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Dr. Jodi A. Mindell, Professor of Psychology and Director of Graduate Psychology at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, is a clinical psychologist specializing in pediatric sleep medicine. Dr. Mindell has written extensively on pediatric sleep disorders and presented over 100 papers at national and international conferences. She is the author of Sleep Deprived No More: From Pregnancy to Early Motherhood - Helping You and Your Baby to Sleep Through the Night (Marlowe, 2007), Sleeping Through the Night: How Infants, Toddlers, and Their Parents Can Get a Good Night's Sleep (HarperCollins, 2005) and co-author of A Clinical Guide to Pediatric Sleep: Diagnosis and Management of Sleep Problems (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003) and Take Charge of Your Child's Sleep: The All-in-One Resource for Solving Sleep Problems in Kids and Teens (Marlowe, 2005).
Additionally, Dr. Mindell is the associate director of the Sleep Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She is also vice-chair of the Board of Directors of the National Sleep Foundation. She chaired the National Sleep Foundation's Sleep in America 2004 poll which focused on sleep in children ages 10 and under and their parents/caregivers, and co-chaired the Sleep in America 2006 poll that targeted adolescent sleep. Dr. Mindell has made over 200 radio and television appearances discussing children's sleep disorders. Furthermore, she is on the Advisory Board of Johnson's Baby, on the Board of Advisers of Parents magazine, and a member of the Medical Advisory Board for BabyCenter.com
Select Publications:
Meltzer, L. J., Mindell, J. A., Owens, J. A., Byars, K. C. (2007). The use of sleep medications in hospitalized pediatric patients. Pediatrics, 119, 1047-1055.Meltzer, L. J. & Mindell, J. A. (2007). Relationship between child sleep disturbances and maternal sleep, mood, and stress. Journal of Family Psychology, 21, 67-73..
Mindell, J. A. et al. (2006). Behavioral treatment of bedtime problems and night wakings in young children: AASM Standards of Practice. Sleep, 29, 1263-1276.
Meltzer, L. J., & Mindell, J. A. (2006). Impact of a child's chronic illness on maternal sleep and daytime functioning. Archives of Internal Medicine, 166, 1749-1755
Mindell, J. A., et al. (2006). Pharmacological management of insomnia in children and adolescents: A consensus statement. Pediatrics, 117, 1123-1232.
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