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overview	Thomas A. Mellman, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Stress/Sleep Studies Program at Howard University College of Medicine. He is the principal investigator representing Howard for the Georgetown Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science supported by a Clinical Translational Science Award from NIH. He received training at the NIMH Division of Intramural Research Programs and has previously held faculty appointments and achieved the rank of Professor at the University of Miami and Dartmouth. Dr. Mellman has had continuous funding as PI on federal research grants since 1991 including a VA Merit award, and R01, R21, and K24 awards from NIMH, NHLBI, NIMHHD, and the DOD. His primary research interest over the years has been the role of sleep in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the early aftermath of trauma. He recently completed an RO1 grant to investigate the relationship of PTSD to nocturnal blood pressure in young adult African Americans and R21 grants to investigate the role of sleep in processing traumatic memory, and sleep adaptations to stressful environments. His additional research interests with resulting publications include other aspects of the psychobiology and treatment of PTSD, evidence-based practices in psychopharmacology, and the role of stress in health disparities. He has a consistent track record of mentoring junior investigators and interdisciplinary collaboration. He recently finished service as a member of the NIH study section for Mechanisms of Emotion Stress and Health, was previously a member of NIMH IRGs for Violence and Traumatic Stress and Interventions, and has served on several review committees for the NIH Roadmap and Department of Defense research programs. Dr. Mellman was a member of the original ISTSS committee for developing treatment guidelines for PTSD, APA committee for text revision of the DSM-IV, and the Institute of Medicine Committee for review of the evidence regarding the treatment of PTSD.

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Thomas A. Mellman, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Stress/Sleep Studies Program at Howard University College of Medicine. He is the principal investigator representing Howard for the Georgetown Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science supported by a Clinical Translational Science Award from NIH. He received training at the NIMH Division of Intramural Research Programs and has previously held faculty appointments and achieved the rank of Professor at the University of Miami and Dartmouth. Dr. Mellman has had continuous funding as PI on federal research grants since 1991 including a VA Merit award, and R01, R21, and K24 awards from NIMH, NHLBI, NIMHHD, and the DOD. His primary research interest over the years has been the role of sleep in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the early aftermath of trauma. He recently completed an RO1 grant to investigate the relationship of PTSD to nocturnal blood pressure in young adult African Americans and R21 grants to investigate the role of sleep in processing traumatic memory, and sleep adaptations to stressful environments. His additional research interests with resulting publications include other aspects of the psychobiology and treatment of PTSD, evidence-based practices in psychopharmacology, and the role of stress in health disparities. He has a consistent track record of mentoring junior investigators and interdisciplinary collaboration. He recently finished service as a member of the NIH study section for Mechanisms of Emotion Stress and Health, was previously a member of NIMH IRGs for Violence and Traumatic Stress and Interventions, and has served on several review committees for the NIH Roadmap and Department of Defense research programs. Dr. Mellman was a member of the original ISTSS committee for developing treatment guidelines for PTSD, APA committee for text revision of the DSM-IV, and the Institute of Medicine Committee for review of the evidence regarding the treatment of PTSD.

