Meet Dr. Vargas!

Dr. Vargas joined the faculty at the University of Arkansas Department of Psychological Sciences in Fall of 2019. Dr. Ivan Vargas most recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program and the Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his Ph.D. in Psychology [Clinical Science] from the University of Michigan and his B.A. in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Notre Dame. Ivan’s research broadly investigates the biopsychosocial factors that contribute to the development and maintenance of both depression and insomnia, with the end goal of identifying clinically useful markers that may inform treatment and prevention efforts. His research is supported by a career development award funded by the National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health (K23HL141581).