Description of Research Expertise:
1. Screening for obstructive sleep apnea
2. Sleep disorderd breathing and cardiovascular disease
3. Economics of sleep apnea screening
Selected Publications:
D. Chirinos, I. Gurubhagavatula, P Broderick, J Chirinos, K Teff, T Wadden, G Maislin, H Saif, J Chittams, C Cassidy, A Hanson, AI Pack: Depressive symptoms in patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Biological Mechanistic Pathways Journal of Behavioral Medicine : 2017.
M. Melanie Lyons, PhD, MSN, ACNP, Brendan T. Keenan, MS, Junxin Li, PhD, MSN, Tanya Khan, BA, Nabil Elkasabanny, MD, MSCE, Colleen M. Walsh, MS, Noel N. Williams, MBChB, MCh, FRCSI, FRCS, Allan I. Pack, MBChB, PhD, FRCP, Indira Gurubhagavatula, MD, MPH: Symptomless Multi-Variable Apnea Prediction Index Assesses Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk and Adverse Outcomes in Elective Surgery Sleep 40 (3): 2017.
JA Chirinos, I Gurubhagavatula, K Teff, DJ Rader, TA Wadden, R Townsend, GD Foster, G Maislin, H Saif, P Broderick, J Chittams, AL Hanlon, AI Pack: CPAP, weight loss, or both for obstructive sleep apnea N Engl J Med 370 (24): 2265-2275,2014.
MA Grandner, S Chakravorty, ML Perlis, L Oliver, I Gurubhagavatula: Habitual sleep duration associated with self-reported and objectively-determined cardiometabolic risk factors Sleep Medicine 15 (1): 42-50,2014.
A Platt, S Hurley, H Soto-Calderon, W Wieland, B Staley, G Maislin, I Gurubhagavatula: Hits and Misses: Screening Commercial Drivers for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Using Guidelines Recommended by a Joint Task Force Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 55 (9): 1035-40,2013.
I Gurubhagavatula, BG Fields, CR Morales, S Hurley, GW Pien, LC Wick, BA Staley, RR Townsend, G Maislin: Screening for severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in hypertensive outpatients Journal of Clinical Hypertension 15 (4): 279-288,2013.
M Sands, M Grandner, J Whinnery, BT Keenan, N Jackson, I Gurubhagavatula: Predicting ethno-racial subgroups with hypertension using sleep apnea screening in a nationally-representative sample: Results of NHANES Journal of Clinical Hypertension : 2013.
Q Maia, MA Grandner, J Findley, I Gurubhagavatula: Short and long sleep duration and risk of drowsy driving and the role of subjective sleep insufficiency Accident Analysis and Prevention 59 : 618-622,2013.
BY Sunwoo, N Jackson, G Maislin, I Gurubhagavatula, CF George, AI Pack: Reliability of a single objective measure in assessing sleepiness Sleep 35 (1): 149-158,2012.
TE Weaver, C Mancini, G Maislin, J Cater, B Staley, JR Landis, S Ellenberg, KA Ferguson, CFP George, DA Schulman, H Greenberg, DM Rapoport, JA Walsleben, T Lee-Chiong, I Gurubhagavatula, ST Kuna: Continuous positive airway pressure treatment of sleepy patients with milder obstructive sleep apnea: results of the CPAP Apnea Trial North American Program CATNAP randomized clinical trial American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 186 (7): 677-683,2012.
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