MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
American Psychological Association
American Academy of Sleep Medicine
American Psychosomatic Society
Sleep Research Society
Chair, Program Committee, American Psychosomatic Society (2005-Present)
Ad Hoc Member, Awards Committee, American Psychosomatic Society (2005-Present)
Sub-Committee on Research Grants, Research Committee,
Sleep Research Society (2005-Present)
Co-Chair, Program Track on Psychophysiological Disorders and Sleep,
Society of Behavioral Medicine/International Congress of Behavioral Medicine (2005-Present)

HONORS AND AWARDS
Dissertation Research Award; American Psychological Association (1995)
Weisberg-Colavita Award for Research Excellence in Biopsychology;
University of Pittsburgh (1995)
Trainee Research Merit Award; Sleep Research Society (1998)
Semi-Finalist, Young Investigator Award; American Sleep Disorders Association (1998)
Wyeth-Ayerst Fellow, Meeting of the Association of Professional Sleep Societies (1998)
Neil E. Miller New Investigator Award for Early Career Contributions to
Behavioral Medicine, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research (1998)

Representative Publications
Hall M, Dahl RE, Dew MA and Reynolds CF. Sleep patterns following major negative
life events. Directions in Psychiatry 15:1-8, 1995.
Hall M, Buysse DJ, Dew MA, Prigerson HG, Kupfer DJ, Reynolds CF. Intrusive thoughts
and avoidance behaviors are associated with sleep disturbances in bereavement-related
depression. Depress Anxiety 6:106-112, 1997.
Hall M, Baum A, Buysse DJ, Prigerson HG, Kupfer DJ, Reynolds CF. Sleep as a mediator
of the stress-immune relationship. Psychosom Med 60:48-51, 1998.
Hall M, Buysse DJ, Nowell PD, Nofzinger EA, Houck P, Reynolds CF, Kupfer DJ.
Symptoms of stress and depression as correlates of sleep in primary insomnia.
Psychosom Med 62:227-230, 2000.
Germain A, Buysse DJ, Ombao H, Kupfer DJ, Hall M. Psychophysiological reactivity
and coping styles influence the effects of acute stress exposure on REM sleep.
Psychosom Med 65:857-864, 2003.
Hall M, Vasko R, Buysse DJ, Ombao H, Chen Q, Cashmere JD, Kupfer DJ,
Thayer JF. Acute stress affects heart rate variability during sleep.
Psychosom Med 66:56-62, 2004.
Thayer JF, Hall M, Sollers JJ, Fisher JE. Alcohol use, urinary cortisol, and heart rate
variability in apparently healthy men: Evidence for impaired inhibitory control of the HPA
axis in heavy drinkers. Int J Psychophysiol 59:244-250, 2006.
Thayer JF, Hall M, Sollers JJ, Fisher JE. Alcohol use, urinary cortisol, and heart rate
variability in apparently healthy men: Evidence for impaired inhibitory control of the HPA
axis in heavy drinkers. Int J Psychophysiol 59:244-250, 2006.
Germain A, Shear MK, Hall M, Buysse DJ. Effects of A Brief Behavioral Treatment for
PTSD-Related Sleep Disturbances: A Pilot Study. Behav Res Ther 45:627-632, 2007.
Hall M, Thayer JF, Germain A, Moul D, Vasko R, Puhl M, Miewald J, Buysse DJ. 
Psychological stress is associated with heightened physiological arousal during NREM
sleep in primary insomnia.  Behav Sleep Med 5:178-193, 2007. 

Current and Past Trainees
Primary Mentor ~ Michele Okun, Ph.D.; 
Clinical Research Training in Psychiatry, Post-doctoral Scholar
Toby Yanowitz, M.D.; Pittsburgh Mind-Body Center Clinical Research Scholar (2005-Present)
Secondary Mentor ~ Benjamin Shelly; Graduate Student,
School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh (2004-2005)
Mentor, Directed Study, Undergraduates, Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
Shana Smith, Sleep in Caregivers; Matthew Puhl, Heart Rate Variability during Sleep
(2000-2003)

	"Biological Systems Influenced by Psychological Stress: Sleep" ~ June 5, 2008
	"Sleep and Health " ~ June 6, 2007 (Summer Institute)

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