Health Disparities, Sleep & Development

Mona El-Sheikh

Human Development & Family Studies

Sleep, Health & Development Lab http://www.humsci.auburn.edu/~elshemm/

Multi-Disciplinary

Biobehavioral Developmental Framework

National Institutes of Health

- Heart, Lung & Blood

- Child Health & Human Development

- Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism

NSF

- Behavioral & Cognitive Sciences

Sleep

Children & Adolescents

Autonomic nervous system activity (SNS & PNS)

Central nervous system activity (fMRI)

Salivary measures stress/immune system (cortisol,

sAA, IL-6, SigA)

Sleep

BMI

Adjustment: Aggression, depression, etc.

Cognitive/Academic functioning

Family context

Socio-cultural milieu

(poverty, ethnicity)

Enhanced Collaborations & Cluster Hires ???

Health Disparities

- Many disciplines & domains

- Alabama

Developmental perspective