Christi Ulmer, PhD, DBSM

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Dr. Christi Ulmer is a clinical health psychologist with more than 15 years of experience in the field of Behavioral Sleep Medicine. Dr. Ulmer has treated patients with complex sleep problems using both individual therapy and group-based interventions. She is designated as a diplomate in Behavioral Sleep Medicine by the Board of Behavioral Sleep Medicine. Dr. Ulmer served as a consultant on the Veterans Affairs dissemination of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTI); providing training to mental health providers across the Veterans Affairs healthcare system. Dr. Ulmer has been training interns and post-doctoral level psychologists in behavioral sleep medicine for more than 10 years. She is an associate professor at Duke University Medical Center and researcher at the Durham VA Center of Excellence in Health Services Research. Her resesearch is focused on the adverse health consequences of untreated sleep disorders, developing strategies to increase patient access to behavioral sleep medicine, and integrating behavioral sleep medicine into primary care and specialty clinics.