
Michelle E Stepan, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Contact Details
3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
PA
15213
Email stepanme@upmc.edu
Education & Training
PhD
, Michigan State University, Experimental Psychology
Translational Research Training in Sleep Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Professional Affiliations
Member, Sleep Research Society
Research Interests
Sleep, sleep duration, and sleep architecture; Cognition; Emotion regulation
Selected Research Publications & Products- Stepan ME, Franzen PL, Teresi GI, Rode N & Goldstein TR. (2024). Sleep quality predicts future mood symptoms in adolescents with bipolar disorder. Journal of affective disorders, 361, 664-673.
- Wilckens KA, Mayeli A, Stepan ME, Peng CW, Habte RF, Sharma K, Janssen SA, Applegate SL, Wallace ML, Buysse DJ, Ferrarelli F. High frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation increases slow-wave activity during subsequent sleep in older adults with cognitive complaints. Brain Stimul. 2024 Mar-Apr;17(2):362-364. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2024.03.008. Epub 2024 Mar 13. PMID: 38490473; PMCID: PMC11215801.
- Stepan ME, Altmann EM & Fenn KM. (2021). Caffeine selectively mitigates cognitive deficits caused by sleep deprivation. Journal of experimental psychology: learning, memory, and cognition, 47(9), 1371.
- Stepan ME, Altmann EM & Fenn KM. (2021). Slow-wave sleep during a brief nap is related to reduced cognitive deficits during sleep deprivation. Sleep, 44(11), zsab152.
- Stepan ME, Altmann EM & Fenn KM. (2020). Effects of total sleep deprivation on procedural placekeeping: More than just lapses of attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 149(4), 800.
Clinical Interests
Anxiety and mood symptoms