Department of Psychiatry

Namni Goel

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

Office: 215-898-1742
Fax: 215-573-6410

Email:
goel@mail.med.upenn.edu

Links
Unit for Experimental Psychiatry website

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.

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Description of Research Expertise

Circadian rhythms
Sleep
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and nonseasonal depression
Light therapy
Characterization of individual differences
Genetics

Description of Clinical Expertise

Diagnosis and treatment of clinical depression
SCID 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., Lao, R.P.: “Sleep changes vary by odor perception in young adults.” Biological Psychology 71: 341-346, 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.