Anne Germain

Dr. Anne Germain is a distinguished Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where she also serves as the Director of the Sleep and Behavioral Neuroscience Center (SBNC) and the Military Sleep Tactics and Resilience Research Team (MSTARRT). She completed her education with a B.S. in Psychology from McGill University in 1996, followed by an M.Ps. and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Montréal in 1999 and 2001, respectively. Dr. Germain's current research interests are multifaceted, encompassing sleep, ambulatory measurement methods, quantitative EEG, neurobiology, sleep disorders, and the assessment of sleep disorders. She also focuses on behavioral and pharmacological treatments, military health, readiness, resilience, and fear and reward neural circuitry. Her work extends to sleep-dependent symptoms and functions in traumatic brain injury, animal models of PTSD, nightmares, the pathophysiology and neurobiology of sleep, and cognitive-behavioral treatment of PTSD-related insomnia and insomnia comorbid to stress-related psychiatric disorders. She has a particular interest in screening in medical settings, victims of violent crimes, and military veterans, with expertise in sleep neuroimaging, positron emission tomography, and functional magnetic resonance imaging. Dr. Germain's professional career began as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh in 2005, transitioning to her current roles in 2009 and 2010. She also served as the Associate Director of the Sleep and Chronobiology Center from 2012 to 2014. Her work has been recognized through numerous awards and honors, including travel awards from the Sleep Research Society, mention of great distinction from McGill University, pre-doctoral and post-doctoral scholarships from the Medical Research Council of Canada and the Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec, research merit awards from the Sleep Research Society, and various other accolades. Notably, she received the Distinguished Service Award from the Sleep Research Society in 2005, the Junior Faculty Scholars Award from the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic Junior Faculty Scholars Program from 2006 to 2008, and the Emerging Mentorship Award from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 2015. Dr. Germain's contributions to the field are further evidenced by her numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, training manuals, and intervention curricula, solidifying her reputation as a leader in sleep and behavioral neuroscience.