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

Education

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

Relevant Publications

• Germain, A., & Kupfer, D. (2008). Circadian rhythm disturbances in depression. Human Psychopharmacology, 23(7), 571-585.
• Monk, T., Begley, A., Billy, B., Fletcher, M., Germain, A., Mazumdar, S., et al. (2008). Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Spousally Bereaved Seniors. Chronobiology International: The Journal of Biological & Medical Rhythm Research, 25(1), 83-98.
• Germain, A., Nofzinger, E., Meltzer, C., Wood, A., Kupfer, D., Moore, R., et al. (2007). Diurnal variation in regional brain glucose metabolism in depression. Biological Psychiatry, 62(5), 438-445.
• Germain, A., Shear, M., Hall, M., & Buysse, D. (2007). Effects of a brief behavioral treatment for PTSD-related sleep disturbances: A pilot study. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45(3), 627-632.
• Hall, M., Thayer, J., Germain, A., Moul, D., Vasko, R., Puhl, M., et al. (2007). Psychological Stress Is Associated With Heightened Physiological Arousal During NREM Sleep in Primary Insomnia. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 5(3), 178-193.