Philip Gehrman, PhD, Sleep Expert

Philip Gehrman, PhD, CBSM, Sleep Expert

Philp Gehrma, PhD, CBSM, is an assistant professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and a clinical psychologist at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center. He directs the Sleep and Traumatic Stress program at Penn. He completed his graduate training in clinical psychology at the University of California, San Diego, including a predoctoral internship at the Durham VA Medical Center and a post-doctoral fellowship in sleep medicine at Penn. He has an active research program exploring the mechanisms and treatment of insomnia in the context of mental illness. His work includes studies on the genetics of insomnia, for which he leads an international consortium of genetics researches. Gehrman also has an active research program on sleep problems in veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Gehrman’s clinical work is in the area of Behavioral Sleep Medicine and he provides cognitive behavioral interventions for sleep disorders. His clinical work includes a national telehealth insomnia program in the VA.