. Grounded in the biobehavioral model of tumor growth and development, her research seeks…
Dr. Smith’s research examines the time course and extent of respiratory muscle remodeling in response to respiratory muscle overload training, using a combination of basic science and clinical approaches. Her current research projects include 1) examining the biology of acute muscle remodeling following a respiratory overload, 2) using translational strategies…
