Dr. Baron’s research interests include the role of circadian timing and alignment in obesity risk, use of exercise in the treatment of sleep disorders and treatment of comorbid insomnia and circadian rhythm sleep disorders. The emphasis of her research is to determine the biological and behavior links between circadian alignment and weight regulation and then translate her findings to the clinical setting in novel weight loss interventions. Dr. Baron is also founder and director of the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program at Northwestern, where she mentors clinical psychology graduate students and sleep medicine fellows and provides Behavioral Sleep Medicine interventions in a multidisciplinary setting. Student Dissertation and Thesis Award