Orfeu Buxton
Elizabeth Fenton Susman Professor of Biobehavioral Health
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205 Biobehavioral Health
University Park, PA - omb104@psu.edu
- 814-863-7256
Research Summary
The causes of chronic sleep deficiency in the workplace, home, and society; the health consequences of chronic sleep deficiency, especially cardiometabolic outcomes, and the physiologic and social mechanisms by which these outcomes arise. Successful aging is a central focus of this work. Ongoing interdisciplinary human studies involve sleep loss, aging, and insomnia, as well as health disparities.
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Sleep Consensus Joints Medicine Health Research Family Work Child Parents Well Being Evidence Glucose Family Conflict Adolescent Flexibility Employee Worker Politics Equipment And Supplies Group Clinical Medicine Merger Manuscripts Burnout CongressesMost Recent Publications
Insomnia Symptoms Burden and Prescribed Sleep Medication Use Predict Fall Risk in Older Adults
Tuo-Yu Chen, S Lee, Orfeu Buxton, Sleep
Corrigendum to “Performance of an open machine learning model to classify sleep/wake from actigraphy across ∼24-hour intervals without knowledge of rest timing” [Sleep Health 9 (2023) 596-610, (S2352721823001341), (10.1016/j.sleh.2023.07.001)]
Daniel M. Roberts, Margeaux M. Schade, Lindsay Master, Vasant G. Honavar, Nicole G. Nahmod, Anne Marie Chang, Daniel Gartenberg, Orfeu M. Buxton, 2024, Sleep Health
Community-based diabetes prevention randomized controlled trial in refugees with depression: effects on metabolic outcomes and depression
Julie A. Wagner, Angela Bermúdez-Millán, Thomas E. Buckley, Orfeu M. Buxton, Richard S. Feinn, Sengly Kong, Theanvy Kuoch, Mary F. Scully, 2023, Scientific Reports
Secondary analysis of a randomized trial testing community health educator interventions for diabetes prevention among refugees with depression: effects on nutrition, physical activity and sleep
Julie A. Wagner, Angela Bermúdez-Millán, Thomas E. Buckley, Orfeu M. Buxton, Richard S. Feinn, Sengly Kong, Theanvy Kuoch, Lindsay Master, Mary F. Scully, 2023, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
Trends in sleep duration in the U.S. from 2004 to 2018: A decomposition analysis
J Xu, Liying Luo, A Gamaldo, Ashton Verdery, Melissa Hardy, Orfeu Buxton, Q Xiao, 2023, SSM - Population Health on p. 101562
Multidimensional Sleep Health Problems Across Middle and Older Adulthood Predict Early Mortality
Soomi Lee, C Mu, M Wallace, R Andel, David M. Almeida, Orfeu M. Buxton, S Patel, 2023, Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
Employee Cardiometabolic Risk Following a Cluster-Randomized Workplace Intervention From the Work, Family and Health Network, 2009-2013
L Berkman, E Kelly, L Hammer, F Mierzwa, T Bodner, T McNamara, H Koga, Soomi Lee, M Marino, Thomas W McDade, Laura C Klein, T McDade, Ginger Hanson, G Hanson, Phyllis Moen, P Moen, Orfeu Buxton, 2023, American Journal of Public Health on p. 1322-1331
Lay health worker research personnel for home-based data collection in clinical and translational research: Qualitative and quantitative findings from two trials in hard-to-reach populations
Julie Wagner, Cheryl Barth, Angela Bermúdez-Millán, Orfeu M. Buxton, Sengly Kong, Theanvy Kuoch, Rachel Lampert, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, Mary Scully, Sofia Segura-Pérez, 2023, Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
Recovery Sleep After Sleep Restriction Is Insufficient to Return Elevated Daytime Heart Rate and Systolic Blood Pressure to Baseline Levels.
D Reichenberger, K Ness, S Strayer, G Mathew, M Schade, M Gray, Orfeu Buxton, Anne-Marie Chang, 2023, Psychosomatic medicine on p. 744-751
Actigraphic Sleep Variability is Associated With Lower Positive Mood in Adolescents
G Mathew, D Reichenberger, L Master, O Buxton, Anne Marie Chang, L Hale, 2023, Journal of Adolescent Health on p. 478-485
Most-Cited Papers
Recommended amount of sleep for a healthy adult: A joint consensus statement of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society
Nathaniel F. Watson, M. Safwan Badr, Gregory Belenky, Donald L. Bliwise, Orfeu M. Buxton, Daniel Buysse, David F. Dinges, James Gangwisch, Michael A. Grandner, Clete Kushida, Raman K. Malhotra, Jennifer L. Martin, Sanjay R. Patel, Stuart F. Quan, Esra Tasali, Michael Twery, Janet B. Croft, Elise Maher, Jerome A. Barrett, Sherene M. Thomas, Jonathan L. Heald, 2015, Sleep on p. 843-844
Joint consensus statement of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society on the recommended amount of sleep for a healthy adult: Methodology and discussion
Nathaniel F. Watson, M. Safwan Badr, Gregory Belenky, Donald L. Bliwise, Orfeu M. Buxton, Daniel Buysse, David F. Dinges, James Gangwisch, Michael A. Grandner, Clete Kushida, Raman K. Malhotra, Jennifer L. Martin, Sanjay R. Patel, Stuart F. Quan, Esra Tasali, Michael Twery, Janet B. Croft, Elise Maher, Jerome A. Barrett, Sherene M. Thomas, Jonathan L. Heald, 2015, Sleep on p. 1161-1183
Recommended amount of sleep for a healthy adult: A joint consensus statement of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society
Nathaniel F. Watson, M. Safwan Badr, Gregory Belenky, Donald L. Bliwise, Orfeu M. Buxton, Daniel Buysse, David F. Dinges, James Gangwisch, Michael A. Grandner, Clete Kushida, Raman K. Malhotra, Jennifer L. Martin, Sanjay R. Patel, Stuart F. Quan, Esra Tasali, Michael Twery, Janet B. Croft, Elise Maher, Jerome A. Barrett, Sherene M. Thomas, Jonathan L. Heald, 2015, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine on p. 591-592
