Kenneth Lichstein, PhD, CBSM
Professor and Director, Sleep Research Project
Department of Psychology
The University of Alabama
Box 870348
505 Hackberry Lane
Tuscaloosa, AL  35487-0348
phone: 205-348-4962
email: lichstein@ua.edu

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About the Sleep Research Project

The Sleep Research Project was created in 1988 at The University of Memphis when our group received our first grant from the National Institute on Aging to study daytime sleepiness in older adults with insomnia by use of pupillometry. We have since enjoyed continuous funding from a series of grants from the National Institute on Aging, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Mental Health, private foundations, and industry.

The Sleep Research Project is a research/clinical training program now housed within the  clinical psychology program, Department of Psychology, The University of Alabama. It is staffed by Professor Kenneth Lichstein, post docs, clinical psychology graduate students, and undergraduate students. We also have close collaborative relationships with sleep disorders centers, sleep specialist physicians, and statisticians.

The main goals of the Sleep Research Project are:

1. Investigate the mechanisms and treatment of sleep disorders, as well as normal sleep experience, from a behavioral sleep medicine perspective.
   
   
2. Study insomnia with an emphasis on insomnia in older adults.
   
   
3. Train clinical psychology graduate students to become competent, well rounded clinicians, scientists, and specialists in behavioral sleep medicine (training program accredited by the Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine). 
   
   

Current Features

Evolution of Secondary Insomnia
Co-occurring Insomnia and Depression

Treating Hypnotic Dependence

Consensus Sleep Diary