Heather E. Gunn obtained her PhD from University of Utah in clinical health psychology. She completed her internship at Rush University Medical Center and postdoctoral training at University of Pittsburgh. She has expertise in interpersonal theory and behavioral sleep medicine. Her research is focused on social influences (i.e., SES, race, family dynamics, school start times) on health, and particularly sleep. She studies family relationships and their association with sleep, and cardiovascular health. Her research has been supported by the National Institute of Health and the Sleep Research Society Foundation. Her current study focuses on school start times and their impact on understudied adolescents and their families. She teaches Behavioral Medicine (undergraduate), a writing seminar on sleep (undergraduate) and supervises a sleep rotation and basic practicum (graduate level). She collaborates with colleagues on campus to better understand how sleep health influences downstream outcomes across multiple populations (e.g., high school athletes, older adults).