Dr. Galit Dunietz

Galit Levi Dunietz, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Associate Professor, Neurology

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

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

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