Endogenous circadian system and circadian misalignment impact glucose tolerance via separate mechanisms in humans
Christopher J. Morris, Jessica N. Yang, Joanna I. Garcia, Samantha Myers, Isadora Bozzi, Wei Wang, Orfeu M. Buxton, Steven A. Shea, Frank A.J.L. Scheer, 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. E2225-E2234
Joint Consensus Statement of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society on the Recommended Amount of Sleep for a Healthy Adult: Methodology and Discussion
Nathaniel F. Watson, M. Safwan Badr, Gregory Belenky, Donald L. Bliwise, Orfeu M. Buxton, Daniel Buysse, David F. Dinges, James Gangwisch, Michael A. Grandner, Clete Kushida, Raman K. Malhotra, Jennifer L. Martin, Sanjay R. Patel, Stuart F. Quan, Esra Tasali, Michael Twery, Janet B. Croft, Elise Maher, Jerome A. Barrett, Sherene M. Thomas, Jonathan L. Heald, 2015, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine on p. 931-952
Digital media and sleep in childhood and adolescence
Monique LeBourgeois, Lauren Hale, Anne Marie Chang, Lameese Akacem, Hawley Montgomery-Downs, Orfeu Buxton, 2017, Pediatrics on p. S92-S96
Sleep in the modern family: Protective family routines for child and adolescent sleep
Orfeu M. Buxton, Anne Marie Chang, James C. Spilsbury, Taylor Bos, Helene Emsellem, Kristen L. Knutson, 2015, Sleep Health on p. 15-27
Does a Flexibility/Support Organizational Initiative Improve High-Tech Employees’ Well-Being? Evidence from the Work, Family, and Health Network
Phyllis Moen, Erin L. Kelly, Wen Fan, Shi Rong Lee, David Almeida, Ellen Ernst Kossek, Orfeu M. Buxton, 2016, American Sociological Review on p. 134-164
Youth Screen Media Habits and Sleep: Sleep-Friendly Screen Behavior Recommendations for Clinicians, Educators, and Parents
L Hale, G Kirschen, M LeBourgeois, M Gradisar, M Garrison, H Montgomery-Downs, H Kirschen, Susan McHale, Anne-Marie Chang, Orfeu Buxton, 2018, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America on p. 229-245
Work-family conflict, family-supportive supervisor behaviors (FSSB), and sleep outcomes
Tori L. Crain, Leslie B. Hammer, Todd Bodner, Ellen Ernst Kossek, Phyllis Moen, Richard Lilienthal, Orfeu M. Buxton, 2014, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology on p. 155-167
News Articles Featuring Orfeu Buxton
Mar 11, 2024
Researchers identify distinct sleep types and their impact on long-term health
Poor sleep habits are strongly associated with long-term chronic health conditions, according to decades of research. To better understand this relationship, a team led by researchers in the College of Health and Human Development identified four distinct patterns.
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Nov 15, 2023
PSU study links cardiovascular disease with workplace flexibility
The link between heart health and workplace flexibility
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Nov 09, 2023
Flexible working can significantly improve heart health, study shows
Flexible working can reduce someone’s risk of having a heart attack or stroke
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Nov 08, 2023
Workplace flexibility associated with lower risk of cardiovascular disease
Increasing workplace flexibility may lower employees’ risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study led by researchers from Penn State and Harvard.
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Aug 08, 2023
Playing catch-up on weekends may not improve cardiovascular cost of sleep loss
Whether it’s work or play that prevents us from getting enough shut-eye during the week, assuming we can make up for it by sleeping in over the weekend is a mistake.
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May 10, 2023
Schools are experimenting with later start times
Will starting school later in the day help or hurt students more? Sleep experts say older kids need extra sleep
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May 08, 2023
Schools across US consider pushing back starting times to combat growing mental health issue among students
During the COVID pandemic, the number of consistently sad students soared
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Jun 01, 2021
Coupled brain activity, cerebrospinal fluid flow could indicate Alzheimer's risk
Penn State researchers may have discovered a potential marker to clinically evaluate patients’ risk for Alzheimer’s disease through non-invasive imaging tests, according to a study published in PLOS Biology. The finding may have implications for diagnosis and treatment of the disease that results in significant cognitive decline, the researchers said.
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Sep 17, 2020
Getting more of this could improve your happiness immediately
Each person’s time on this planet can be likened to a rollercoaster ride, filled with highs and lows. No one’s life is 100% perfect and great all the time, but it’s those bad times that help us appreciate and savor the good moments.
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Apr 21, 2020
Our sleep is linked to how we process coronavirus dread
Zyma Islam noticed her sleep began to change soon after the lockdown began. Islam is in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which has been under a strict lockdown for over three weeks. All forms of public transport are suspended. That means scores of daily wage earners—domestic helpers, rickshaw pullers, construction workers, and garment workers—have lost wages, and are now battling hunger.
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