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Laura Straus, PhD

TitlePostdoctoral Scholar - VA
InstitutionUniversity of California San Francisco
DepartmentPsychiatry
Address4150 Clement St
San Francisco CA 94121
Phone415-750-6961
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    Dr. Straus is an Advanced Fellow in Mental Illness Research and Treatment and is based at the VA medical center. Her research interests include: 1) sleep disturbance and emotional processes, including sleep disruption as a mechanism in trauma and stressor-related disorders; and 2) sleep disruption and its effects on daytime cognition and functioning.


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    REM Sleep, Safety Signal Learning, and Extinction Processes in PTSD
    NIH F31MH106209Jul 1, 2015 - Jun 30, 2016
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Straus LD, Norman SB, Risbrough VB, Acheson DT, Drummond SPA. REM sleep and safety signal learning in posttraumatic stress disorder: A preliminary study in military veterans. Neurobiol Stress. 2018 Nov; 9:22-28. PMID: 30116769.
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    2. Kanady JC, Talbot LS, Maguen S, Straus LD, Richards A, Ruoff L, Metzler TJ, Neylan TC. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Reduces Fear of Sleep in Individuals With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. J Clin Sleep Med. 2018 Jul 06. PMID: 29991428.
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    3. Colvonen PJ, Straus LD, Stepnowsky C, McCarthy MJ, Goldstein LA, Norman SB. Recent Advancements in Treating Sleep Disorders in Co-Occurring PTSD. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2018 Jun 21; 20(7):48. PMID: 29931537.
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    4. Straus LD, Drummond SPA, Risbrough VB, Norman SB. Sleep Disruption, Safety Learning, and Fear Extinction in Humans: Implications for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Curr Top Behav Neurosci. 2017 Sep 24. PMID: 28942597.
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    5. Straus LD, Acheson DT, Risbrough VB, Drummond SPA. Sleep Deprivation Disrupts Recall of Conditioned Fear Extinction. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2017 Mar; 2(2):123-129. PMID: 28758152.
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    6. Straus LD, Drummond SP, Nappi CM, Jenkins MM, Norman SB. Sleep variability in military-related PTSD: a comparison to primary insomnia and healthy controls. J Trauma Stress. 2015 Feb; 28(1):8-16. PMID: 25630526.
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    7. Marshall AJ, Acheson DT, Risbrough VB, Straus LD, Drummond SP. Fear conditioning, safety learning, and sleep in humans. J Neurosci. 2014 Aug 27; 34(35):11754-60. PMID: 25164670.
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    8. Drummond SP, Walker M, Almklov E, Campos M, Anderson DE, Straus LD. Neural correlates of working memory performance in primary insomnia. Sleep. 2013 Sep 01; 36(9):1307-16. PMID: 23997363; PMCID: PMC3738039.
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    9. Drummond SP, Anderson DE, Straus LD, Vogel EK, Perez VB. The effects of two types of sleep deprivation on visual working memory capacity and filtering efficiency. PLoS One. 2012; 7(4):e35653. PMID: 22530064; PMCID: PMC3329471.
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    10. Kraus MW, Chen S, Lee VA, Straus LD.. Transference occurs across group boundaries. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 2010; 46(6):1067-1073.
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