Health Disparities, Sleep &
Development
Mona El-Sheikh
Human Development & Family Studies
Sleep, Health & Development Lab
http://www.humsci.auburn.edu/~elshemm/
Multi-Disciplinary
Biobehavioral Developmental Framework
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National Institutes of Health
- Heart, Lung & Blood
- Child Health & Human Development
- Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism
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NSF
- Behavioral & Cognitive Sciences
Sleep
Children & Adolescents
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Autonomic nervous system activity (SNS & PNS)
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Central nervous system activity (fMRI)
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Salivary measures stress/immune system (cortisol,
sAA, IL-6, SigA)
Sleep
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BMI
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Adjustment: Aggression, depression, etc.
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Cognitive/Academic functioning
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Family context
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Socio-cultural milieu
(poverty, ethnicity)
Enhanced Collaborations &
Cluster Hires ???
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Health Disparities
- Many disciplines & domains
- Alabama
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Developmental perspective