Laboratory Director

Laboratory Director

Associate Professor: Department of Kinesiology and Health
Area: Sleep, health, and performance
End Degree: Ph.D., Psychology
Office: Loree Gym 110
Phone: 848-932-0271
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Specialization: Sleep, Weight Regulation, Metabolism

Educational Research Interests: 

Trained as an experimental psychologist, Dr. Spaeth has dedicated herself to a career in sleep research aimed at advancing our understanding of how changes in sleep behaviors affect health outcomes, with a focus on weight management and metabolic health. Dr. Spaeth developed her own independent line of research in this area as a graduate student by assessing the impact of sleep on weight, caloric intake and energy expenditure in healthy adults participating in an ongoing in-laboratory sleep restriction protocol. As a postdoctoral researcher, she gained experience in the implementation of sleep and meal timing interventions outside of the laboratory and examined the impact of these interventions on cardiometabolic outcomes. The ultimate goal of Dr. Spaeth's research will be to develop and implement effective lifestyle modification interventions related to sleep in diverse at-risk populations to promote health and wellness.

Courses

Awards and Achievements

Publications

Recent Original Research Articles

• McCarthy, T.A., Velez, S.M., Simonds, A., & Spaeth, A.M. (Accepted January 2025). Meeting Excercise Guidelines During Pregnancy Associates with Less Lumbopelvic Disability and Fear Avoidance. Women's Health.
  
• Muzumdar, N.J., Jackson, K.M., Buckman, J.F., Spaeth, A.M., Sokolovsky, A.W., Pawlak, A.P., & White, H.R. (2024). Elucidating the aclhol-sleep-hangover relationship in college students using a daily diary approach. Pharmacol Biochem Behav;247:173910. doi: 10.1016/j.pbb.2024.173910.
• Spaeth, A.M., Hawley, N.L., Carskadon, M.A., Raynor, H.A., Jelalian, E., Owens, J.A., Wing, R.R., & Hart, C.N. (2024). Behavioral Intervention that Extends Sleep Duration Leads to Greater Self-Control in School-Aged Children. J Dev Beh Ped, 45(5):e463-e469. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000001303.
• Muzumdar, N.J., Jackson, K.M., Buckman, J.F., Spaeth, A.M., Sokolovsky, A.W., Pawlak, A.P., & White, H.R. (2023). Dose-dependent relationships of same-day and typical substance use to sleep duration in college cannabis and alcohol users: A multlevel modeling approach using daily diary data. Cannabis;6(3):49-63. doi: 10.26828/cannabis/2023/000179.
• McCarthy, T.A., Velez, S.M., Buckman, J.F., & Spaeth, A.M. (2023). The Role of Meeting Exercise and Nurtrition Guidelines on Sleep during Pregnancy, Nutrients, 15(19), 4213; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15194213.
• Remchak, M.E., Heiston, E.M., Ballantyine, A., Dotson, B.L., Stewart, N.R., Spaeth, A.M., & Malin, S.K. (2022). Insulin sensitivity and metabolic flexibility parallel plasma TCA levels in early chronotype with metabolic syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab, dgac233, 1-10.

Review Articles

• McCoy, T., Sochan, A.J., & Spaeth, A.M. (2024). The Relationship between Sleep and Physical Activity by Age, Race, and Gender. Rev Cardiovasc Med;25(10):378. doi: 10.31083/j.rcm2510378.
• Reynolds, A.M., Spaeth, A.M., Hale, L., Williamson, A.A., LeBourgeois, M.K., Wong, S.D., Hartstein, L.E., Levenson, J.C., Kwon, M., Hart, C.N., Greer, A., Richardson, C.E., Gradisar, M., Clementi, M.A., Simon, S.L., Reuter-Yuill, L.M., Picchietti, D.L., Wild, S., Tarokh, L., Secton-Radek, K., Lenker, K.P., Calhoun, S., Johnson, D.A., Lewin, D., & Carskadon, M.A. (2023). Pediatric Sleep: Current Knowledge, Gaps, and Opportunities for the Future. Sleep, zsad060. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsad060.
• McCarthy, T.A., Reddy, P.S., & Spaeth, A.M. (2023). The Effects of Excercise on Sleep During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review And Meta-analysis. Journal of Women's & Pelvic Health Physical Therapy, online ahead of print.
• McCarthy, T.A., Reddy, P.S., Simonds, A.H., & Spaeth, A.M. (2023) The Effects of Exercise Training on Low Back/Pelvic Girdle Pain During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review. Journal of Women's & Pelvic Health Physical Therapy, online ahead of print.
• Fragale, J.E., James, M.H., Avila, J.A.,  Spaeth, A.M., Aurora, R.N., Langleben, D., & Aston Jones, G. (2021). The Insomnia-Addiction Positive Feedback Loop: Role of the Orexin System. Front Neurol Neurosci, 45, 117-127.
• Remchak, M.E., Piersol, K.L., Bhatti, S., Spaeth, A.M., Buckman, J.F., & Malin, S.K. (2021). Considerations for Maximizing the Exercise "Drug" to Combat Insulin Resistance: Role of Nutrition, Sleep, and Alcohol. Nutrients, 13(5), 1708.
• Allison, K. C., Spaeth, A., & Hopkins, C. M. (2016). Sleep and eating disorders. Current Psychiatry Reports, 18, 92.
• Spaeth, A. M., Goel, N., & Dinges, D. F. (2014). The cumulative effects of chronic caffeine intake: Individual differences and implications for the use of energy products. Nutrition Reviews, 72, 34-47.
• Spaeth, A. M., Goel, N., & Dinges, D. F. (2012). Managing neurobehavioral capability when social expediency trumps biological imperatives. Progress in Brain Research, 199, 377- 398.