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Dr. Danica C. Slavish

University of North Texas

Psychology

(940) 369-5222

Email: Danica.Slavish@unt.edu

Education

PhD, The Pennsylvania State University, 2017.

Major: Biobehavioral Health

MS, The Pennsylvania State University, 2015.

Major: Biobehavioral Health

BA, Beloit College, 2012.

Major: Psychology

Professional Memberships

Sleep Research Society. (June 2016 – Present).

American Pyschosomatic Society. (June 2013 – Present).

Development Activities Attended

Workshop,"Promotion and Tenure Workshop," UNT Office of Faculty Success, United States of America. (January 2020).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas

PSYC 2580, Health Psychology, 3 courses.

PSYC 3000, Positive Psychology, 1 course.

PSYC 3650, Experimental Methods, 1 course.

PSYC 4900, Special Problems, 6 courses.

PSYC 4910, Special Problems, 3 courses.

PSYC 4950, Honors Thesis, 1 course.

PSYC 4951, Honors College Capstone Thesis, 1 course.

PSYC 5710, Quantitative Methods II, 5 courses.

PSYC 5900, Special Problems, 2 courses.

PSYC 5950, Master's Thesis, 2 courses.

PSYC 6210, Advanced Career Development in Behavioral Science, 1 course.

PSYC 6400, Research Design in Psychology, 2 courses.

PSYC 6610, Independent Research, 4 courses.

PSYC 6900, Special Problems, 4 courses.

PSYC 6910, Special Problems, 2 courses.

PSYC 6950, Doctoral Dissertation, 3 courses.

Teaching at Other Institutions

The Pennsylvania State University, Drugs, Behavior, and Health, BBH 143, Summer 2016.

The Pennsylvania State University, Introduction to Health and Human Sexuality,, BBH 146, Summer 2015.

Directed Student Learning

Dissertation Committee Member, Psychology. (2023 – Present).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Psychology. (2023 – Present).

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair, Psychology. (2021 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member, Psychology. (2022 – 2023).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Psychology. (2022 – 2023).

Dissertation Committee Member, Psychology. (August 2021 – 2023).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Psychology. (2021 – 2023).

Dissertation Committee Member, Psychology. (2022 – 2022).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Psychology. (2022).

Dissertation Committee Member, Psychology. (August 2021 – 2022).

Supervised Research Chair, Psychology. (2021 – 2022).

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair, Psychology. (2021 – 2022).

Dissertation Committee Member, Psychology. (October 2020 – 2022).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Psychology. (July 1, 2019 – 2022).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Psychology. (January 1, 2021 – 2021).

Dissertation Committee Member, Psychology. (October 1, 2020 – 2021).

Dissertation Committee Member, Psychology. (September 2020 – 2021).

Dissertation Committee Member, Psychology. (August 2020 – 2021).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Psychology. (August 1, 2020 – 2021).

Supervised Research Chair, Psychology. (2020 – 2021).

Dissertation Committee Member, Psychology. (November 1, 2019 – 2021).

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair, Psychology. (2020 – 2020).

Dissertation Committee Member, Psychology. (September 2019 – 2020).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation. (October 1, 2018 – April 1, 2019).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Journal Article

Slavish, D. C., Ruggero, C., Kotov, R. (2024). Effects of Daily Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms on Heart Rate Variability. Psychosomatic Medicine.

Dietch, J., Huskey, A., Dadeboe, I., Slavish, D. C., Taylor, D. (2023). Intraindividual variability in sleep duration and college degree attainment. Chronobiology International.

Ramarushton, B., Griffith, E., Messman, B., Contractor, A. A., Slavish, D. C., Zamboanga, B., Blumenthal, H. (2023). Latent Profiles of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Sleep Disturbances: Associations with Drinking to Cope Motives Among College Students.. Journal of Psychiatric Research.

Messman, B., Fentem, A., Compton, S., Griffith, E., Blumenthal, H., Contractor, A. A., Slavish, D. C. (2023). The role of affect in associations between sleep disturbances and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: A systematic review. Sleep Medicine.

Asbee, J., Slavish, D. C., Dietch, J., Taylor, D. (2023). Using a frequentist and Bayesian approach to examine video game usage, substance use, and sleep among college students. Journal of Sleep Research.

Spadola, C., Wagner, E., Slavish, D. C. (2023). Sleep and substance use: practice considerations for social workers. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions.

Contractor, A. A., Messman, B., Gould, P., Slavish, D. C., Weiss, N. (2023). Impacts of Repeated Retrieval of Positive and Neutral Memories on Posttrauma Health: An Investigative Pilot Study. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry.

Messman, B., Jin, L., Slavish, D. C., Alghraibeh, A. A., Aljomaa, S., Contractor, A. A. (2023). The Role of Positive Affect Processes in the Association between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Sleep: A Multi-Study Design.. Journal of Affective Disorders.

Compton, S., Slavish, D. C., Weiss, N., Bowen, H., Contractor, A. (2023). Associations between positive memory count and hazardous substance use in a trauma-exposed sample: Examining the moderating role of emotion dysregulation. Journal of Clinical Psychology.

