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Faculty Members: 
David F. Dinges, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry
Member, David Mahoney Institute of Neurological Sciences
Associate Director and Member, Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology
Associate Director, Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Director, Unit for Experimental Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Chief, Division of Sleep and Chronobiology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Member, Biological Basis of Behavior Program
Chair, Translation Research Center (TRC) Advisory Committee, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Member, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics
Member, Budget Subcommittee, Clinical Translation Research Center (CTRC), Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Member, Center for Functional Neuroimaging
Affiliated Member, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
Core Member, Penn Genomics Frontiers Institute
Member,, Penn Comprehensive Neuroscience Center
Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Senior Fellow, Center for Health Behavior Research
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
Chief, Division of Sleep and Chronobiology
Director, Unit for Experimental Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
1013 Blockley Hall
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
Director, Unit for Experimental Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
1013 Blockley Hall
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
Office: 215-898-9949
Fax: 215-573-6410
Fax: 215-573-6410
Email:
dinges@mail.med.upenn.edu
dinges@mail.med.upenn.edu
Education:
A.B. (Psychology)
Saint Benedict's College, Honors, 1971.
M.S. (Physiological Psychology)
Saint Louis University, 1974.
Washington University, Central Institute for the Deaf, 1975.
Ph.D. (Physiological Psychology)
Saint Louis University, 1976.
M.A. (Honorary)
University of Pennsylvania , 1993.
A.B. (Psychology)
Saint Benedict's College, Honors, 1971.
M.S. (Physiological Psychology)
Saint Louis University, 1974.
Washington University, Central Institute for the Deaf, 1975.
Ph.D. (Physiological Psychology)
Saint Louis University, 1976.
M.A. (Honorary)
University of Pennsylvania , 1993.
Post-Graduate Training
Research Psychologist, Neurology and Human Development, The Children's Hospital National Medical Center and The George Washington University Medical School, 1975-1977.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Unit for Experimental Psychiatry, The Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital and University of Pennsylvania, 1977-1979.
Research Psychologist, Neurology and Human Development, The Children's Hospital National Medical Center and The George Washington University Medical School, 1975-1977.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Unit for Experimental Psychiatry, The Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital and University of Pennsylvania, 1977-1979.
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Description of Research Expertise
Sleep; chronobiology; human neurobehavioral functions; cognitive performance; psychophysiological asssessmentDescription of Clinical Expertise
pathological and excessive sleepinessDescription of Other Expertise
human behavior and performance functioning in space flightSelected Publications
Lim, J., Ebstein, R., Tse, C.Y., Monakhov, M., Lai, P.S., Dinges, D.F., Kwoka, K. : Dopaminergic polymorphisms associated with time-on-task declines and subjective fatigue during the Psychomotor Vigilance Test. PLoS ONE 7(3): e33767, March 2012.Van Dongen, H.P.A., Bender, A.M., Dinges, D.F.: Systematic individual differences in sleep homeostatic and circadian rhythm contributions to neurobehavioral impairment during sleep deprivation. Accident Analysis and Prevention 45S: 11-16, 2012.
Basner, M., Dinges, D.F. : An adaptive-duration version of the PVT accurately tracks changes in psychomotor vigilance induced by sleep restriction. SLEEP 35(2): 193-202, 2012.
Gunzelman, G., Gluck, K.A., Moore, R.L., Dinges, D.F: Diminished access to declarative knowledge with sleep deprivation. Cognitive Systems Research 13: 1-11, 2012.
Gunzelman, G., Gluck, K.A., Moore, R.L., Dinges, D.F.: Diminished access to declarative knowledge with sleep deprivation. Cognitive Systems Research 13: 1-11, 2012.
Goel, N., Banks, S., Lin, L., Mignot, E., Dinges, D.F.: Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Val158Met polymorphism associates with individual differences in sleep physiologic responses to chronic sleep loss. PLoS ONE 6(12): 1-10, December 2011.
Balkin, T.J., Horrey, W.J., Graeber, R.C., Czeisler, C.A., Dinges, D.F: The challenges and opportunities of technological approaches to fatigue management. Accident Analysis and Prevention 43(2): 565-572, March 2011.
Minkel, J.D., Htaik, O., Banks, S., Dinges, D.F.: Emotional expressiveness in sleep-deprived healthy adults. Behavioral Sleep Medicine 9: 5-14, 2011.
Basner, M., Mollicone, D., Dinges, D.F. : Validity and sensitivity of a Brief Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT-B) to total and partial sleep deprivation. Acta Astronautica 69: 949-959, 2011.
Gooneratne, N.S., Richards, K.C., Joffe, M., Lam, R.W., Pack, F., Staley, B., Dinges, D.F., Pack, A.I.: Sleep-disordered breathing with excessive daytime sleepiness is a risk factor for mortality in older adults. SLEEP 34(4): 435-442, 2011.
