Jessica Levenson, PhD

Dr. Levenson is Project 2 Co-Lead and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Her research focuses on designing and evaluating interventions for adolescents that enhance sleep health specifically to promote mental and physical health broadly. She uses qualitative and quantitative approaches to developing stakeholder-informed interventions that are likely to be effective, adopted, and implemented. She is also interested in the role of disturbed sleep in the onset, course, and treatment of depression and bipolar disorder. Dr. Levenson’s work has been funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the American Sleep Medicine Foundation, and the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Levenson is a licensed clinical psychologist who works with adolescents and adults. Her clinical interests focus primarily on the treatment of mood disorders and sleep disorders.