Messman, B., Slavish, D. C., Briggs, M., Ruggero, C., Kotov, R. (2023). Daily sleep-stress reactivity and functional impairment in World Trade Center responders. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

Jordan, G. D., Slavish, D., Dietch, J. R., Messman, B., Ruggero, C., Kelly, K. S., Taylor, D. (2023). Investigating sleep, stress, and mood dynamics via temporal network analysis. Behavioral Sleep Medicine.

Slavish, D. C., Ruggero, C., Briggs, M., Messman, B., Contractor, A. A., Kotov, R. (2023). Longitudinal associations between PTSD and sleep disturbances among World Trade Center responders. Sleep Medicine.

Petrie, K. A., Messman, B. A., Slavish, D. C., Moore, E. G., Petrie, T. A. (2023). Sleep disturbances and depression are bidirectionally associated among college student athletes across COVID-19 pandemic exposure classes. Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 66, .

Taylor, D., Pruiksma, K., Slavish, D. C. (2023). Treatment of comorbid sleep disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder in U.S. active duty military personnel: A pilot study. Journal of Traumatic Stress.

Dolan, M., Slavish, D. C., Weiss,, Contractor, A. (2023). The role of emotion dysregulation in the relationship between sleep disturbances and posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity.. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.

Contractor, A., Slavish, D. C., Thornton, J., Weiss, N. (2023). Positive Affect Processes and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: Findings from an Open Label Pilot Study using the Positive Memory Processing Technique. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration.

Contractor, A., Messman, B., Slavish, D. C., Weiss, N. (2023). Do positive memory characteristics influence daily-level trajectories of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms? An exploratory daily diary study.. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping.

Yoo, J., Slavish, D., Dietch, J., Messman, B., Kelly, K. S., Ruggero, C. (2023). Daily reactivity to stress and sleep disturbances: unique risk factors for insomnia. Sleep.

Carbajal, I., Ryals, A. J., Wang, D., Slavish, D. C., Hasapes, N. (2023). Visual recognition memory modulated by language and cultural frame priming in Latinx bilinguals and biculturals. 11(3), 220-239. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2023-64699-001

Schick, M., Slavish, D., Wilkerson, A. (2022). A preliminary investigation of the role of intraindividual sleep variability in substance use treatment outcomes. Addictive Behaviors.

Ying, F., Wen, J., Klaiber, P., DeLongis, A., Slavish, D., Sin, N. (2022). Associations between intraindividual variability in sleep and daily positive affect. Affective Science.

Almeida, I., Slavish, D. C., Rafiuddin, H., Contractor, A. A. (2022). COVID-19 related distress and sleep among trauma-exposed South Asians: Does generational status matter?. Stress and Health.

Messman, B., Wiley, J., Almeida, I., Dietch, J., Taylor, D., Slavish, D. (2022). How much does sleep vary from night-to-night? A quantitative summary of intraindividual variability in sleep by age, gender, and racial/ethnic identity across eight-pooled datasets. Journal of Sleep Research.

Farmer, H., Slavish, D. C., Ruggero, C., Kelly, K. S. (2022). Racial/ethnic variations in inflammatory markers: Exploring the role of sleep duration and sleep efficiency. Journal of Behavioral Medicine.

Miles, S., Pruiksma, K., Slavish, D., Taylor, D. (2022). Sleep disorder symptoms are associated with greater posttraumatic stress and anger problems in U.S. Army service members seeking treatment for PTSD, insomnia, and nightmares. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.

Taylor, D., Dietch, J., Wardle-Pinkston, S., Slavish, D., Messman, B., Ruggero, C., Kelly, K. S. (2022). The Shift Work Disorder Index: Initial validation and psychosocial associations in a sample of nurses. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.

Slavish, D. C., Briggs, M., Fentem, A., Messman, B., Contractor, A. (2022). Bidirectional associations between daily PTSD symptoms and sleep disturbances: A systematic review.. Sleep Medicine Reviews.

Slavish, D., Contractor, A., Dietch, J., Messman, B., Lucke, H., Briggs,, Ruggero, C., Kelly, K. S., Kohut,, Taylor, D. (2022). Characterizing patterns of nurses’ daily sleep health: A latent profile analysis,.

Messman, B., Rafiuddin, H., Slavish, D., Weiss, N., Contractor, A. (2022). Examination of daily-level associations between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and COVID-19 worries.. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.

Slavish, D., Dietch, J., Messman, B., Garcia, O., Kelly, K. S., Ruggero, C. (2022). Daily stress and sleep associations vary by work schedule: A between- and within-person analysis in nurses. Journal of Sleep Research.

Slavish, D., Szabo, Y. (2022). What Moderates Salivary Markers of Inflammation Reactivity to Stress? A Descriptive Report and Meta-Regression. Stress.

Griffith, L., Jin, L., Contractor, A., Slavish, D. C., Vujanovic, A. (2022). Heterogeneity in Patterns of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Sleep Disturbances among Firefighters: Latent Profile Analyses. Journal of Psychiatric Research.

Wen, J., Klaiber, P., DeLongis, A., Slavish, D., Sin, N. (2021). Day-to-day associations between nightly sleep and next-day well-being amid the COVID-19 pandemic in North America. Sleep Health.

Garcia, O., Slavish, D., Dietch, J., Messman, B., Contractor, A., Kelly, K. S., Ruggero, C. (2021). What goes around comes around: Nightmares and daily stress are bidirectionally associated in nurses. Stress and Health.

