University of Pennsylvania (Penn) Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA USA
University of Pennsylvania (Penn) Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA USA
Dr. Williamson is a clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) Perelman School of Medicine, with appointments in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, PolicyLab, the Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, and the Sleep Center at CHOP. Her work leverages pediatric sleep as a modifiable factor that can promote positive development and prevent child physical and behavioral health problems. Specifically, her research focuses on (1) understanding socio-ecological determinants of pediatric sleep health disparities (2) behavioral approaches to promote pediatric sleep health and treat sleep problems in primary care and in partnership with community organizations. She serves as a board member for the Philadelphia-area Beds for Kids program (www.ohaat.org), which provides beds, bedding, and sleep health education to children and families living in poverty and without an individual child bed. In addition, Dr. Williamson is a member of the Society for Pediatric Research and serves as Associate Editor for Sleep Health, the official journal of the National Sleep Foundation. She is a two-time NIH loan repayment award recipient and was awarded a Sleep Research Society Foundation Career Development Award in 2018. Her work is currently funded by an American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation Community Sleep Health Award and by her K23 award (K23HD094905) from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
Williamson, A. A., Gould, R. A., Leichman, E. S., Walters, R. M., & Mindell, J. A. (in press). Socioeconomic disadvantage and early childhood sleep: Real-world findings from a mobile health application. Sleep Health.
Meltzer, L. J., Williamson, A. A., & Mindell, J. A. (2021). Pediatric sleep health: It matters, and so does how we define it. Sleep Medicine Reviews. doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2021.101425 [e-pub ahead of print].
Williamson, A. A., Zendarski, N., Lange, K., Quach, J., Molloy, C., Clifford, C. A., & Mulraney, M. (2020). Sleep problems, internalizing and externalizing symptoms, and domains of health-related quality of life: bidirectional associations from early childhood to early adolescence. SLEEP, 44(1):zsaa139. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa139.
Billings, M., E., Cohen, R. T., Baldwin, C. M., Johnson, D. A., Palen, B. N., Parthasarathy, S., Patel, S. R., Russell, M., Tapia, I. E., Williamson, A. A., & Sharma, S. (2020). Disparities in sleep health and potential intervention models: A focused review. CHEST. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.09.249.
Daniel., L.C., Childress, J.L, Flannery, J.L., Weaver-Rogers, S., Garcia, W.I., Bonilla-Santiago, G., & Williamson, A.A. (2020). Identifying modifiable factors linking parenting skills and sleep outcomes in racial/ethnic minority children. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 45(8):867-876. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsaa034.
Williamson, A. A., Mindell, J. A., Hiscock, H., & Quach, J. (2020). Longitudinal sleep problem trajectories are associated with multiple impairments in child well-being. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 61(1):1092-1103. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13303
*Williamson, A. A., Milaniak, I., Watson, B., Cicalese, O., Fiks, A. G., Power, T. J., Barg, F. K., Beidas, R. S., Mindell, J. A., & Rendle, K. A. (2020). Early childhood sleep intervention in urban primary care: Caregiver and clinician perspectives. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 45(8): 933-945. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jaa024. *Received the 2020 Diane J. Willis Award for Outstanding Article in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology
Williamson, A. A., Meltzer, L. J., & Fiks, A. (2020). A stimulus package to address America’s sleep debt crisis. JAMA Pediatrics, 174(2): 115-116. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.4806. PMID: 3186006.
Leichman, E. S., Gould, R. A., Williamson, A. A., Walters, R. M., & Mindell, J. A. (2020). Effectiveness of an mHealth intervention for infant sleep disturbances. Behavior Therapy, 51(4): 548-558. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2019.12.011.
Williamson, A. A., & Mindell, J. A. (2020). Cumulative socio-demographic risk factors and sleep outcomes in early childhood. SLEEP, 43(3):233. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsz233. PMID: 31555826.
Williamson, A. A., Mindell, J. A., Hiscock, H., Quach, J. (2019). Sleep problem trajectories from birth to ages 10-11 years: Impact of early cumulative socio-ecological risks. The Journal of Pediatrics, 215: 229-237. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.07.055. PMID: 31564429. PMCID: PMC6878157
Williamson, A. A., Mindell, J. A., Hiscock, H., Quach, J. (2019). Child sleep behaviors and sleep problems from infancy to school-age. Sleep Medicine, 69:5-8. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.05.003. PMID: 31600659
Williamson, A. A., Leichman, E. S., Walters, R. M., Mindell, J. A. (2019). Caregiver-perceived outcomes in toddlers sleeping in cribs versus beds. Sleep Medicine, 54: 16-21. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2018.10.012. PMID: 30529772
Mindell, J.A., & Williamson, A. A. (2018). Benefits of a bedtime routine in young children: Sleep, development, and beyond. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 40:93-108. doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.10.007. PMID: 29195725
Mindell, J.A., Leichman, E. S., Lee, C., Williamson, A. A., & Walters, R. M. (2017). Implementation of a nightly bedtime routine: How quickly do things improve? Infant Behavior and Development, 49, 220-227. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2017.09.013. PMID: 28985580
Williamson, A. A., Rubens, S., Patrick, K., Moore, M., & Mindell, J. A. (2017). Differences in sleep patterns and problems by race in a clinical sample of Black and White preschoolers. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 13(11), 1281-1288. doi: 10.5664/jcsm/6798. PMID: 28992828
Ahn, Y., Williamson, A. A., Seo, H-J., Sadeh, A., & Mindell, J. A. (2016). Sleep patterns among Korean infants and toddlers: A global comparison. Journal of Korean Medical Science, 31, 261-269. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2016.31.2.261. PMID: 26839481.
Mindell, J. A., Sedmak, R., Boyle, J. T., Butler, R., & Williamson, A. A. (2016). Sleep Well! A pilot study of an education campaign to improve sleep of socioeconomically disadvantaged children. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 12, 1593-1599. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.6338. PMID: 27655459
Rubens, S., Patrick, K. E., Williamson, A. A., Moore, M., & Mindell, J. A. (2016). Individual and socio-demographic factors related to presenting problem and diagnostic impressions at a pediatric sleep clinic. Sleep Medicine, 25, 67-72. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2016.06.017. PMID: 27823719
Williamson, A. A., Patrick, K. E., Rubens, S. L., Mindell, J. A., & Moore M. (2016). Pediatric sleep disorders in an outpatient sleep clinic: Clinical needs of children with neurodevelopmental conditions. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, 4(2),188-199. doi:10.1037/cpp0000135
