Caroline Hoyniak
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
- Phone: 314-273-5780
- Email: choyniak@nospam.wustl.edu
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, NIMH T32: Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2021
- PhD: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2019
- BA: Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 2012
Major Awards
- NIMH K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award, 2021
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2014
- Brain and Behavior Research Foundation Young Investigator Award, 2023
Research Interests
Dr. Hoyniak’s research focuses on the development of sleep problems in early childhood, exploring how early sleep problems and chronodisruption contribute to later risk for both internalizing and externalizing psychopathology. She uses a combination of psychophysiological (e.g., actigraphy, polysomnography, EEG/ERP) and observational (both in-lab and in-home) data collection in her research.
Key Publications
- Hoyniak C, Whalen DJ, Tillman R, Luby JL, Barch DM, (2022 Feb). Preschool sleep and depression interact to predict gray matter volume trajectories across late childhood to adolescence. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 53: 101053.
Read publication »Preschool sleep and depression interact to predict gray matter volume trajectories across late childhood to adolescence. - Hoyniak CP, Bates JE, McQuillan ME, Staples AD, Petersen IT, Rudasill KM, Molfese VJ, (2020 10). Sleep across early childhood: implications for internalizing and externalizing problems, socioemotional skills, and cognitive and academic abilities in preschool. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 61(10): 1080-1091.
Read publication »Sleep across early childhood: implications for internalizing and externalizing problems, socioemotional skills, and cognitive and academic abilities in preschool. - Hoyniak CP, Bates JE, McQuillan ME, Albert LE, Staples AD, Molfese VJ, Rudasill KM, Deater-Deckard K, (2020 Dec). The Family Context of Toddler Sleep: Routines, Sleep Environment, and Emotional Security Induction in the Hour before Bedtime. Behav Sleep Med. 1-19.
Read publication »The Family Context of Toddler Sleep: Routines, Sleep Environment, and Emotional Security Induction in the Hour before Bedtime. - Hoyniak CP, Whalen DJ, Barch D, Luby JL, (2020 Sep). Sleep problems in preschool-onset major depressive disorder: the effect of treatment with parent-child interaction therapy-emotion development. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry.
Read publication »Sleep problems in preschool-onset major depressive disorder: the effect of treatment with parent-child interaction therapy-emotion development. - Hoyniak CP, Bates JE, Camacho MC, McQuillan ME, Whalen DJ, Staples AD, Rudasill KM, Deater-Deckard K, (2022 Aug). The physical home environment and sleep: What matters most for sleep in early childhood. J Fam Psychol. 36(5): 757-769.
Read publication »The physical home environment and sleep: What matters most for sleep in early childhood.
Funded Research Projects
NIMH(PI):Sleep Disturbances and Circadian Misalignment as Potential Markers of Early Childhood Depression
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation(PI):Circadian Rhythms in Early Childhood Depression
NIMH(Significant Contributor):Early Life Adversity, Biological Embedding, and Risk for Developmental Precursors of Mental Disorders
ICTS(PI):The Effects of Improved Sleep on Psychopathology and Brain Function in School-aged Children