Christine Spadola holds a doctorate in Social Welfare and a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology, both from Florida International University (FIU), and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Miami. Dr. Spadola completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She conducted several community-based sleep research projects including adapting yoga and behavioral sleep interventions for use in low income communities and investigating sleep-related behavioral factors that contribute to suboptimal sleep outcomes among one of the largest, epidemiologic cohorts of African-Americans.  During her fellowship, Dr. Spadola also completed specialized training in mixed methods research, clinical and translational research, biostatistics, and implementation science with the Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center. Recently, Christine was awarded a health disparities enrichment award from Harvard University to present her research findings at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.