Colleen Carney

Dr. Colleen Carney is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University, Director of the Sleep and Depression (SAD) Laboratory, and President of the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Special Interest Group of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Her research focuses on sleep and mood disorders, particularly insomnia and depression, with an emphasis on cognitive vulnerability, fatigue management, and behavioral interventions. She has been funded by organizations such as the National Institute of Mental Health and Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Education: PhD in Psychology from Louisiana State University.

Research interests include the interplay between cognition, fatigue, and sleep in psychiatric and medical populations. Key areas include cognitive vulnerability to insomnia and depression, the etiological role of insomnia in depression, and the development of evidence-based treatments like CBT-I. Her lab provides training in clinical research, sleep disorder assessment, and CBT techniques for insomnia and depression.

Publications span behavioral sleep medicine guidelines, app-based interventions for adolescents, and studies on sleep-fatigue relationships. Her work emphasizes clinical trial methodologies and standardized self-monitoring tools.

Scientific Awards: No awards explicitly listed in the text.

Advising & Grants: Mentors students in clinical research methodologies and has secured grants from NIH, CIHR, and others. Her SAD Lab fosters interdisciplinary approaches to sleep and depression research.

Labs/Teams: Leads the SAD Lab, which explores innovative treatments and the cognitive mechanisms underlying sleep and mood disorders.