Lauren Asarnow, PhD

Title(s)Research Associate WOS, Psychiatry
SchoolSchool of Medicine
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    Stanford University, Palo AltoFellowship08/2019Behavioral Sleep Medicine
    University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel HillInternship08/2016Clinical Psychology
    University of California, Berkeley, BerkeleyPhD08/2016Clinical Science
    University of California, Berkeley, BerkeleyBA12/2006Comparative Literature
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    Brain Behavior Research Foundation2019  - PresNARSAD Young Investigator Award
    Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation2018  - 2020Access to Care Award
    University of Pittsburgh/Stanford University2018  - 2019Career Development Institute Fellow
    Beck Institute2013  - 2013Beck Institute Scholar
    Society for Research in Child Development2013  - 2013Travel Award
    National Science Foundation2011  - 2014NSF Fellow
    UC Berkeley2011  - 2011Summer Research Fellow
    UC Berkeley2011  - 2011Lisa M. Capps Award

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    Dr. Asarnow’s research program aims to reduce the burden of mental illness in youth by developing behavioral interventions that are effective, youth friendly, engaging, widely disseminable and easily accessible. Her program of research has primarily focused on sleep as a potential target for intervention in the prevention and treatment of mental and physical health problems. Dr. Asarnow has shown that late bedtime is an important target for early intervention for the prevention of adverse emotional, academic and physical health outcomes among youth. Her current recent program aims to utilize an experimental design to (a) improve sleep health (through a sleep focused treatment), (b) determine whether a sleep focused treatment improves depression and anxiety symptoms, and a known biological marker of risk for depression and anxiety, cortisol reactivity and recovery in response to a stress exposure, and (c) elucidate target mechanisms underlying the effect of poor sleep health on depression and anxiety symptoms, and cortisol measures. Dr. Asarnow developed and is currently testing an innovative adaptation of an existing evidence based intervention to improve sleep in adolescents that can be accessed through mobile phones or computers, an approach that will increase the accessibility of the treatment.

