Merrill Mitler, Ph.D.

Dr. Merrill M. Mitler received his Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Michigan State University and postdoctoral certificate in developmental psychobiology of sleep from Stanford University. Before he became a Program Director in NINDS’s Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience cluster in 2003, he was professor in The Department of Neuropharmacology at The Scripps Research Institute and clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The University of California, San Diego. He has authored several books and numerous articles on the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders. Grants and contracts in his area of interest include basic and clinical programs on circadian rhythms and sleep disorders addressing such topics as regulation of the biological clock, genetic influences in sleep disorders, as well as sleep disturbances in Parkinson Disease and Parkinson-like disorders.