Dr. Jessica Levenson, PhD, DBSM, is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She obtained her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Pittsburgh after completing a predoctoral internship at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine. Dr. Levenson’s research focuses on the development and testing of sleep-focused interventions for adolescents in community settings, with the goal of improving sleep to promote mental health and functioning. Dr. Levenson is also a licensed clinical psychologist who is conducts clinical work in the Center for Adolescent and Young Adult Health of UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and the Center for Sleep and Circadian Science within Western Psychiatric Hospital. She specializes in the evidence-based treatment of sleep and mood disorders.
- BA, Psychology with Honors, Brandeis University (Waltham, MA), 2004
- MS, Clinical Psychology, University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA), 2008
- Clinical Psychology Internship, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine (Madison, WI), 2013
- PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA), 2013
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Sleep Medicine T32, University of Pittsburgh, 2013-2016
Education & Training
Levenson, J.C., Wallace, M.L., Anderson, B.P., Kupfer, D.J., Frank, E. (2015). Social Rhythm Disrupting Events Increase the Risk of Recurrence among Individuals with Bipolar Disorder. Bipolar Disorders, 17(8), 869-879. PMID: 26614534 PMCID: PMC4702482
Levenson, J.C., Miller, E., Hafer, B., Reidell, M.F., Buysse, D.J., Franzen, P.L. (2016). Pilot study of a sleep health promotion program among college students. Sleep Health, 2(2), 167-174. PMID: 27525300, PMCID: PMC4978431
Parthasarathy, S., Buysse, D.J., Carskadon, M., Jean-Louis, G., Owens, J., Bramoweth, A., Combs, D., Hart, C., Hasler, B., Honaker, S.M., Hickam, D., Hertenstein, E., Kuna, S., Kushida, C., Levenson, J.C.,…Stoney, K. (2016). Implementation of sleep and circadian science: recommendations from the Sleep Research Society and National Institutes of Health workshop. SLEEP, 39(12):2061-2075. PMID: 27748248 PMCID: PMC5103795
Levenson, J.C., Soehner, A., Rooks, B.T., Merranko, J., Goldstein, T.R., Axelson, D.A., Goldstein, B.I., Brent, D.A., Diler, R., Hafeman, D., Hickey, M.B., Monk, K., Sakolsky, D., Kupfer, D.J., Birmaher, B. (2017). Longitudinal sleep phenotypes among offspring of bipolar parents and community controls. Journal of Affective Disorders, 215, 30-36. PMID: 28315578 PMCID: PMC5500225 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.03.011
Levenson, J.C., Ford, H.A., Reyes, Z., Mukundan, A., Patel, G., Bahary, S., Miller, E. (2021). Designing adolescent sleep interventions with stakeholder input. Sleep Health, 7(5), 581-587. PMID: 34474988 PMCID: PMC8545848.
Levenson, J.C., Williamson, A.W. (2023). Bridging the gap: Future directions to advance pediatric behavioral sleep interventions. Journal of Clin Sleep Med, 19(7), 1321-1336. PMID: 36722616 PMCID: PMC10315605.
Reynolds, A., Spaeth, A., Hale, L., Williamson, A., LeBourgeois, M., Wong, S, Hartstein, L., Levenson, J.C., Kwon, M., Hart, C., Greer, A., Richardson, C., Gradisar, M., Clementi, M. Simon, S., Reuter-Yuill, L., Picchietti, D., Wild, S., Tarokh, L.,; Sexton-Radek, K., Puzino, K., Calhoun, S., Johnson, D., Lewin, D., Carskadon, M. (2023). Pediatric Sleep: Current Knowledge, Gaps, and Opportunities for the Future. SLEEP, 46(7). PMID: 36881684 PMCID: PMC10334737.
R34MH132724 A Sleep Promotion Program for Depressed Adolescents in Pediatric Primary Care
R21MH130644 Sleep among Adolescents Involved in the Justice System