Slavish, D., Asbee, J., Veeramacheneni, K., Scott, B., Messman, B., Sin, N., Taylor, D. J., Dietch, J. (2021). The cycle of daily stress and sleep: Sleep measurement matters. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

Walker, J., Slavish, D., Dolan, M., Taylor, D. J., Dietch, J., Wardle-Pinkston, S., Messman, B., Ruggero, C., Kohut, M., Kelly, K. S. (2021). Age-dependent associations among insomnia, depression, and inflammation in nurses. Psychology and Health.

Dietch, J., Taylor, D., Pruiksma, K., Wardle-Pinkston, S., Slavish, D. (2021). The Nightmare Disorder Index: Development and initial validation in a sample of nurses. Sleep.

Contractor, A. A., Slavish, D. C., Weiss, N., Alghraibeh,, Alafnan,, Taylor, D. (2021). Moderating effects of sleep disturbances on relation between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and positive memory count. Journal of Clinical Psychology.

Szabo, Y., Slavish, D. (2021). Measuring salivary markers of inflammation in health research: A review of methodological considerations and best practices. Psychoneuroendocrinology.

Messman, B., Slavish, D., Dietch, J., Jenkins, B., Taylor, D. J. (2021). Associations between daily affect and sleep vary by sleep assessment type: What can ambulatory EEG add to the picture?. Sleep Health: Journal of the National Sleep Foundation.

Yap, Y., Slavish, D., Taylor, D., Wiley, J., Bei, B. (2020). Bi-directional Relations between Stress and Self-Reported and Actigraphy-Assessed Sleep: A Daily Intensive Longitudinal Study. Sleep.

Pruiksma, K., Slavish, D., Taylor, D. J., Dietch, J., Tyler, H., Bryan, A., Bryan, C. (2020). Nightmares and insomnia in the National Guard: Mental and physical health correlates. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine.

Slavish, D. C., Jones, D. R., Smyth, J. M., Engeland, C. G., Song, S., McCormick, N. M., Graham-Engeland, J. E. (2020). Positive and Negative Affect and Salivary Markers of Inflammation Among Young Adults.. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine.

Taylor, D., Pruiksma, K., Mintz, J., Slavish, D. (2020). Treatment of comorbid sleep disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder in active duty military: Design and methodology of a randomized clinical trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials.

Slavish, D., Taylor, D. J., Dietch, J., Wardle-Pinkston, S., Messman, B., Ruggero, C., Kohut, M., Kelly, K. S. (2020). Intraindividual variability in sleep and levels of systemic inflammation in nurses. Psychosomatic Medicine.

Szabo, Y., Slavish, D., Graham-Engeland, J. (2020). The effect of acute stress on salivary markers of inflammation: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity.

Williams, J. M., Taylor, D. J., Slavish, D. C., Gardner, C. E., Zimmerman, M. R., Patel, K., Reichenberger, D. A., Francetich, J., Dietch, J., Estevez, R. (2020). Validity of Actigraphy in Young Adults With Insomnia.. Behavioral Sleep Medicine. 1-16.

Veeramachaneni, K., Slavish, D. C., Dietch, J., Kelly, K. S., Taylor, D. J. (2019). Intraindividual Variability in Sleep and Perceived Stress in Young Adults. Sleep Health: Journal of the National Sleep Foundation.

Wardle-Pinkston, S., Slavish, D. C., Taylor, D. J. (2019). Insomnia and cognitive performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep Medicine Reviews.

Dietch, J., Sethi, K., Slavish, D. C., Taylor, D. J. (2019). Validity of Two Retrospective Questionnaire Versions of the Consensus Sleep Diary: The Whole Week and Split Week Self-Assessment of Sleep Surveys. Sleep Medicine.

Slavish, D. C., Scaglione, N. M., Hultgren, B. A., Turrisi, R. (2019). An Ecological Momentary Assessment of Affect, Mental Health Symptoms, and Decisions to Drink Among First-Year College Women: A Pilot Study.. Other. 20(5), 753-764.

Slavish, D. C., Taylor, D. J., Lichstein, K. L. (2019). Intraindividual variability in sleep and comorbid medical and mental health conditions.. Sleep. 42(6), .

Slavish, D. C., Szabo, Y. Z. (2019). The effect of acute stress on salivary markers of inflammation: a systematic review protocol.. Other. 8(1), 108.

Slavish, D. C., Graham-Engeland, J. E., Engeland, C. G., Taylor, D. J., Buxton, O. M. (2018). Insomnia symptoms are associated with elevated C-reactive protein in young adults.. Other. 33(11), 1396-1415.

Mathur, A., Graham-Engeland, J. E., Slavish, D. C., Smyth, J. M., Lipton, R. B., Katz, M. J., Sliwinski, M. J. (2018). Recalled early life adversity and pain: the role of mood, sleep, optimism, and control.. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 41(4), 504-515.

Slavish, D. C., Sliwinski, M. J., Smyth, J. M., Almeida, D. M., Lipton, R. B., Katz, M. J., Graham-Engeland, J. E. (2018). Neuroticism, rumination, negative affect, and sleep: Examining between- and within-person associations.. Personality and Individual Differences. 123, 217-222.

