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Russell, K.L., Rodman, H.R., Pak, V.M. (2023). Sleep insufficiency, circadian rhythms, and metabolomics: the connection between metabolic and sleep disorders. Sleep and Breathing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-023-02828-x.

Ezzati, A.M., +Pak, V.M. (2023). The effects of time-restricted eating on sleep, cognitive decline, and Alzheimer's disease. Experimental Gerontology. Jan;171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2022.112033

Pak, V.M., Maislin, D.G., Keenan, B.T., Guo, X., Townsend, R., Benediktsdottir, B., Pack, A.I, Gislason, T., Kuna, S.T. (2023). Obesity does not modify the effect of continuous positive airway pressure on insulin resistance in adults with obstructive sleep apnea. ERJ Open Research. Mar

13;9(2):00443-2022. DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00443-2022.

Pak, V. M., Paul, S., Swieboda, D., Balthazar, M., & Wharton, W. (2022). Sleep duration and biomarkers of inflammation in African American and white participants with a parental history of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 8, e12332. https://doi.org/10.1002/trc2.12332

Kim, S., Zhang, W., Pak, V. M., Aqua, J., Hertzberg, V., Spahr, C., Slavich, G., & Bai, J. (2021). How stress, discrimination, acculturation, and the gut microbiome affect depression, anxiety, and sleep among Chinese and Korean immigrants in the USA: a cross-sectional pilot study protocol. BMJ Open, 11(7), e047281. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047281

Johnson, B., Brewster G., Cicero, E., Hepburn K., Clevenger, C., Daniel, G., Pak V. M., Paul, S., & Epps F. (2022). Promoting caregiver mastery in Black American dementia caregivers. The Gerontologist, 62(5), 685-693. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnab147

Knyazev, S., Chhugani, K., Sarwal, V., Ayyala, R., Singh, H., Karthikeyan, S., Deshpande, D., Baykal, P. I., Comarova, Z., Lu, A., Porozov, Y., Vasylyeva, T., Wertheim, J. O., Tierney, B. T., Chiu, C. Y., Sun, R., Wu, A., Abedalthagafi, M. S., Pak, V. M., … & Mangul, S. (2022). Unlocking capacities of genomics for the Covid-19 response and future pandemics. Nature Methods, 19, 374380. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-022-01444-z

Pak, V. M., Russell, K., Shi, Z., Zhang, Q., Cox, J., Uppal, K., Yu, T., Hertzberg, V., Liu, K., Ioachimescu, O., Collop, N., Bliwise, D., Kutner, N., Rogers, A., &

Dunbar, S. (2022). Sphinganine is associated with 24-hour MAP in the non-sleepy with OSA. Metabolomics, 18(4) 23.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11306-021-01860-w

Pak V. M, Maislin D. G., Keenan B. T., Townsend R. R., Benediktsdottir, B., Dunbar S. B., Pack, A., Gislason, T., & Kuna, S. (2021). Changes in sleepiness and 24-h blood pressure following 4 months of CPAP treatment are not mediated by ICAM-1. Sleep Breath, 25(3), 1495-1502. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-020-02257-0

Pak, V. M., Russell, K., Shi, Z., Zhang, Q., Cox, J., Uppal, K., Yu, T., Hertzberg, V., Liu, K., Ioachimescu, O.,Collop, N., Bliwise, D., Kutner, N., Rogers, A., & Dunbar, S. (2022). Sphinganine is associated with 24-hour MAP in the non-sleepy with OSA. Metabolomics, 18(4) 23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11306-021- 01860-w

Kim, S., Zhang, W., Pak, V. M., Aqua, J., Hertzberg, V.,Spahr, C., Slavich, G., & Bai, J. (2021). How stress, discrimination, acculturation, and the gut microbiome affect depression, anxiety, and sleep among Chinese and Korean immigrants in the USA: a cross-sectional pilot study protocol. BMJ Open, 11(7), e047281. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047281

Pak, V.M., Maislin, D.G., Keenan, B.T., Townsend, R., Benediksdottir, B., Dunbar, S., Pack, A.I., Gislason, T., Kuna, S.T. (2021). Sleep and Breathing. Changes in sleepiness and 24-h blood pressure following 4 months of CPAP treatment are not mediated by ICAM-1. PMID: 33404963 DOI:10.1007/s11325-020-02257-0

Pak, V.M., Butts, B., Hertzberg, V., Collop, N., Quyyumi, A., Cox, J., Rogers, A., Dunbar S. (2020). Daytime Sleepiness Predicts Inflammation and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Sleep Apnea. ERJ Open Research. 6(4). doi: 10.1183/23120541.00310-2019.

Pak, V.M., Onen, H., Bliwise, D., Kutner, N., Russell, K., Onen, F. (2020). Sleep disturbances in MCI and AD: Neuroinflammation as a possible mediating pathway. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2020.00069

Pak, V.M., Mazzoti, D., Keenan, B., Hirotsu, C., Gehrman, P., Bittencourt L., Pack, A.,Tufik, S. Candidate Gene Analysis in the São Paulo Epidemiologic Sleep Study (EPISONO) Shows an Association of Variant in PDE4D and Sleepiness. (2018). Sleep Medicine. 47, 106-112. PMID: 29783161.

Pak, V.M., Dai, F., Keenan, B., Gooneratne, N., Pack, A. (2018) “Lower Plasma Choline Levels are Associated with Sleepiness Symptoms.” Sleep Medicine, 44, 89-96.

Pak, V.M., Onen, S., Gooneratne, N., Fallisard, B., Onen, F. (2017). Observation and Interview-based Diurnal Sleepiness Inventory for measurement of sleepiness in older adults. Nature and Science of Sleep: 9, 241-24.

Pak, VM., Keenan, B. Jackson, N., Grandner, M. et al., Pack, A. (2014). Adhesion Molecule Increases in Sleep Apnea: Beneficial Effect of Positive Airway Pressure and Moderation by Obesity. International Journal of Obesity. Jul 21. 39(3):472-9.

Pak, VM., Grandner, M., Pack, A. (2013). Circulating Adhesion Molecules in Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease. Sleep Medicine Reviews.18(1):25-34.