Sara Nowakowski, PhD, CBSM, DBSM

Associate Professor

(409) 539-0230

Sara.Nowakowski@bcm.edu

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

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

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

IQuESt Profile

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

@Sara_Sleep

Twitter handle @Sara_Sleep

Overcoming Insomnia

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

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.

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

Effectiveness of Healthy Sleep Habits for Hospitalized Older Adults to Optimize Rehabilitation #R01NR018342: $2,770,516.00 (02/01/2019 - 11/30/2023); Grant funding from National Institutes of Health - National Institute of Nursing Research; 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.