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Faculty Members:
Namni Goel, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
Division of Sleep and Chronobiology
Unit for Experimental Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
1013 Blockley Hall
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
Unit for Experimental Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
1013 Blockley Hall
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
Office: 215-898-1742
Fax: 215-573-6410
Fax: 215-573-6410
Email:
goel@mail.med.upenn.edu
goel@mail.med.upenn.edu
Education:
BA (Psychology; Anthropology)
University of California, Berkeley, 1992.
MS (Biological Psychology)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1994.
PhD (Biological Psychology)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1996.
BA (Psychology; Anthropology)
University of California, Berkeley, 1992.
MS (Biological Psychology)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1994.
PhD (Biological Psychology)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1996.
Post-Graduate Training
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical Center/New York Hospital, White Plains, NY, 1996-1998.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, 1996-1998.
Permanent linkPostdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical Center/New York Hospital, White Plains, NY, 1996-1998.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, 1996-1998.
Description of Research Expertise
Circadian rhythmsSleep
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and nonseasonal depression
Light therapy
Characterization of individual differences
Genetics
Description of Clinical Expertise
Diagnosis and treatment of clinical depressionSCID training
Selected Publications
Goel, N., Terman, M., Terman, J.S., Williams, J.B.W.: “Summer mood in Winter Depressives: Validation of a structured interview.” Depression and Anxiety 9: 83-91, 1999.Goel, N., Terman, M., Terman J.S.: “Depressive symptomatology differentiates subgroups of patients with seasonal affective disorder.” Depression and Anxiety 15: 34-41, 2002.
Goel, N., Terman, M., Terman J.S.: “Dimensions of temperament and bright light response in seasonal affective disorder.” Psychiatry Research 119: 89-97, 2003.
Terman, M., Macchi, M.M., Goel, N., Rifkin, J.B., Terman J.S., Williams, J.B.W.: “Diagnostic reliability and symptom pattern of DSM-IV atypical features in seasonal and nonseasonal depression.” Chronobiology International 20: 1157-1159, 2003.
Goel, N., Grasso, D.J.: “Olfactory discrimination and transient mood change in young men and women: Variation by season, mood state and time of day.” Chronobiology International 21: 691-719, 2004.
Goel, N. : “Late-night presentation of an auditory stimulus phase delays human circadian rhythms.” American Journal of Physiology- Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 289: R209-R216, 2005.
Goel, N., Terman, M., Terman J.S., Macchi, M.M., Stewart, J.W.: “Controlled trial of bright light and negative air ions for chronic depression.” Psychological Medicine 35: 945-955, 2005.
Goel, N., Kim, H., Lao, R.P.: “An olfactory stimulus modifies nighttime sleep in young men and women.” Chronobiology International 22: 889-904, 2005.
Goel, N., Kim, H., Lao, R.P.: “Gender differences in polysomnographic sleep in young healthy sleepers.” Chronobiology International 22: 905-915, 2005.
Goel, N.: “An arousing musically-enhanced bird song stimulus mediates circadian rhythm phase advances in dim light.” American Journal of Physiology- Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 291: R822-R827, 2006.
Goel, N., Etwaroo, G.R.: “Bright light, negative air ions and auditory stimuli produce rapid mood changes in a student population: A placebo-controlled study.” Psychological Medicine 36: 1253-1264, 2006.
Goel, N., Lao, R.P.: “Sleep changes vary by odor perception in young adults.” Biological Psychology 71: 341-346, 2006.