Graham-Engeland, J. E., Zawadzki, M. J., Slavish, D. C., Smyth, J. M. (2016). Depressive Symptoms and Momentary Mood Predict Momentary Pain Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients.. Other. 50(1), 12-23.

Slavish, D. C., Graham-Engeland, J. E. (2015). Rumination mediates the relationships between depressed mood and both sleep quality and self-reported health in young adults.. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 38(2), 204-13.

Slavish, D. C., Graham-Engeland, J. E., Smyth, J. M., Engeland, C. G. (2015). Salivary markers of inflammation in response to acute stress.. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 44, 253-69.

Presentations Given

Oral Presentation

Slavish, D. (Author & Presenter), Ruggero, C. (Author), Kelly, K. S. (Author), Daily stress and sleep associations vary by work schedule: A between- and within-person analysis in nurses, Gerontological Society of America, United States of America. (2021).

Pruiksma, K. (Author), Taylor, D. (Author), Mintz, J. (Author), Slavish, D. (Author), International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies 37th Annual Meeting, Treatment of comorbid insomnia, nightmares and posttraumatic stress disorder in active duty military: A pilot study, United States of America. (2021).

Dietch, J. (Author & Presenter), Slavish, D. (Author), Taylor, D. J. (Author), Ruggero, C. (Author), Messman, B. (Author), Wardle-Pinkston, S. (Author), Kelly, K. S. (Author), Do associations between daily stress and sleep vary by work shift? A within-person analysis in nurses, Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2019 – 2020).

Miles, S. (Author & Presenter), Pruiksma, K. (Author), Slavish, D. (Author), Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Sleep disorders contribute to anger in service members with posttraumatic stress disorder, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2019 – 2020).

Slavish, D. (Author & Presenter), Associated Professional Sleep Societies, The cycle of daily stress and sleep: Sleep measurement matters., Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2019 – 2020).

Slavish, D. (Author & Presenter), Taylor, D. J. (Author), Ruggero, C. (Author), Dietch, J. (Author), Messman, B. (Author), Wardle-Pinkston, S. (Author), Kelly, K. S. (Author), American Psychosomatic Society, Beyond the mean: Personality, night-to-night variability in sleep, and social jetlag, United States of America. (2019 – 2020).

Slavish, D. (Author & Presenter), Salivary markers of inflammation in response to acute stress: A systematic review and meta-analysis, American Psychosomatic Society, Long Beach, CA, United States of America. (2019 – 2020).

Wardle-Pinkston, S. (Author & Presenter), Slavish, D. (Author), International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Impact of previous night’s sleep on cognitive performance in active duty service members with PTSD, insomnia, and nightmare disorder, United States of America. (2019).

Taylor, D. (Author & Presenter), Dietch, J. (Author), Resick, P. (Author), Nicholson, K. (Author), Pruiksma, K. (Author), Slavish, D. (Author), International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Treatment of comorbid sleep disorders and PTSD, United States of America. (2019).

Taylor, D. J. (Author & Presenter), Resick, P. (Author), Pruiksma, K. (Author), Nicholson, K. (Author), Dietch, J. (Author), Slavish, D. (Author), Combat PTSD Conference, Treatment of comorbid sleep disorders and PTSD, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (2019).

Taylor, D. (Author & Presenter), Ruggero, C. (Author), Dietch, J. (Author), Slavish, D. (Author), Kelly, K. S. (Author), Wardle-Pinkston, S. (Author), Messman, B. (Author), World Sleep Congress, Multifaceted measurement of sleep and circadian factors in sleep and depression, Vancouver, Canada, Canada. (2019).

Taylor, D. J. (Author & Presenter), Resick, P. (Author), Pruiksma, K. (Author), Nicholson, K. (Author), Dietch, J. (Author), Slavish, D. (Author), Treatment of comorbid sleep disorders and PTSD: Self-report findings, Military Health System Research Symposium, Kissameee, FL, United States of America. (2019).

Taylor, D. J. (Author & Presenter), Pruiksma, K. (Author), Slavish, D. (Author), Risk factors and correlates of insomnia across U.S. Army deployment cycle, Associated Professional Sleep Societies, San Antonio, United States of America. (2019).

Slavish, D. (Author & Presenter), Messman, B. (Author), Kelly, K. S. (Author), Ruggero, C. (Author), Taylor, D. J. (Author), Psychological and health correlates of night-to-night variability in sleep in nurses, American Psychosomatic Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (2019 – 2019).

Slavish, D. (Author & Presenter), Temporal dynamics between daily affect, pain, and nightly sleep quality in young adults, American Psychosomatic Society, Sevilla, Spain, Spain. (2017).

Engeland, C. (Author & Presenter), Smyth, J. (Author), Slavish, D. (Author), Graham, J. (Author), American Psychosomatic Society, Lessons learned from the bench: Relating salivary to blood-based inflammatory markers, Miami, FL, United States of America. (2013).

