Michael V Vitiello
Michael V. Vitiello, PhD is Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine, and Biobehavioral Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
He is an internationally recognized expert in sleep, circadian rhythms and sleep disorders in aging. His research efforts, funded by the National Institutes of Health, focus on the causes, consequences and treatments of disturbed sleep, circadian rhythms and cognition in older adults. He is the author of over 450 scientific articles, reviews, chapters, editorials and abstracts. Some of his most current work focuses on improving the sleep of osteoarthritis patients with comorbid insomnia in order to reduce their chronic pain.
Professor Vitiello is currently Editor-in-Chief (for the Americas) of Sleep Medicine Reviews and a member of the Governing Council of the World Sleep Federation. He is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and a founding member of the Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine. He has previously served as: President of the Sleep Research Society and of the Sleep Research Society Foundation; Chair of the Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board, National Institutes of Health; Scientific Program Chair of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies; member of the Board of Directors and Scientific Program Co-Chair of the Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine; member of the Board of Directors of the Sleep Research Society; Vice President of the International Sleep Science and Technology Association; and member of the Board of Directors of the National Sleep Foundation.
He is an internationally recognized expert in sleep, circadian rhythms and sleep disorders in aging. His research efforts, funded by the National Institutes of Health, focus on the causes, consequences and treatments of disturbed sleep, circadian rhythms and cognition in older adults. He is the author of over 450 scientific articles, reviews, chapters, editorials and abstracts. Some of his most current work focuses on improving the sleep of osteoarthritis patients with comorbid insomnia in order to reduce their chronic pain.
Professor Vitiello is currently Editor-in-Chief (for the Americas) of Sleep Medicine Reviews and a member of the Governing Council of the World Sleep Federation. He is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and a founding member of the Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine. He has previously served as: President of the Sleep Research Society and of the Sleep Research Society Foundation; Chair of the Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board, National Institutes of Health; Scientific Program Chair of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies; member of the Board of Directors and Scientific Program Co-Chair of the Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine; member of the Board of Directors of the Sleep Research Society; Vice President of the International Sleep Science and Technology Association; and member of the Board of Directors of the National Sleep Foundation.
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