CDI Faculty

Anne Germain

Anne Germain, Ph.D.

Dr. Germain's research interests focus on the pathophysiology of sleep disturbance in postraumatic stress disorder and other stress-related mental health disorders, on the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral and pharamcological treatments of stress-related sleep disturbances, and on the psychophysiological mechanisms that underlie sleep treatment response.

Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh

 

Education

  • Ph.D., 2001, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Clinical Psychology

 

Relevant Publications

  • Troxel W., Germain A. Insecure Attachment is an Independent Correlate of Objective Sleep Disturbances in Military Veterans. Sleep Medicine, in press.
  • Buysse DJ, Germain A, Moul DE, Franzen PL, Brar L, Fletcher M, Begley A, Houck P, Mazumdar S, Reynolds C, Monk T. Efficacy of a Brief Behavioral Treatment for Chronic Insomnia in Older Adults. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2011;171(10):887-895.
  • Germain A, Buysse DJ, Nofzinger EA. Sleep-specific Mechanisms Underlying Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Integrative Review and Neurobiological Hypotheses. Sleep Medicine Reviews. 2008;12(3):185-195. PMCID: PMC2490669
  • Germain A, Shear M, Hall M, Buysse D. Effects of a brief behavioral treatment for PTSD-related sleep disturbances: A pilot study. Behav Res and Ther. 2007;45(3), 627-632. Germain A, Nofzinger EA, Kupfer DJ, Buysse DJ. Neurobiology of NREM sleep in depression: Further evidence for hypofrontality and thalamic dysregulation. Am J of Psychiatry. 2004;161:1856-1863.