Baylor College of Medicine

Sara Nowakowski, PhD, CBSM, DBSM

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Nowakowski

Sara Nowakowski, PhD, CBSM, DBSM

Associate Professor

Phone

409-539-0230

Email

Sara.Nowakowski@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor: Medicine
Health Services Research
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

Baylor Clinic (Clinic)
: Room: BCLN-O1Y
Houston, TX 77021
United States

Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt) (Lab)
: TMC - McGovern Campus
2450 Holcombe Blvd.
Houston, TX 77021
United States
Phone: (713) 798-3300
Sara.Nowakowski@bcm.edu
IQuESt

Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt) (Office)
: TMC - McGovern Campus
2450 Holcombe Blvd.
Houston, TX 77021
United States
Phone: (713) 798-3300
Sara.Nowakowski@bcm.edu
IQuESt

Certifications

Psychology License: #36908 (09/01/2018 - 08/31/2019); Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists; Psychology License

Professional Interests

Sleep Medicine

Websites

Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt) Investigator Profile / Bio.

Twitter handle @Sara_Sleep

Videos

Overcoming Insomnia

Community talk discussing behavioral strategies to improve sleep sponsored by UTMB Lunch Bunch.

Selected Publications

Manber R, Bernert RA, Suh S, Nowakowski S, Siebern AT, Ong JC "CBT for insomnia in patients with high and low depressive symptom severity: Adherence and clinical outcomes." J Clin Sleep Med. 2011 Dec 15;7(6):645-52. Pubmed PMID: 22171204
Orff HJ, Drummond SP, Nowakowski S, Perlis ML "Discrepancy between subjective symptomatology and objective neuropsychological performance in insomnia." Sleep. 2007 Sep;30(9):1205-11. Pubmed PMID: 17910392
Nowakowski S, Choi H, Meers J, Temple JR "Inadequate sleep as a mediating variable between exposure to interparental violence and depression severity in adolescents." J Child Adolesc Trauma. 2016 Jun;9(2):109-14. Pubmed PMID: 27563369
Nowakowski S, Meers J, Heimbach E "Sleep and Women's Health." Sleep Med Res. 2013;4(1):1-22. Pubmed PMID: 25688329

Nowakowski S, Matthews KA, von Kanel R, Hall MH, Thurston RC "Sleep characteristics and inflammatory biomarkers among midlife women." Sleep. 2018 May 1;41(5) Pubmed PMID: 28141665
Tal JZ, Suh SA, Dowdle CL, Nowakowski S "Treatment of insomnia, insomnia symptoms, and obstructive sleep apnea during and after menopause: Therapeutic approaches." Curr Psychiatry Rev. 2015;11(1):63-83. Pubmed PMID: 26478725

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Memberships

Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine: Past President (06/2016 - 06/2019)

Sleep Research Society: Member, Scientific Offering Committee (06/2021 - 06/2024)

Funding

Effectiveness of Healthy Sleep Habits for Hospitalized Older Adults to Optimize Rehabilitation - #R01NR018342: $2,770,516.00 (02/01/2019 - 11/30/2023); Project aims to examine the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia on sleep and functional outcomes (cognition, motor, independence) on patients recovering from hip or knee arthroplasty.