Maurice M. Ohayon

Administrative Appointments

• Director, Stanford Sleep Epidemiology Research Center (SSERC) (2000 - present)

Honors and Awards

• John-Arrillaga Principal Investigator of Sleep and Psychiatry Epidemiology, Arrillaga Fundation (2007-present)

Professional Education

Community and International Work

• Stanford European Sleep Epidemiology Satellite Center, Paris (France) 
• Stanford Asian Sleep Epidemiology Satellite Center, Seoul (South Korea) 

Internet Links

• Stanford Sleep Epidemiology Research Center
• Stanford Sleep Epidemiology Journal

Current Research Interests

Main focus is epidemiology of sleep and psychiatric disorders in the general population and clinical settings: 1)sleep habits and patterns; 2) prevalence, diagnosis, co-morbidity, treatment and Public Health impact of sleep disorders; 3) pain, posttraumatic stress disorder, social phobia, panic disorder and generalized anxiety; 4) epidemiology of narcolepsy and hypersomnia.

Publications

• Determining the level of sleepiness in the American population and its correlates. Ohayon MM, J Psychiatr Res. 2012
• Hierarchy of insomnia criteria based on daytime consequences. Ohayon MM, Riemann D, Morin C, Reynolds CF. Sleep Med. 2012; 13 (1): 52-7
• Operational definitions and algorithms for excessive sleepiness in the general population: implications for DSM-5 nosology. Ohayon MM, Dauvilliers Y, Reynolds CF. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2012; 69 (1): 71-9
• Prevalence and comorbidity of chronic pain in the German general population. Ohayon MM, Stingl JC. J Psychiatr Res. 2012
• Prevalence and comorbidity of nocturnal wandering in the US adult general population. Ohayon MM, Mahowald MW, Dauvilliers Y, Krystal AD, Léger D. Neurology. 2012; 78 (20): 1583-9