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Faculty Profile

  • Andrea Spaeth
  • Andrea Spaeth
  • Undergraduate Academic Director
  • Associate Professor
  • Office Hours:

    Monday 2:00 - 3:00pm
    Thursday 12:30 - 1:30pm
  • Area: Sleep, health, and performance
  • End Degree: Ph.D., Psychology
  • Office: Loree Gym 110 (Douglass Campus)
  • Phone: 848-932-0271
  • Specialization: Sleep and Circadian Rhythms, Weight Regulation, Behavioral Health
  • Laboratory: Rutgers Sleep Lab

Courses Taught

01:377:205   Principles of Healthy Lifestyle
01:377:225 Contemporary Health Issues
01:377:301   Psychology of Sport and Exercise
01:377:336   Sleep, Health and Performance

Educational/Research Interests

Trained as an experimental psychologist, Dr. Andrea Spaeth has dedicated herself to a career in sleep research aimed at advancing our understanding of how changes in sleep behaviors affect health outcomes, particularly in women. Her current research projects include observational studies examining the relationship between alcohol use and sleep health in college studies, cannabis use and sleep health in middle-aged women, dietary interventions to improve sleep in older adults, and altering exercise timing to improve sleep in young adults. The ultimate goal of Dr Spaeth's research is to develop and implement effective lifestyle modification interventions related to sleep in at-risk populations to promote health and wellness.

Awards and Achievements

2024-2029 NIH R01 (NIDA)
The Role of Stress Physiology and Reproductive Hormones in the Relationship between Cannabis Use and Sleep in Women of Childbearing Age
Role: MPI with J. Buckman
2025-2026 Rutgers University Provost Office Behavioral Health and Equity Pilot Seeding Funding
The impact of calorie restriction and diet composition on sleep health in older adults with overweight/obesity
Role: MPI with J. Buckman
2021-2026 NIH R01 (NIAA)
Individual differences in sleep deprivation and binge drinking consequences 
Role: MPI with J. Buckman

Selected Publications

For a full publications record click here.

  1. Muzumdar N, Jackson KM, Buckman JF, Spaeth AM, Sokolovsky AW, Pawlak AP, White HR.(2025). Elucidating the alcohol-sleep-hangover relationship in college students using a daily diary approach. Pharmacol Biochem Behav; 247:173910. doi:10.1016/j.pbb.2024.173910.
  2. McCarthy TA, Velez SM, Buckman JF, Spaeth AM (2023). The Role of Meeting Exercise and Nutrition Guidelines on Sleep during Pregnancy, Nutrients, 15(19), 4213; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15194213.
  3. McCarthy TA, Velez SM, Buckman JF, Spaeth AM (2023). The Role of Meeting Exercise and Nutrition Guidelines on Sleep during Pregnancy, Nutrients, 15(19), 4213; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15194213.