Salma Batool-Anwar

Salma Batool-Anwar is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA, specializing in sleep medicine research within the Department of Medicine. She maintains active research collaborations focused on sleep disorders and their clinical management.

Her primary research examines the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders including obstructive sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, and insomnia. She investigates therapeutic interventions such as continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy, explores the impact of lifestyle factors on sleep quality, and studies how major life events like job loss and pandemics affect sleep patterns and treatment adherence. Her work frequently incorporates behavioral, epidemiological, and clinical trial methodologies.

Professor Batool-Anwar's publications demonstrate consistent focus on optimizing sleep disorder treatments, particularly through technological innovations including artificial intelligence applications for diagnosis. Recent work shows increased emphasis on how systemic disruptions like the COVID-19 pandemic and medical device recalls impact patient care and outcomes in sleep medicine.