Joseph Dzierzewski
Senior Vice President | Research and Scientific Affairs | National Sleep Foundation®
- Role
- Senior Vice President, Research and Scientific Affairs at National Sleep Foundation
- Location
- Richmond, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Joseph Dzierzewski
Dr. Dzierzewski is a driven executive, licensed clinical psychologist, and sleep scientist with organizational, research, and clinical experience in national healthcare settings, academic health science centers, traditional academic departments, and nonprofit organizations. Dr. Dzierzewski is currently the Senior Vice President of Research & Scientific Affairs at the National Sleep Foundation (theNSF.org). In this role, he is charged with leading NSF’s scientific platform, which includes overseeing the development of NSF’s sleep health guidelines and sleep health research activities. He also serves as an NSF sleep expert for media and industry partnerships and engages in national advocacy efforts. Dr. Dzierzewski was previously a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University where he served as the Concentration Director for the Behavioral Medicine Program. He is both a well-funded and widely-published investigator, with over 350 publications (more than 200 conference presentations and over 140 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters). A 2023 peer-reviewed publication (Liu et al, 2023) reported that Dr. Dzierzewski is the most published author in the area of sleep in older adults. He has served on numerous Scientific Review Committees for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and National Institutes of Health, as well as serving as an Associate Editor for several academic journals. Dr. Dzierzewski’s educational background is in Clinical Health Psychology, focusing on behavioral sleep medicine, and he maintains an active clinical license.
Experience
Senior Vice President, Research and Scientific Affairs
Jul 2024 — Present
Education
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
University of Florida
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Skills
- Cbt
- Gerontology
- Health Psychology
- Data Collection
- Sleep Medicine
- Neuroscience
- Geropsychology
- Quality Improvement
- Qualitative Research
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Cbt)
- Program Evaluation
- Mental Health
- Quantitative Research
- Science
- Research Design
- Sleep Psychology
- Psychology
- Spss
- Literature Reviews
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