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Ryan Brindle teaches courses related to brain and behavior, statistics, and the impact of mental stress and sleep. His lab researches the connections between mental stress, sleep, and health to improve clinical interventions.

Our research examines the impact of mental stress on health and disease. In particular we are interested in understanding how individual differences in physiological (e.g., blood pressure, heart rate) reactions to mental stress impact mental and physical health. Also, we examine how stress impacts nocturnal sleep and whether sleep can buffer the negative impact of stress and improve health.

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