Michelle E Stepan, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Areas of Expertise

  • Mood Disorders
  • Anxiety, OCD & Trauma Disorders
  • Sleep & Circadian Health
  • Basic & Translational Neuroscience
Michelle E Stepan, PhD
Expertise & Interests Selected Publications Education & Credentials Related News

Expertise & Interests

Research Interests

Sleep, sleep duration, and sleep architecture; Cognition; Emotion regulation

Clinical Interests

Anxiety and mood symptoms

Selected Publications

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.

Education & Credentials

Education & Training

Education
PhD, , Michigan State University, Experimental Psychology
Postdoctoral
Translational Research Training in Sleep Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, Sleep Research Society

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