Emerson M. Wickwire, PhD

Certificate, Healthcare Leadership and Management, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Certificate, Business Matters for Scientists, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Fellowship, Behavioral Sleep Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Residency, Psychology (concentration: sleep), The University of Mississippi Medical Center

PhD, Psychology, The University of Memphis

MS, Psychology, The University of Memphis

MA, English, Middlebury College

BA, English, Boston College

Professor with Tenure

Section Chief, Sleep Medicine

Dr. Emerson Wickwire is an internationally recognized expert in sleep and sleep disorders. He completed his advanced training in sleep at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he also served as Assistant Professor. He previously co-founded a leading interdisciplinary sleep medicine center that became a model for comprehensive sleep medicine centers throughout the country. He is a frequently sought after expert and has been featured in publications including the Wall Street Journal, US News and World Report, Fast Company, the Baltimore Sun, and numerous others, and is regularly interviewed on local and national television.

Since returning to academia, Dr. Wickwire has developed a broad portfolio of sleep-related research that has been substantially funded by federal, foundation, and private industry partners. Since 2015 he has served as principal investigator on eleven extramural research grants as well as co-investigator on numerous other awards. One hundred percent of his project funders have become repeat funders for one or more additional follow-on studies.

Dr. Wickwire has published over 180 articles, including >140 peer-reviewed scientific articles, ten book chapters, and 25 articles for the professional audience on topics such as sleep health economics, sleep and cardiovascular and brain health, telehealth and telemedicine, home sleep apnea testing, sleep in the workplace, and patient communication skills. He serves on the Editorial Boards of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, SLEEP, Sleep Advances, and Sleep Review. In 2017, he was awarded the Stuart Quan Award for Editorial Excellence "for displaying exemplary standard of excellence in work" as Associate Editor at JCSM.

Dr. Wickwire holds or has held numerous national leadership roles, including the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), FDA Network of Experts, and Sleep Medicine Advisory Committee of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). He is also an active and award-winning educator, having served on the education committees of the AASM, National Sleep Foundation, and American Pain Society. He holds a special interest in sleep in military populations and serves as a local site director for the Walter Reed National Army Medical Center/National Capitol Consortium sleep medicine fellowship. He is Past President of the Maryland Sleep Society.

An active speaker, Dr. Wickwire has presented invited lectures at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NASA - Goddard, Children's National Medical Center, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, NC, the National Intrepid Center of Excellence at Bethesda Naval Medical Center, University of Arizona, UPenn, and elsewhere. His presentations on human motivation and behavior change were selected by his peers among the top 1% of over 1300 medical presentations in 2011.

Personally, Dr. Wickwire is deeply interested in literature, the arts, and the life of the mind. In addition to his scientific and applied endeavors, he is a past award recipient from the National Endowment of the Humanities, and he also spent two semesters studying literature at the University of Oxford, UK. His hard won insights into leadership, character, and personal responsibility were learned over two decades on the wrestling mats, as a former Academic All-American wrestler at NCAA Division I Boston College and successful high school wrestling coach. Today his greatest joys are spending time with his wife, son, and their English Springer Spaniel, Max.

Sleep, sleep medicine, sleep health economics, technology, telehealth

See my publications (Google Scholar):

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dxqdDN0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra

Board-certified, Behavioral Sleep Medicine

Board-certified, Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology

ACTIVE

Principal Investigator

7/1/2024-6/30/2028   

Tele-Sleep OSA: Clinical effectiveness, implementation, and economic impact of telehealth care for obstructive sleep apnea in the military health system

Department of Defense (Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, Peer-reviewed Medical Research Program, Clinical Trial Award)

Total costs: $5,465,905

5/1/2023-4/30/2027   

The impact of suvorexant on cognitive function and daytime symptoms among older adults with insomnia

Merck & Co (Investigator-initiated Studies Program)

Total costs: $496,483

7/1/2022-6/30/2027   

Value-based military sleep medicine: Health and economic aspects of Sleep disorders treatments in the US military

Department of Defense (Military Health System Research Program)

Total costs: $2,499,000

2/1/2022-2/27/2027

Impact of untreated OSA on adverse depression outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries

ResMed Foundation (Investigator-initiated study)

Total costs: $249,487

Co-Investigator/Site PI

4/1/2026-3/30/2031   

Co-Investigator/Site PI (PI: Parthasarathy)

Comparative effectiveness of PAP therapy, dental device, and medication in Sleep Apnea

Patient-centered Outcomes Research Institute

Total costs: $2,305,676 (UMB sub-contract; estimated)

8/1/2022-6/30/2027   

Co-Investigator/Site PI (PI: Kaufmann)

Sleep apnea treatment and risk for cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease

National Institute of Aging (R01)

Total costs: $530,323 (UMB sub-contract) 

7/1/2022-6/30/2027   

Co-Investigator (PI: Albrecht)

Recovery among older adults following head injury

National Institute of Aging (R01)

Total costs: $3,875,807

COMPLETED

2011-2013                  

Consultant (PIs: B. Karelin and R. Manber)

Cognitive-behavioral Treatment for Insomnia rollout

United States Veterans Administration

Total costs: hourly consultant

2012-2013                  

Consultant (PI: S. Redline)

Healthy sleep, healthy heart”

Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Total costs: hourly consultant

2015                           

Principal Investigator

Unrestricted educational grant

Respira, Inc.

Total costs: $3000

2017-2019                  

Principal Investigator

Trends in insomnia diagnosis and treatment of insomnia and impact on healthcare utilization among older adult Medicare beneficiaries, 2006-2013

Merck & Co (Investigator-initiated Studies Program)

Total costs: $256,456

3/1/17-3/30/20           

Principal Investigator

Impact of untreated OSA and beneficial effect of PAP adherence on health care utilization among Medicare beneficiaries with obstructive sleep apnea, 2006-2013

ResMed Corp  (Investigator-initiated study)

Total costs: $248,951

12/29/17-12/28/20     

Principal Investigator

Demonstrating the value of board certification in sleep medicine: Trends in diagnosis and impact on quality of care and economic outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries, 2006-2013

AASM Foundation (formerly American Sleep Medicine Foundation; Strategic Research Award)

Total costs: $249,986

2018-2019                  

Principal Investigator

Insomnia treatment among Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's Disease*

Merck & Co (Industry-sponsored study)

Total costs: NA

Role: Principal Investigator

*Project awarded and initiated then canceled due to budgetary changes.

12/1/18-11/30/21       

Co-Investigator

Impact of high PAP adherence on cardiovascular outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries with obstructive sleep apnea, 2006-2015”

AASM Foundation (Strategic Research Award)

Total costs: $249,691

6/24/19-6/23/24         

Principal Investigator

Integrated tele-sleep mobile platform

Department of Defense (via Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium)

Total costs: $2,000,000

4/24/20-5/23/24         

Principal Investigator

The impact of insomnia on cognitive function and sleep variability among community-dwelling older adults with insomnia: A prospective study using remote monitoring and ecological momentary assessment

Merck & Co (Investigator-initiated Studies Program)

Total costs: $465,313

9/15/20-3/14/22         

Principal Investigator

Trajectories of insomnia and impact on recovery following Traumatic Brain Injury”

Department of Defense (Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, Federal Interagency Traumatic Brain Injury Research Analysis Award)

Total costs: $750,000

7/1/2023-8/30/2024   

Co-Investigator (PI: Kaufmann)

Cardiovascular outcomes in patients with narcolepsy

Sleep Research Society Foundation (Focused Research Award)

Total costs: $400,000

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