Mikayla Carson
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Lab Instructor and Research Manager
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Education: 

B.S., Saint Joseph’s University (Psychology, with a Clinical Concentration and Art Therapy Minor)

M.S., Saint Joseph’s University (Experimental Psychology)

Teaching (Starting in Fall 2023):

PSYC 200 Lab: Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology Lab

Research:

My research interests include integrated mental and behavioral health care, with an emphasis on pediatric sleep research. I have been fortunate to participate in several research labs at Saint Joseph’s University (SJU) and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Working in the areas of pediatric sleep and cardiology has fostered my above-mentioned interest in integrated care, as well as expanded these interests to include (a) the identification of sociodemographic factors associated with poorer health outcomes and (b) the formulation of individualized, family-based interventions.

I continue to assist with the preparation of manuscripts and poster presentations within the Behavior, Emotion, Development, and Sleep (BEDS) lab, a multi-institutional lab with a focus on improving pediatric sleep and disseminating evidence-based information regarding healthy pediatric sleep. More on the BEDS lab can be found in the “My Links” section below.

Publications:

Manuscripts

  1. Carson, M., Moore, M., Cicalese, O., Dunnewald, M., Varker, A., Mindell, J. A., & Williamson, A. A. (2023). Variation in Twitter posts referencing pediatric sleep aids. Sleep health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2023.04.009

  2. Carson, M., Cicalese, O., Bhandari, E., Stefanovski, D., Fiks, A. G., Mindell, J. A., & Williamson, A. A. (2023). Discrepancies between caregiver reported early childhood sleep problems and clinician documentation and referral. Academic pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2023.02.001

Abstract(s)

  1. Carson, M. R., Lamanna, E. M., Dunnewald, M., Fay, K., Kyck, F., Mindell, J. A., & Williamson, A. A. (2022). Sleep in children in need of a bed and living in poverty. Sleep, 45, A226-227.

Selected Poster Presentations:

  1. Carson, M., Dunnewald, M., Lamana, E., Fay, K., Kyck, F., Mindell, J. A., & Williamson, A. A. (2023, June). Feasibility and acceptability of personalized sleep health education as part of bed provision for families living in poverty. Poster presentation upcoming for the 37th Annual Professional Sleep Societies meeting, Indianapolis, IN.

  2. Mindell, J. A., Carson, M. R., Leichman, E. S., Gould, R., Alunkal, L., Mack, C., & Walters, R. (2023, June). Sleep, early solid introduction, and allergic disease in infancy. Poster presentation upcoming for the 37th Annual Professional Sleep Societies meeting, Indianapolis, IN.

  3. Lam, J. T. Y., Salih, Z., Carson, M. R., Dunnewald, M., Waisfeld, A., Randazzo, I., Heere, M., Mindell, J. A., & Williamson, A. A. (2023, June). Linkages between a consistent bedtime routine, child outcomes, and parenting stress in toddlers presenting to primary care. Poster presentation upcoming for the 37th Annual Professional Sleep Societies meeting, Indianapolis, IN.

  4.  Carson, M. R., Leichman, E. S., Rotella, K., & Mindell, J. A. (2022, October). Maternal outcomes related to maternal sleep quality and infant sleep patterns. Poster presented at the virtual meeting of the International Pediatric Sleep Association.

  5. Carson, M. R., Lamanna, E. M., Dunnewald, M., Fay, K., Kyck, F., Mindell, J. A., & Williamson, A. A. (2022, October). Sleep ecology and outcomes in children living in poverty and without a bed. Poster presented at the virtual meeting of the International Pediatric Sleep Association.

  6. Lam, J. T. Y., Carson, M. R., Jump, S., Mindell, J. A., Meltzer, L. J. (2021, December). Environmental scan of publicly-available electronic sleep resources for school-aged children and adolescents. Poster presented at the virtual Pediatric Sleep Medicine conference.

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