Kristen Knutson

Dr. Kristen Knutson is a biomedical anthropologist at Northwestern University, USA, focusing on the intersection of sociocultural factors with sleep and circadian physiology to understand their impact on human health. Her research spans clinical and real-world settings, investigating links between sleep disturbances, circadian rhythms, and cardiometabolic diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease.

Her work emphasizes biopsychosocial influences and explores how sleep and circadian disruptions may mediate socioeconomic or racial/ethnic disparities in health outcomes. Collaborations include interactions with the School of Bioscience and Medicine at the University of Surrey under Dr. Malcolm von Schantz.