Faculty Name:
Christopher Depner
Department:
Health, Kinesiology, and Recreation
Faculty College:
Health
Email:
christopher.depner@utah.edu
Project Description:
This is a 5 year study investigating how insufficient sleep interacts with nutrition, timing of food intake, and physical activity to increase risk of metabolic disorders including obesity and diabetes. Furthermore, we will use a “real-world” intervention to improve sleep health with the goal of improving overall metabolic health status.
Opportunity Type:
Volunteer; This is a paid research position; Prepare a UROP proposal; Write an Honors Thesis or Senior Thesis; Earn independent study credit
Student Role:
Subject recruitment, analyze polysomnography, diet, sleep, circadian, physical activity, energy expenditure, and oral glucose tolerance data. Run in -lab sleep studies.
Student Benefits:
Work with research with nurses , analyze sleep data, conduct real-world sleep intervention, learn statistical methods, gain clinical research experience, apply for UROP.
Project Duration:
Students are expected to commit 6 months of work or more, with 5-10 hours per week of work. Flexible and remote working schedules provided.
Minimum Requirements:
Interest in learning how to conduct human sleep and circadian research and understand sleep and circadian physiology.