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    Sleep Improvement as a Mechanism of Improvement in Immune Functioning
    NARSAD Young Investigator AwardJan 10, 2019 - Jan 10, 2020
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Improving Access to Care: Testing an Integrated Care Mobile Health Intervention to Improve Sleep and Mental Health in Adolescents
    Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Access to Care FellowOct 1, 2018 - Oct 1, 2020
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Reducing Risk: A Comprehensive mHealth Sleep Health Intervention for Adolescents at Risk for Depression and Anxiety Disorders
    NIH K23MH116520Sep 22, 2018 - Aug 31, 2023
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Sleep and Mood Disorders Among Youth. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2024 Mar; 47(1):255-272. Asarnow LD, Mirchandaney R. PMID: 38302210.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    2. The Concurrent and Longitudinal Relationship between Perinatal Sleep Difficulties and Depression in a Large Sample of High-Risk Women in South Africa. Matern Child Health J. 2024 Apr; 28(4):700-707. Asarnow LD, Norwood PP, Christodoulou J, Tomlinson M, Rotheram-Borus MJ. PMID: 38110851.
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    3. Report from a randomized control trial: improved alignment between circadian biology and sleep-wake behavior as a mechanism of depression symptom improvement in evening-type adolescents with depressive symptoms. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2023 12; 64(12):1652-1664. Asarnow LD, Soehner A, Dolsen E, Dong L, Harvey AG. PMID: 37589403; PMCID: PMC10840628.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Recent advances in sleep and depression. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2023 01 01; 36(1):34-40. Mirchandaney R, Asarnow LD, Kaplan KA. PMID: 36449730.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 13     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    5. Patterns of sleep disturbances and associations with depressive symptoms in autistic young adults. Autism Res. 2022 11; 15(11):2126-2137. Lampinen LA, Zheng S, Taylor JL, Adams RE, Pezzimenti F, Asarnow LD, Bishop SL. PMID: 36082844; PMCID: PMC9677950.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. Moderators of Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia on Depression and Anxiety Outcomes. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2022 02; 24(2):121-128. Mirchandaney R, Barete R, Asarnow LD. PMID: 35061137; PMCID: PMC8948126.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 22     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Opportunities to Integrate Mobile App-Based Interventions Into Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services in the Wake of COVID-19. Am J Health Promot. 2021 11; 35(8):1178-1183. Satre DD, Meacham MC, Asarnow LD, Fisher WS, Fortuna LR, Iturralde E. PMID: 34652971; PMCID: PMC9313518.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 12     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
    8. Internet use and its impact on internalizing disorder symptoms and sleep in adolescents with an evening circadian preference. J Clin Sleep Med. 2021 10 01; 17(10):2019-2027. Asarnow LD, Gasperetti CE, Gumport NB, Harvey AG. PMID: 34606439; PMCID: PMC8494100.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Sleep and Mood Disorders Among Youth. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2021 01; 30(1):251-268. Asarnow LD, Mirchandaney R. PMID: 33223065; PMCID: PMC8386498.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 19     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Sleep in youth with repeated self-harm and high suicidality: Does sleep predict self-harm risk? Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2020 12; 50(6):1189-1197. Asarnow JR, Bai S, Babeva KN, Adrian M, Berk MS, Asarnow LD, Senturk D, Linehan MM, McCauley E. PMID: 32706147; PMCID: PMC9327783.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 22     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Depression and sleep: what has the treatment research revealed and could the HPA axis be a potential mechanism? Curr Opin Psychol. 2020 08; 34:112-116. Asarnow LD. PMID: 31962280; PMCID: PMC8412030.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 32     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Prenatal Insomnia: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Obstet Gynecol. 2019 05; 133(5):911-919. Manber R, Bei B, Simpson N, Asarnow L, Rangel E, Sit A, Lyell D. PMID: 30969203; PMCID: PMC6485299.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 43     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Circadian Preference as a Moderator of Depression Outcome Following Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Plus Antidepressant Medications: A Report From the TRIAD Study. J Clin Sleep Med. 2019 04 15; 15(4):573-580. Asarnow LD, Bei B, Krystal A, Buysse DJ, Thase ME, Edinger JD, Manber R. PMID: 30952216; PMCID: PMC6457514.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 12     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    14. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Depression. Sleep Med Clin. 2019 Jun; 14(2):177-184. Asarnow LD, Manber R. PMID: 31029185; PMCID: PMC6487874.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 31     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. Treating insomnia in depression: Insomnia related factors predict long-term depression trajectories. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2018 03; 86(3):282-293. Bei B, Asarnow LD, Krystal A, Edinger JD, Buysse DJ, Manber R. PMID: 29504795; PMCID: PMC5841584.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 27     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    16. The Impact of Sleep Improvement on Food Choices in Adolescents With Late Bedtimes. J Adolesc Health. 2017 May; 60(5):570-576. Asarnow LD, Greer SM, Walker MP, Harvey AG. PMID: 28111011; PMCID: PMC5558152.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 18     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    17. Evidence for a Possible Link between Bedtime and Change in Body Mass Index. Sleep. 2015 Oct 01; 38(10):1523-7. Asarnow LD, McGlinchey E, Harvey AG. PMID: 26194568; PMCID: PMC4576325.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 32     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    18. Insomnia as a transdiagnostic process in psychiatric disorders. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2014 09; 16(9):471. Dolsen EA, Asarnow LD, Harvey AG. PMID: 25030972; PMCID: PMC4185311.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 42     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    19. Basic sleep and circadian science as building blocks for behavioral interventions: a translational approach for mood disorders. Behav Neurosci. 2014 Jun; 128(3):360-70. Asarnow LD, Soehner AM, Harvey AG. PMID: 24773429; PMCID: PMC4164530.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    20. Children at risk for depression: memory biases, self-schemas, and genotypic variation. J Affect Disord. 2014 Apr; 159:66-72. Asarnow LD, Thompson RJ, Joormann J, Gotlib IH. PMID: 24679392; PMCID: PMC4000236.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    21. The effects of bedtime and sleep duration on academic and emotional outcomes in a nationally representative sample of adolescents. J Adolesc Health. 2014 Mar; 54(3):350-6. Asarnow LD, McGlinchey E, Harvey AG. PMID: 24225447; PMCID: PMC3943967.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 52     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    22. Circadian rhythms and psychiatric illness. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2013 Nov; 26(6):566-71. Asarnow LD, Soehner AM, Harvey AG. PMID: 24060916; PMCID: PMC4000560.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 12     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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