Paper

Fentem, A. (Author & Presenter), Compton, S. (Author), Slavish, D. C. (Author), Weiss, N. (Author), Contractor, A. (Author), 39th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Relations between PTSD Symptoms and Reckless Behaviors Among Military Veteran Students: Moderating Roles of Negative and Positive Life Experiences, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Compton, S. (Author & Presenter), Slavish, D. C. (Author), Weiss, N. (Author), Bowen, H. (Author), Contractor, A. (Author), 38th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Associations between positive memory specificity and substance misuse in a trauma exposed sample: Moderating roles of emotion dysregulation and posttrauma cognitions., Atlanta, GA, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Fentem, A. (Author & Presenter), Messman, B. (Author), Slavish, D. C. (Author), Weiss, N. (Author), Contractor, A. (Author), 38th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Do Positive Memory Characteristics Influence Daily-Level Trajectories of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms? An Exploratory Daily Diary Study., Atlanta, GA, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Contractor, A. (Author & Presenter), Slavish, D. C. (Author), Thornton, J. (Author), Weiss, N. (Author), 38th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Positive Affect Processes and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: Findings from an Open Label Pilot Study using the Positive Memory Processing Technique., Atlanta, GA, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Compton, S. (Author & Presenter), Griffith, E. (Author), Jin, L. (Author), Contractor, A. (Author), Slavish, D. C. (Author), Vujanovic, A. (Author), 56th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Heterogeneity in Patterns of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Sleep Disturbances among Firefighters: Latent Profile Analyses, New York, NY, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Asbee, J. (Author & Presenter), Slavish, D. (Author), 15th European Conference on Game Based Learning, Video game usage, substance use, and sleep among college students, United Kingdom. (2021).

Raifuddin, H. (Author & Presenter), Messman, B. (Author), Slavish, D. C. (Author), Weiss, N. (Author), Contractor, A. (Author), 37th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Examination of daily-level associations between PTSD symptoms and COVID-19 worries., United States of America. (2021 – 2021).

Poster

Contractor, A. (Author & Presenter), Almeida, I. (Author), Fentem, A. (Author), Griffith, E. L. (Author), Slavish, D. C. (Author), 39th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Sleep Disturbances Among Asian Indians: A Systematic Review., Los Angeles, CA, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Messman, B. (Author & Presenter), Fentem, A. (Author), Compton, S. (Author), Griffith, E. L. (Author), Contractor, A. (Author), Slavish, D. C. (Author), 39th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, The Role of Affect in Associations between Sleep and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: Preliminary Findings from A Systematic Review, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Compton, S. (Author & Presenter), Fentem, A. (Author), Kaur, G. (Author), Slavish, D. C. (Author), Contractor, A. (Author & Presenter), American Psychological Association, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Risk-Taking Among Firefighters: Examining Indirect Effects., Washington DC, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Contractor, A. (Author & Presenter), Messman, B. (Author), Gould, P. (Author), Slavish, D. C. (Author), Weiss, N. (Author), 17th Biennial Conference of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Impacts of Repeated Retrieval of Positive and Neutral Memories on Posttrauma Health: An Investigative Pilot Study., Belfast, NI, United Kingdom. (2023 – 2023).

Lucke, H. R. (Author & Presenter), Connell, J. (Author), Kearns, N. (Author), Slavish, D. C. (Author), Blumenthal, H. (Author), Boals, A. (Author), Southwestern Psychological Association, Heterogeneity in emerging adult insomnia symptoms: A latent profile analysis, United States of America. (2022).

Almeida, I. (Author & Presenter), Slavish, D. (Author), Contractor, A. A. (Author), Associated Professional Sleep Societies, COVID-19 related distress and sleep among trauma-exposed South Asians: Does generational status matter?, Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Charlotte, NC, United States of America. (2021 – 2022).

Jordan, S. (Author & Presenter), Slavish, D. (Author), Kelly, K. S. (Author), Ruggero, C. (Author), Associated Professional Sleep Societies, The role of social vigilance and hindrance-challenge stress in predicting nightmares among nurses, Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Charlotte, NC, United States of America. (2021 – 2022).

Squyres, E. (Author & Presenter), Slavish, D. (Author), Graham-Engeland, J. (Author), Associated Professional Sleep Societies, he role of self-esteem and sleep on inflammatory markers in young adults, Associated Professional Sleep Societies, United States of America. (2021).

Martinez, J. (Author & Presenter), Slavish, D. (Author), Messman, B. (Author), Kelly, K. S. (Author), Ruggero, C. (Author), Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Who is most at risk for nightmares? Demographic and psychosocial differences in nightmare prevalence among nurses, Associated Professional Sleep Societies, United States of America. (2021).

Ramadan, B. (Author & Presenter), Blumenthal, H. (Author), Slavish, D. (Author), Hassan, F. (Author), Baker, A. (Author), Hall, M. (Author), Slavish, D. C. (Author), Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Social anxiety and sleep disturbance in adolescence, United States of America. (2021).

Wilkerson, A. (Author & Presenter), Slavish, D. (Author), College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Intraindividual variability in sleep is a key component in substance use treatment outcomes, College on Problems of Drug Dependence, United States of America. (2021).

Garcia, O. (Author & Presenter), Slavish, D. (Author), Dietch, J. (Author & Presenter), Messman, B. (Author), Contractor, A. (Author), Taylor, D. J. (Author), Ruggero, C. (Author), Kelly, K. S. (Author), Daily stress and nightmares are bidirectionally associated among nurses, Associated Professional Sleep Societies, United States of America. (2020 – 2021).

