Michael Grandner, PhD, MTR, CBSM, FAASM

Assistant Professor, Neuroscience - GIDP
Assistant Professor, Physiological Sciences - GIDP
Associate Professor, Clinical Translational Sciences
Associate Professor, Medicine
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Associate Professor, Psychology
Member of the Graduate Faculty

Dr. Michael Grandner is a licensed clinical psychologist, Director of the Sleep and Heath Research Program at the University of Arizona, and Director of the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Clinic at the Banner-University Medical Center in Tucson, AZ. His work focuses on translational sleep research and Behavioral Sleep Medicine, including studies of sleep as a domain of health behavior and the development and implementation of behavioral interventions for insufficient sleep and sleep disorders. Specific areas of focus include: (1) Downstream cardiovascular, metabolic, and behavioral health outcomes associated with habitual sleep duration and/or insufficient sleep, (2) Upstream social, behavioral, and biological determinants of habitual sleep duration, insufficient sleep, and poor sleep quality, and (3) Development and implementation of behavioral interventions for sleep as a domain of health behavior. Learn more at sleephealthresearch.com or michaelgrandner.com.

Professional Affiliations

Sleep Research Society, Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, American Heart Association, American Psychological Association

Research Interests: 

Sleep, Cardiometabolic Health, Health Disparities, Daytime Functioning, Behavioral Sleep Medicine

Board Certifications: 
American Board of Sleep Medicine, 2014
Degrees: 
MTR: Translational Research, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 2014
PhD: Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University and University of California San Diego Joint Doctoral Program, San Diego, CA 2007
MS: Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 2005
BS: Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 2001
Fellowships: 
Behavioral Sleep Medicine, University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia VA Medical Center, 2009
Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, 2011
Internships: 
San Diego VA Healthcare System and University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 2007