Arun Handa

Arun Handa, MD, serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, with clinical and research responsibilities in the Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). He is embedded within CHOP's Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, focusing on pediatric sleep disorders and their intersection with psychiatric care.

His educational credentials include:

• BS in Genetics from Rutgers College - Rutgers University (2006)
• MD in Medicine from St. Matthew's University School of Medicine (2011)

Dr. Handa's research centers on pediatric sleep pathology, particularly hypersomnolence and diagnostic methodologies like the Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT). His work bridges clinical psychiatry and sleep medicine through investigations into drug screening protocols in pediatric cohorts and translational studies of sleep-immune interactions. This dual focus manifests in both practical clinical guidelines for primary care settings and foundational research using model organisms.

Analysis of his publications reveals a 10-year trajectory from basic science (2012 Drosophila study on immune-sleep crosstalk) to clinical epidemiology (2021 Wisconsin Cohort analysis of drug screening in hypersomnolence) and finally to medical education (2022 primary care lecture series). This progression demonstrates increasing clinical translation while maintaining scientific rigor across sleep medicine subdomains.

Dr. Handa actively disseminates findings through major forums like the Annual SLEEP Meeting and CHOP's Global Pediatric Education Network, though no specific awards or grants are documented in the source material.

He operates within CHOP's Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, contributing to multidisciplinary teams addressing complex pediatric sleep disorders through the Children’s Wisconsin Cohort initiative and institutional educational programs.