Farmer, H. (Author & Presenter), Slavish, D. (Author), Ruiz, J. (Author), Taylor, D. (Author), Ruggero, C. (Author), Dietch, J. (Author), Messman, B. (Author), Kelly, K. S. (Author), Wardle-Pinkston, S. (Author), Kohut, M. (Author), Racial/ethnic variations in inflammation: The role of sleep, American Psychosomatic Society, United States of America. (2020).

Garcia, O. (Author & Presenter), Slavish, D. (Author), Messman, B. (Author), Wardle-Pinkston, S. (Author), Dietch, J. (Author), Ruggero, C. (Author), Kelly, K. S. (Author), Taylor, D. (Author), The effects of alcohol consumption and stress on insomnia symptoms in nurses, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, United States of America. (2020).

Scott, B. (Author & Presenter), Crawford, M. (Author & Presenter), Slavish, D. (Author), Messman, B. (Author), Wardle-Pinkston, S. (Author), Dietch, J. (Author), Kelly, K. S. (Author), Ruggero, C. (Author), Taylor, D. J. (Author), Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Demographic differences in the degree discrepancy between sleep diary and actigraphy measures of sleep, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2019 – 2020).

Shapiro, V. (Author & Presenter), Messman, B. (Author), Slavish, D. (Author), Alkire, C. B. (Author), Wardle-Pinkston, S. (Author), Dietch, J. (Author), Kelly, K. S. (Author), Ruggero, C. (Author), Taylor, D. J. (Author), Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Depression moderates the association between PTSD and nightmare severity in nurses, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2019 – 2020).

Santiago, B. (Author & Presenter), Messman, B. (Author), Slavish, D. (Author), Alkire, C. B. (Author), Wardle-Pinkston, S. (Author), Dietch, J. (Author), Kelly, K. S. (Author), Ruggero, C. (Author), Taylor, D. J. (Author), Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Do nurses with high blood pressure have more disturbed sleep than their peers?, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2019 – 2020).

Carbajal, I. (Author & Presenter), Roy, S. (Author), Slavish, D. (Author), Moore, E. D. (Author), Ryals, A. J. (Author), Association for Psychological Science, The police officer’s dilemma: Using reaction time and accuracy to investigate shooter bias, Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).

Dietch, J. (Author & Presenter), Slavish, D. (Author), Ruggero, C. (Author), Kelly, K. S. (Author), Messman, B. (Author), Wardle-Pinkston, S. (Author), Taylor, D. J. (Author & Presenter), Society for Behavioral Medicine, Insomnia identity and psychosocial health in nurses, United States of America. (2019 – 2020).

Dietch, J. (Author & Presenter), Sethi, K. (Author), Slavish, D. (Author), World Sleep Society, Validity of two retrospective questionnaire versions of the Consensus Sleep Diary: The whole week and split week self-assessment of sleep surveys, Canada. (2019).

Brown, A. (Author & Presenter), Tompkins, B. (Author), Messman, B. (Author), Wardle-Pinkston, S. (Author), Slavish, D. (Author), Kelly, K. S. (Author), Ruggero, C. (Author), Taylor, D. J. (Author), Associated Professional Sleep Society, Are self-reported symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea associated with increased nightmare frequency?, Associated Professional Sleep Society, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (2019).

Kumar, R. (Author), Slavish, D. (Author), Kelly, K. S. (Author), Ruggero, C. (Author), Taylor, D. J. (Author), Associated Professional Sleep Society, Associations between pain, depression, stress, and substance use in nurses with and without insomnia, Associated Professional Sleep Society, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (2019).

Walker, J. (Author), Slavish, D. (Author), Ruggero, C. (Author), Kelly, K. S. (Author), Dietch, J. (Author), Messman, B. (Author), Wardle-Pinkston, S. (Author), Associated Professional Sleep Society, Effects of chronotype, insomnia, depression, and age on markers of systemic inflammation in nurses, Associated Professional Sleep Society, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (2019).

Carmichael, K. E. (Author & Presenter), Slavish, D. (Author), Olson, R. L. (Author), Associated Professional Sleep Society, Intraindividual variability in sleep, social jetlag, and psychological functioning in college students, Associated Professional Sleep Society, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (2019).

Pruiksma, K. (Author & Presenter), Taylor, D. J. (Author), Tyler, H. (Author), Dietch, J. (Author), Slavish, D. (Author), Associated Professional Sleep Society, Prevalence and correlates of nightmares in active duty service members, Associated Professional Sleep Society, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (2019).

Taylor, D. J. (Author), Pruiksma, K. (Author & Presenter), Slavish, D. (Author), Associated Professional Sleep Society, Risk factors and correlates of insomnia across U.S. Army deployment cycle, Associated Professional Sleep Society, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (2019).

Slavish, D. (Author), Taylor, D. J. (Author), Pruiksma, K. (Author & Presenter), American Psychosomatic Society, Changes in inflammatory biomarkers in active duty service members receiving cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia and nightmares, American Psychosomatic Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada, United States of America. (2019).

Walker, J. (Author), Slavish, D. (Author), Kelly, K. S. (Author), Ruggero, C. (Author), Taylor, D. J. (Author), American Psychosomatic Society, The prevalence and psychological correlates of supplement use in nurses, American Psychosomatic Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada, United States of America. (2019).

