Andrew W. McHill, Ph.D. (he/him)

  • Associate Professor, School of Nursing
  • Associate Professor, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences
  • Associate Professor of Graduate Programs in Human Nutrition, School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. McHill is an Associate Professor and Director of the Sleep, Chronobiology, and Health Laboratory in the OHSU School of Nursing. Dr. McHill graduated with a Ph.D. in Integrative Physiology with a specialization in sleep and circadian physiology from the University of Colorado Boulder. After graduating, he completed an NIH funded post-doctoral fellowship at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School within the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders and joined the OHSU Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences in Dr. Shea's Circadian Laboratory in 2016 as a visiting post-doctoral fellow. In September 2017, he became a Research Assistant Professor within the institute and in 2021 established the Sleep, Chronobiology, and Health Laboratory within the OHSU School of Nursing. Dr. McHill is interested in understanding the contributing mechanisms by which the mistiming of behaviors (i.e. shiftwork or jetlag) and chronic insufficient sleep leads to adverse health and poor cognitive performance outcomes.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.S., 2010, Gonzaga University
    • Ph.D., 2014, University of Colorado Boulder

  • Fellowship

    • Post-doctoral Fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 2014-2017
    • Visiting Post-doctoral Fellow at OHSU, 2016-2017

Memberships and associations:

  • 2015- Present Social Media Committee Member for Journal of Biological Rhythms
  • 2014-2015 Brigham and Women’s Hospital PhD Mentoring Circles
  • 2013- Present Society for Research on Biological Rhythms
  • 2013- Present American Academy of Sleep Medicine
  • 2010-Present Sleep Research Society

Areas of interest

  • Circadian misalignment
  • Energy and glucose Metabolism
  • Sleep disruption
  • Caloric intake and hunger
  • Cognitive Performance
  • Countermeasures

Additional information

Honors and awards

  • 2024 Oregon Medical Research Foundation Richard T. Jones New Investigator Award
  • 2024 OHSU Distinguished Faculty Senate Award for Outstanding Research
  • 2021 Christian Guilleminault Young Investigator Award
  • 2017-2023 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Loan Repayment Program (NIH LRP) Renewal
  • 2015-2017 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Loan Repayment Program (NIH LRP)
  • 2015 American Academy of Medicine Young Investigator Research Forum Award
  • 2014 Young Investigator Award, William C. Dement Sleep and Chronobiology Summer Research Apprenticeship Retreat, Brown University
  • 2014 Society for Research on Biological Rhythms (SRBR) Research Excellence Award
  • 2013 The Society for Research on Biological Rhythms Fellowship Award
  • 2010 Robert and Claire McDonald Student Grant Award, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
  • 2010 Exercise Science Major of the Year Award, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA

Publications

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