Sara Nowakowski
@Sara_Sleep
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Associate Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Section of Health Services Research and Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
Houston, TX
Joined June 2016
Enjoyed speaking with Kenneth Miller for his article on a safer way to tame insomnia in @Med_Shadow A Safer Way to Tame Insomnia - https://t.co/1t80GqWV3J via @Med_Shadow
medshadow.org
CBT-I, the most effective treatment for insomnia, causes none of the side effects that sleep medications do
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For anyone interested (or have trainees interested) in attending a basic course for cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), information for upcoming course 10/23-24 found here: https://t.co/DpJu2UlWCP Looking forward to serving as faculty for virtual course!
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So excited to be quoted in @TheAtlantic, my favorite magazine! @JenSeniorNY did an amazing job describing insomnia from patient perspective and really digging deep to get expert opinion and scientific evidence from the sleep medicine field.
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Insomnia has become a public-health emergency.
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Congratulations, @SamanthaCarreon on your recent publication! Thank you for including me and excited to continue to collaborate on this important work on sleep and T1D in young adults. Mood and sleep in young adults with type 1 diabetes
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AbstractObjective. Depression is associated with sleep problems, and both are associated with higher HbA1c in people with type 1 diabetes (T1D). However, l
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Dietary interventions to support and improve sleep disturbances and insomnia disorder in menopause: From bench to bedside - Rosie H Musgrave, Sara Nowakowski, Tamlyn J Watermeyer, Emily J Arentson-Lantz, Greg J Elder, 2025
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Sleep is essential for maintaining physical and psychological health, and also cognitive health (referred to as ‘brain health’). However, the transition to meno...
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At @AmDelirium 2025 Conference in Nashville. Great turnout (audience overflowing room) questions/feedback at our symposium today presenting preliminary data rom our @pcori funded study on hospital-based intervention to prevent and curtail delirium. #ADS25NASH #PCORI
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News: Daily physical activity, even at low intensities, linked to lower cancer risk
nih.gov
NIH study finds number of steps taken daily may be more important for cancer risk than the intensity of activity.
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Fun recording @AASMorg podcast Talking Sleep with @michaelgrandner and Leisha Cuddihy on sleep-related anxiety. Take a listen. https://t.co/JZsIU6RxWD
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Podcast Episode · Talking Sleep · 09/13/2024 · 50m
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Big congratulations to Michael Perlis for Mary Carskadon Outstanding Educator Award and Michael Grandner for Diversity Equity and Inclusion Award #SLEEP2024
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Enjoyed speaking with Erica Schwiegershausen on women's sleep need for her article in The Cut. Great news piece!
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TikTok is convinced. Here’s what the research shows.
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So proud of my postdoctoral fellow, Jessica Meers, for publishing results from her dissertation. Congrats, Jessica! @IQuEStHouston Interaction of sleep and emotion across the menstrual cycle - Meers - Journal of Sleep Research - Wiley Online Library
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Menstruating individuals experience an increased risk for sleep and affective disorders, attributed in part to monthly oscillations in sex hormones. Emotional functioning and sleep continuity...
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A few more highlights of Team 5 (MD, PA, TX). Had fun spending the day advocating for sleep research funding with Adam Spira and Dan Buysse. @ResearchSleep
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