Walker, J. (Author & Presenter), Slavish, D. C. (Author), Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chronotype moderates the effect of CBT-I on perceived stress, Washington DC, United States of America. (2018).

Byeon, A. (Author & Presenter), Slavish, D. C. (Author), Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Depression, anxiety, and intraindividual variability in sleep in nurses, Washington DC, United States of America. (2018).

Veeramachaneni, K. (Author & Presenter), Dietch, J. (Author), Slavish, D. (Author), Associated Professional Sleep Society, Daily covariation of stress and EEG-determined sleep, Associated Professional Sleep Society, Baltimore, MD, United States of America. (2018).

Hale, B. (Author & Presenter), Messman, B. (Author), Brown, A. (Author), Banzuelo, H. (Author), Slavish, D. (Author), Associated Professional Sleep Society, Daily positive affect is a predictor of nightly EEG-determined REM duration, Associated Professional Sleep Society, Baltimore, MD, United States of America. (2018).

Knowles, S. (Author & Presenter), Slavish, D. (Author), Associated Professional Sleep Society, Sleep, inflammation, and telomere length, Associated Professional Sleep Society, Baltimore, MD, United States of America. (2018).

Slavish, D. (Author & Presenter), Insomnia symptoms and stress-related vulnerability to sleep disturbances are associated with elevated inflammation, American Psychosomatic Society, Louisville, KY, United States of America. (2018).

Walker, J. (Author & Presenter), Dietch, J. (Author), Douglas, M. (Author), Slavish, D. (Author & Presenter), Society of Behavioral Medicine, Trait anxiety, disordered eating, and disturbed sleep, Society of Behavioral Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (2018).

Mizer, M. (Author & Presenter), Brown, A. (Author), Wardle, S. (Author), Slavish, D. (Author), Combat PTSD Conference, Recruitment, screening, and baseline assessment for a randomized clinical trial treating comorbid sleep disorders and PTSD, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (2017).

Slavish, D. (Author & Presenter), Bidirectional associations between daily pain, affect, and sleep quality in young adults with and without chronic back pain, American Pain Society, Pittsburgh, PA, Spain. (2017).

Hultgren, B. (Author & Presenter), Scaglione, N. (Author), Slavish, D. (Author), Turrisi, R. (Author), Congruence between ecological momentary assessment and daily diaries of college student drinking: implications for prevention, American Psychosomatic Society, Sevilla, Spain, Spain. (2017).

Graham-Engeland, J. (Author & Presenter), Slavish, D. (Author), Trait positive affect predicts lower salivary C-reactive protein in young adults, American Psychosomatic Society, Sevilla, Spain, Spain. (2017).

Slavish, D. (Author), A novel approach to investigating the time-varying effects of momentary affect on willingness and intentions to drink in first-semester college women, American Psychosomatic Society, Denver, CO, United States of America. (2016).

Slavish, D. (Author), Daily rumination mediates the relationship between trait neuroticism and nightly sleep quality, American Psychosomatic Society, Denver, CO, United States of America. (2016).

Graham-Engeland, J. (Author & Presenter), Zawadzki, M. (Author), Slavish, D. (Author), American Psychosomatic Society, How momentary positive and negative mood and depressive symptoms predict pain in daily life among rheumatoid arthritis patients, American Psychosomatic Society, Savannah, GA, United States of America. (2015).

Graham-Engeland, J. (Author & Presenter), Slavish, D. (Author), American Psychosomatic Society, Rumination (sometimes) mediates the association between depressed mood and health symptomatology: The moderating role of stress, American Psychosomatic Society, San Francisco, CA, United States of America. (2014).

Slavish, D. (Author), Graham-Engeland, J. (Author & Presenter), American Psychosomatic Society, Rumination mediates the relationship between depressed mood and sleep quality, American Psychosomatic Society, San Francisco, CA, United States of America. (2014).

Symposium

Slavish, D. (Co-Chair), Stress, health and salivary markers of immunity: The state of the field and opportunities for future directions, American Psychosomatic Society, Long Beach, CA, United States of America. (2019 – 2020).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Fellowship

Slavish, D. C., "Graduate Research Fellowship," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $100000 Funded. (May 2013 – May 2016).

Slavish, D., "Research Experience for Undergraduates," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $4000 Funded. (2011).

Grant - Research

Kane, H. (Principal), Slavish, D. C. (Co-Principal), "A Social-Ecological Approach to Understanding Sleep Health and Family Functioning in Hispanic/Latino Families of Young Children," Sponsored by Jerry M. Lewis, M.D. Mental Health Research Foundation, National, $30000 Funded. (2023 – 2025).

Slavish, D. C. (Co-Principal), "Predicting Attrition from a Lifestyle Medicine Intervention," Sponsored by CDC/NIOSH, Federal, $171780 Funded. (2023 – 2025).

Larimer, M. (Principal), Slavish, D. (Supporting), "Development of Brief Interventions for Alcohol, Marijuana, and Sleep Problems in Young Adults," Sponsored by National Institutes of Health, Federal, $9991 Funded. (October 2020 – 2023).

Blumenthal, H. (Principal), Slavish, D. C. (Co-Principal), Contractor, A. (Supporting), "A Combined Phase Change Test of the Safety and Effects of CHI-556 and CHI-557 on Relaxation (RE-01)," Sponsored by Canopy Growth Corporation, Other, $81682 Funded. (May 2021 – 2021).

