Zhiyan Yang

Biography

Zhiyan’s research interests focus on understanding the psychological, behavioral, and physiological factors that contribute to sleep disturbance and its associations with cognitive and affective functioning across clinical and nonclinical populations. Specifically, her goal is to identify behavioral mechanisms underlying the relationships between insomnia, stress, and depressive symptoms and translate this work into behavioral interventions that improve sleep and broader daily functioning. Her current research examines the potential role of physical activity as a mechanism underlying improvements in depressive symptoms following CBT-I.