Thanks for the warm welcome Tucson!

Guess I'm headed in the right direction!

Excited for this year's program at the SLTBR Annual Meeting, focusing on #circadian #health . We have an incredible lineup of speakers, including Manuel Spitschan PhD Lauren E. Hartstein, PhD Shantha Rajaratnam and and a keynote by Satchin Panda. Register now👇

Can't wait to 'fall back' into Permanent Standard Time next month when I move to AZ!
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A great time at STEM Poster Day at the Colorado Capitol sharing science with the community and learning about the exciting research being conducted across the region!

Excited to participate and to talk with lawmakers and the public about children's melatonin use!

Thrilled to announce that I will be starting a new role as Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at University of Arizona in April! Excited to be joining this esteemed faculty and for this new desert adventure 🌵!

Check out our new paper in Sleep Medicine exploring why parents give their child melatonin and what contributes to their decision:
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We are looking for a great postdoc to join our Sleep Equity Lab here Purdue Public Health. Please share with any sleep peeps in your life, or folks focused on media use or physical activity who’d be interested in expanding to include sleep.

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Still reeling from this devastating loss. I don't know what I'll do without her guidance and friendship, but I will try my best to always carry on her legacy and passion for this work. 💔
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Excited to share our new paper published online in
JAMA Pediatrics!
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“Results suggest melatonin consumption by US children and adolescents is exceedingly common, with some parents beginning administration to children at an early age”. Michelle M. Garrison, PhD (she/her)

After 5 days on the Salktantay trek, my circadian clock is super aligned with the natural light/dark cycle, and it's time for exciting sleep science at #WorldSleep2023 !

I'll be presenting new work about exogenous melatonin use in children!
Poster: 10/22 17:00
Talk: 10/23 15:00

That’s a wrap on #MediaAndMinds23 in D.C.! Thank you Children and Screens for an informative and inspiring scientific congress!

So much fun exploring the Lights Out exhibit at the Smithsonian Smithsonian NMNH !

Excited to share the preprint from our work examining differences in the pupillary light response between children and adolescents! Ray P. Najjar
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#sleeppeeps Join us virtually for the Sleep and Circadian Summer School 7/31-8/4! Register for free here: cuboulder.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a3…
and check out the schedule here: colorado.edu/iphy/research/…

Today is Space Exploration Day! Did you know spaceflight reduces time spent asleep, changes sleep patterns & shifts circadian rhythms of astronauts? See what the research says about the impact of space travel on sleep by reviewing this article in SLEEP: ow.ly/gjKF50PhuOW

My amazing engineer husband custom-made me this 'neon' melatonin molecule wall art (with blue light of course 😉)!! #SleepPeeps