Biography
Galit Levi Dunietz, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the University of Michigan, Department of Neurology and Division of Sleep Medicine. Dr. Dunietz holds graduate degrees in statistics and epidemiology. After completing a fellowship in sleep epidemiology within the U-M Division of Sleep Medicine, she joined the faculty. Her population-based sleep research utilizes a wide array of data sources and analytic methodology through institutional, national and international collaborations.
Areas of Interest
Dr. Dunietz’s research interests lie at the intersections of sleep medicine, epidemiology, and women’s health. In particular, she examines relationships among sleep disturbances, cardiometabolic health and cognitive function during key reproductive events in women’s lives. Beyond her research, Dr. Dunietz is passionate about health education and equity.
Honors & Awards
Outstanding Early Investigator Award 2022
Dr. Galit Levi Dunietz received the Outstanding Early Investigator Award from the Sleep Research Society. This award recognizes her 2021 paper, “Obstructive sleep apnea treatment and dementia risk in older adults” published in SLEEP. The award will be presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, to be held this June in Charlotte, North Carolina
Featured News
Insomnia, Sleep Apnea Rise in Women With MS
U.S. News | Sleep Disorders Found More Common Among Transgender Youth
"Transgender youth had higher prevalence of sleep disorders than their cisgender peers and those on gender-affirming therapies were less likely to have sleep disorders, suggesting a possible protective effect.”
Important Advances in Sleep Research in 2021
Advances in sleep research in 2021 have brought about clinical developments for the next decade.
NIH Awards $1.4 Million for Sleep and Dementia Research
Principal investigators Tiffany Braley MD, MS and Galit Levi Dunietz PhD, MPH were recently awarded $1.4M in new R01 funding by the National Institute on Aging to study unexplored pathways between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), OSA treatment, and dementia risk in older women and men.
Treating Sleep Apnea May Reduce Dementia Risk
People with obstructive sleep apnea who treat their apnea with the commonly-prescribed positive airway pressure therapy were less likely to be diagnosed with dementia.
Credentials
Medical School or Training
- MA, Columbia University, Department of Statistics, NY, Statistics, 1999
- MPH, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, MI, Epidemiology, 2011
- PhD, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, MI, Epidemiology, 2015
Fellowship
- University of Michigan, Department of Neurology, Division of Sleep Medicine, 2018