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Academic Article	Posttraumatic stress disorder and nocturnal blood pressure dipping in young adult African Americans.
Academic Article	Serotonin polymorphisms and posttraumatic stress disorder in a trauma exposed African American population.
Academic Article	Understanding sleep disturbances in African-American breast cancer survivors: a pilot study.
Academic Article	Sleep fears, sleep disturbance, and PTSD symptoms in minority youth exposed to Hurricane Katrina.
Academic Article	An exploratory analysis of fear of recurrence among African-American breast cancer survivors.
Academic Article	Trauma reenactments in aging Veterans with dementia.
Academic Article	One's sex, sleep, and posttraumatic stress disorder.
Academic Article	Role of life events in the presence of colon polyps among African Americans.
Academic Article	The influence of PTSD, sleep fears, and neighborhood stress on insomnia and short sleep duration in urban, young adult, African Americans.
Academic Article	PTSD treatment of African American adults in primary care: the gap between current practice and evidence-based treatment guidelines.
Academic Article	Gender differences in sleep during the aftermath of trauma and the development of posttraumatic stress disorder.
Academic Article	Subjectively and objectively measured sleep with and without posttraumatic stress disorder and trauma exposure.
Academic Article	Polysomnographic sleep patterns of non-depressed, non-medicated children with generalized anxiety disorder.
Academic Article	A laboratory model intervention that prevents a stress effect on sleep.
Academic Article	Validation of the Fear of Sleep Inventory (FOSI) in an urban young adult African American sample.
Academic Article	Theta frequency activity during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is greater in people with resilience versus PTSD.
Academic Article	Relationships of posttraumatic stress symptoms and sleep measures to cognitive performance in young-adult African Americans.
Academic Article	Polysomnographic sleep characteristics of generally-anxious and healthy children assessed in the home environment.
Academic Article	A relationship between REM sleep measures and the duration of posttraumatic stress disorder in a young adult urban minority population.
Academic Article	Nocturnal autonomic balance and sleep in PTSD and resilience.
Academic Article	Blood Pressure Dipping and Urban Stressors in Young Adult African Americans.
Academic Article	Autonomic and inflammatory consequences of posttraumatic stress disorder and the link to cardiovascular disease.
Academic Article	The Role of Trauma Type in the Risk for Insomnia.
Academic Article	Possible Contribution of PTSD to Altered Cortisol Activity in Young Adult Obese African-American Women.
Academic Article	The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder versus resilience on nocturnal autonomic nervous system activity as functions of sleep stage and time of sleep.
Academic Article	Expression and methylation in posttraumatic stress disorder and resilience; evidence of a role for odorant receptors.
Academic Article	Period 3 gene polymorphism and sleep adaptation to stressful urban environments.
Academic Article	Sleep and Processing of Trauma Memories.
Academic Article	Reduced heart rate variability during sleep: a candidate PTSD biomarker with implications for health risk: Commentary on Ulmer et al., "Posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosis is associated with reduced parasympathetic activity during sleep in US veterans and military service members of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars".
Academic Article	Trial of Prazosin for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Military Veterans.
Academic Article	Neighborhood stress and autonomic nervous system activity during sleep.
Academic Article	A time to recognize trauma-related sleep disorder or a time to pause and consider?
Academic Article	Recent trends in antipsychotic combination therapy of schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: implications for state mental health policy.
Academic Article	Hypnotic medication in the aftermath of trauma.
Academic Article	Adjunctive risperidone treatment in combat veterans with chronic PTSD.
Academic Article	REM sleep and the early development of posttraumatic stress disorder.
Academic Article	Prescribing patterns for patients with posttraumatic stress disorder.
Academic Article	Comparison of comorbid physical illnesses among veterans with PTSD and veterans with alcohol dependence.
Academic Article	Heart rate variability during sleep and the early development of posttraumatic stress disorder.
Academic Article	Comparison of nefazodone and sertraline for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder.
Academic Article	Factors associated with insomnia among civilians seeking treatment for PTSD: an exploratory study.
Academic Article	The prospective impact of sleep duration on depression and mania.
Academic Article	An overview of posttraumatic stress disorder in African Americans.
Academic Article	Sleep disturbances in the aftermath of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder.
Academic Article	Distinguishing current from remitted posttraumatic stress disorder.
Academic Article	Sleep and anxiety disorders.
Academic Article	The efficacy and tolerability of tiagabine in adult patients with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Academic Article	Stress disorder after traumatic injury.
Academic Article	Treatment of residual insomnia after CBT for PTSD: case studies.
Academic Article	Adjunctive risperidone treatment and sleep symptoms in combat veterans with chronic PTSD.
Academic Article	Trauma exposure, posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in an African-American primary care population.
Academic Article	Sleep paralysis and trauma, psychiatric symptoms and disorders in an adult African American population attending primary medical care.
Academic Article	Relationships between REM sleep findings and PTSD symptoms during the early aftermath of trauma.
Academic Article	Posttraumatic stress disorder: characteristics and treatment.
Academic Article	Sleep and post-traumatic stress disorder: a roadmap for clinicians and researchers.
Academic Article	A human model that suggests a role for sleep in the cognitive neuropsychology of PTSD and recovery.
Academic Article	Diagnosing bipolar disorder in trauma exposed primary care patients.
Academic Article	Prazosin effects on objective sleep measures and clinical symptoms in civilian trauma posttraumatic stress disorder: a placebo-controlled study.
Academic Article	Trauma, resilience, and recovery in a high-risk African-American population.
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Academic Article	Possible Pathological Alteration of a Functional Relationship Between Learning and Neural Activation During Sleep With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
Academic Article	Neighborhood Stress Predicts Fear of Sleep Independently of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
Academic Article	The association of polysomnographic sleep on posttraumatic stress disorder symptom clusters in trauma-exposed civilians and veterans.
Academic Article	Mental health symptoms are comparable in patients hospitalized with acute illness and patients hospitalized with injury.

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