Associate Professor
Integrative Physiology
Department of Integrative Physiology
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0354
Research Interests
- Early developmental changes in sleep and circadian physiology.聽
- The health, behavioral, and developmental consequences of challenging the sleep and circadian systems.
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Recent Publications
- Akacem LD, Simpkin CT, Carskadon MA, Wright KP Jr, Jenni OG, Achermann P,聽LeBourgeois MK. The Timing of the Circadian Clock and Sleep Differ between Napping and Non-Napping Toddlers.聽PLoS One聽10(4): e0125181, 2015. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125181.
- Akacem LD, Wright KP Jr,聽LeBourgeois MK. Bedtime and evening light exposure influence circadian timing in preschool-age children: A field study.聽Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms聽1: 27-31, 2016.
- LeBourgeois MK, Carskadon MA, Akacem LD, Simpkin CT, Wright KP Jr, Achermann P, Jenni OG. Circadian phase and its relationship to nighttime sleep in toddlers.聽Journal of Biological Rhythms聽28: 322-331, 2013.
- LeBourgeois MK, Wright Jr KP, LeBourgeois HB, Jenni O. Dissonance Between Parent-Selected Bedtimes and Young Children's Circadian Physiology Influences Nighttime Settling Difficulties.聽Mind, Brain and Education聽7: 234-42, 2013.
- Simpkin CT, Jenni OG, Carskadon MA, Wright KP Jr, Akacem LD, Garlo KG,聽Lebourgeois MK. Chronotype is associated with the timing of the circadian clock and sleep in toddlers.聽Journal of Sleep Research聽4: 397-405, 2014.