Faculty

Martica H Hall, PhD

M.H. Martica H Hall, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Clinical and Translational Science

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213
Email
Website
Sleep and Chronobiology Center
Assistant
Linda Willrich
willrichl@upmc.edu

Education & Training

PhD
Biological and Health Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Science
Sleep Medicine, University of Pittsburgh

Professional Affiliations

Fellow, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research
Member, American Psychosomatic Society
Member, Sleep Research Society

Selected Honors & Awards

Neil Miller Award, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research

Research Interests

Impact of disturbed sleep to health & function; Sleep disparities; Biological/behavioral/social pathways & sleep
Selected Research Publications & Products
  1. Hall M, Mulukutla S, Kline CD, Samuelsson LB, Taylor BJ, Thayer JF, Krafty RT, Frank E, Kupfer DJ: Objective sleep duration is prospectively associated with endothelial health. Sleep, 40(1):zsw003, 2017.
  2. Taylor BJ, Matthews KA, Hasler BP, Roecklein KA, Kline CE, Buysse DJ, Kravitz HM, Tiani AG, Harlow SD, Hall M. Bedtime variability and metabolic health in midlife women: The SWAN Sleep Study. Sleep, 39(2):457-65, 2016.
  3. Hall M, Casement MD, Troxel WM, Matthews KA, Bromberger J, Kravitz HM, Krafty RT, Buysse DJ: Chronic stress is prospectively associated with sleep in midlife women: The SWAN sleep study. Sleep, 38(10):1645-54, 2015.
  4. Hall M, Matthews K, Kravitz H, Gold E, Buysse DJ, Bromberger J, Owens J, Sowers MF. Race and financial strain are independent correlates of sleep in mid-life women: The SWAN Sleep Study. Sleep, 32(1):73-82, 2009.
  5. Hall M, Vasko R, Buysse DJ, Ombao H, Chen Q, Cashmere JD, Kupfer DJ, Thayer JF. Acute stress affects heart rate variability during sleep. Psychosomatic Medicine, 66:56-62, 2004.

Education Interests

Research mentorship; Career development for under-represented groups

The Department of Psychiatry’s 20th Annual Research Day

The 20th annual Department of Psychiatry Research Day on June 9, 2022, represented a joyful reunion for more than 400 faculty members, trainees, and staff, who had not attended a large in-person event together since 2019. The morning session featured 110 posters at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh. In the afternoon, attendees gathered across the street at the University...

Martica Hall, PhD, and Daniel Buysse, MD, Honored by the American Psychosomatic Society

We are delighted to announce that two Department of Psychiatry faculty members have been honored by the American Psychosomatic Society (APS). Martica Hall, PhD (Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Clinical and Translational Science), is the recipient of the APS Distinguished Scientist Award. The Society’s highest honor, the Distinguished Scientist Award recognizes senior scientists and physicians who have made...

The Center for Sleep and Circadian Science Hosts Outstanding Three-Day Training and Research Innovation Event

An Outstanding Program of Sleep Research Training and Innovation

Over the course of three days in early November, the Center for Sleep and Circadian Science hosted the Fall 2021 SWIM (Sleep and Circadian Workshop on Indispensable Methods) Workshop and the Center’s 6th Annual Sleep and Circadian Science Research Day. SWIM is an intensive training program on state-of-the-art sleep and circadian science research methodologies. Twenty-nine trainees from across the US participated in...

Now in Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine: New Research on Insomnia in Older Adults

Wilkens & Colleagues Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 2020

Many older adults experience sleep difficulties associated with insomnia. Difficulties with staying asleep are thought to arise partially from reduced sleep depth. Sleep depth can be operationalized as low frequency slow-wave (.5-4 Hz) electroencephalographic (EEG) activity during sleep. However, studies to date have not shown a consistent pattern of EEG differences between individuals with and without insomnia...