She is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and the director of the Sleep and Chronobiology Research Lab at E.P.

[1] A prominent expert on sleep and circadian rhythms during childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood, Carskadon researches issues related to daytime sleepiness.

[9] She earned a doctorate with distinction in neuro- and biobehavioral sciences at Stanford University in 1979, with a dissertation titled, Determinants of Daytime Sleepiness: Adolescent Development, Extended and Restricted Nocturnal Sleep, advised by William C.

In addition to researching sleep and circadian rhythms[12] during childhood,[13] adolescence,[14] and young adulthood,[15] Carskadon has studied issues related to daytime sleepiness.

In the realm of sleep science, however, Carskadon is true royalty—a direct heir to the legacy of Nathaniel Kleitman, the field's founding ancestor.