Slavish, D. C. (Principal), Blumenthal, H. (Co-Principal), Contractor, A. (Supporting), "A Combined Phase Change Test of the Safety and Effects of CHI-559 and CHI-558 on Sleep Quality (SL-01)," Sponsored by Canopy Growth Corporation, Other, $81682 Funded. (2021 – 2021).

Contractor, A. A. (Principal), Slavish, D. (Supporting), Craig, J. (Supporting), Caldwell, L. (Supporting), Sharma, R. (Supporting), "UNT-Military Health Collaborative," Sponsored by University of North Texas Team Grant Mentoring Program, University of North Texas, $4000 Funded. (December 2020 – December 2021).

Slavish, D. (Supporting), Taylor, D. J., Kelly, K. S., "Sleep and Vaccine Response in Nurses (SAV-RN)," Sponsored by National Institutes of Health, Federal, $2194247 Funded. (2016 – 2020).

Slavish, D. (Supporting), Taylor, D. J., "CAP-Treatment of Comorbid Sleep Disorders and PTSD," Sponsored by Department of Defense, Federal, $3214708 Funded. (2015 – 2019).

Slavish, D., "Dissertation Research Award," Sponsored by American Psychological Association, Private, $1000 Funded. (November 1, 2016 – August 1, 2017).

Slavish, D. (Principal), "Graduate Enhancement Award," Sponsored by The Pennsylvania State University, Other, $2000 Funded. (2016).

Slavish, D. (Principal), "Hintz Graduate Student Research Endowment," Sponsored by The Pennsylvania State University, Other, $5000 Funded. (2016).

Awards and Honors

2024-2025 Rising Star Visiting Professor, Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont. (2023 – Present).

Young Investigator's Forum, American Academy of Sleep Medicine. (April 2018 – Present).

Young Investigators Colloquium, American Psychosomatic Society. (April 2018 – Present).

Distinguished Dissertation Award, Council of Graduate Schools/ProQuest. (2018 – Present).

Young Investigator Travel Award, American Pain Society. (May 2017 – Present).

Alumni Association Dissertation Award, The Pennsylvania State University. (April 2017 – Present).

Young Scholar Travel Award, American Psychosomatic Society. (2017 – Present).

Dissertation Research Award, American Psychological Association. (November 2016 – Present).

Kligman Graduate Fellowship Endowment, The Pennsylvania State University. (2016 – Present).

Gerald E McClearn Graduate Student Award, The Pennsylvania State University. (2015 – Present).

Graduate Student Scientific Achievement Award, The Pennsylvania State University. (2015 – Present).

Fund for Excellence in Graduate Recruitment, The Pennsylvania State University. (2012 – Present).

Phi Beta Kappa, Beloit College. (2012 – Present).

Walter van Dyke Bingham Scholarship in Psychology, Beloit College. (2012 – Present).

Postdoctoral Association Research Award, University of North Texas. (November 2018 – February 2019).

Maurer Presidential Scholarship, Beloit College. (2008 – 2012).

Service

University Service

Committee Member, Space. (2023 – Present).

Committee Member, Clinical Psychology. (2021 – Present).

Chairperson, Election Judge. (2020 – Present).

Faculty Mentor, Psychology Student Association. (2020 – Present).

Committee Member, Behavioral Science. (2019 – Present).

Committee Member, Executive Committee. (2021 – 2022).

Faculty Advisor, Graduate Association for Students in Psychology. (2021 – 2022).

Professional Service

Editor, Associate Editor, Stress and Health. (2021 – Present).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Health Psychology. (2023).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. (2023).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. (2023).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Anxiety, Stress, and Coping. (2022).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Applied Psychology - Health and Well-Being. (2022).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Behavior Therapy. (2022).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Chronobiology International. (2022).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Field Methods. (2022).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Behavioral Medicine. (2022).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Sleep Health. (2022).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Annals of Behavioral Medicine. (2021).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Biological Psychology. (2021).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Digital Health. (2021).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of American College Health. (2021).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Occupational and Environmental Medicine. (2021).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Personality and Individual Differences. (2021).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Sleep. (2021).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Sleep Health. (2021).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Stress and Health. (2021).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Annals of Behavioral Medicine. (2020).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Biological Psychology. (2020).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Brain, Behavior and Immunity. (2020).

Reviewer, Journal Article, International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. (2020).

Reviewer, Journal Article, International Journal of Psychology. (2020).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Behavioral Medicine. (2020).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. (2020).

Reviewer, Journal Article, PLoS One. (2020).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Sleep. (2020).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Sleep Health. (2020).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Stress and Health. (2020).

Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation. (November 15, 2020).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Brain, Behavior and Immunity. (2019).

Reviewer, Journal Article, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. (2019).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Behavioral Health. (2019).

Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Monash University. (2019).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Psychology and Health. (2019).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Sleep. (2019).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Stress and Health. (2019).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Brain, Behavior and Immunity. (2018).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. (2018).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Psychiatry Research. (2018).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Psychological Reports. (2018).

Consulting

Academic, Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Dr. Shelley Knowles, Fort Hood, TX, United States of America. (January 2017 – January 2018).

Awards and Honors

Martha Peterson Prize, Beloit College. (2012 – Present).