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Research Team

The Sleep and Health Research Lab is a collaborative team led by Dr. Ivan Vargas.

The lab is made up of staff, graduate students, affiliate graduate students, and undergraduate students.

Since 2019, our lab has conducted research and published on various topics related to sleep and health, including:

  • Insomnia
  • Stress and hyperarousal
  • Assessment and treatment of insomnia
  • Risk for depression or other health conditions

Our work has been supported by:

  • National Instititues of Health
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • Arkansas Biosciences Institute

The Sleep and Health Research Lab regularly attends scientific conferences to disseminate our research. In recent years, Dr. Vargas and the members of his lab have presented at the annual meetings of:

  • Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine (SBSM)
  • Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS)
  • International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE)
Group photo of Sleep and Health Research Lab at dinner, presenting as a group of eight people split on either side of a long restaurant table.
Group photo that includes the members of the sleep and health research lab at a Lou Malnati's restaurant