Todd M. Bishop

Todd M. Bishop, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He also serves as an Affiliated Research Investigator at the VA VISN 2 Center for Integrated Healthcare and Assistant Director of Fellowship Training at the Canandaigua VA Medical Center's Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention.

• PhD in Clinical Psychology, Syracuse University (2014)
• Post-doctoral Fellowship: VA Advanced Fellowship in Mental Illness Research and Treatment (2014-2016)

His research examines how sleep disturbances like insomnia and sleep apnea contribute to suicidal behavior, particularly through exacerbation of co-occurring disorders (e.g., PTSD, depression, substance abuse) and care transitions. He emphasizes primary care settings for intervention scalability, focusing on brief therapies and existing treatment utilization.

Key research themes from his publications include:

• CBT for insomnia in comorbid conditions
• Pain-insomnia-suicide pathways
• Opioid misuse and suicide risk
• Mechanistic models of sleep-suicide links
• Administrative data for suicide prediction
• Moral injury in veterans

Scientific awards highlight his contributions to sleep research and veterans' mental health, including the VA Sleep Practitioner Jr Investigator Award (2017) and multiple Sleep Research Society recognitions. His military service (Army Achievement Medal, Defense of Liberty Medal) informs his focus on veteran populations.

Bishop collaborates with institutions like the Sleep Medicine Division of the Canandaigua VA Medical Center and works on multicenter trials such as the Veterans Coordinated Community Care Study. His work bridges clinical practice, research, and training programs for suicide prevention.