Margeaux Gray

Overview

Margeaux Gray is an Assistant Research Professor of Biobehavioral Health at the College of Health and Human Development at Pennsylvania State University. She is affiliated with the Sleep, Health, and Society Collaboratory and the Center for Healthy Aging. Her research focuses on translational sleep science, emphasizing nonpharmacologic interventions to improve sleep quality and continuity.

Background and Education

• B.S. in Neuroscience and Psychology from Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA)
• Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience from West Virginia University (WVU)
• Former registered polysomnographic technologist and instructor

Research Interests

Dr. Gray investigates the interplay between sleep, pain, and attention; characterizes sleep fragmentation's effects on daytime neurobehavioral processes; and explores how sleep influences developmental milestones. She collaborates with sleep industry partners and has conducted translational research in postpartum and pediatric sleep.

Labs and Collaborations

• Member of Dr. Orfeu Buxton and Dr. Anne-Marie Chang’s Sleep, Health, and Society Collaboratory
• Center for Healthy Aging
• Prior training at WVU’s Sleep and Sleep Disorders Lab (Hawley E. Montgomery-Downs, Ph.D.), Hearing Perception and Cognition Lab (James W. Lewis, Ph.D.), and Anxiety, Psychophysiology, and Pain Lab (Daniel W. McNeil, Ph.D.)

Key Contributions

Her work includes developing sleep assessment technologies (e.g., non-contact bedside sensors), analyzing sleep’s impact on cognitive function in aging populations, and evaluating sleep restriction’s effects on attention and metabolism. Current projects emphasize sleep fragmentation’s role in pain modulation and translational sleep interventions.