Christopher N Kaufmann, PhD, MHS
Assistant Professor
Department:
MD-HOBI-BIOMED INFORMATICS
Business Phone:
(352) 294-5800
Business Email:
ckaufmann@ufl.edu
About Christopher N Kaufmann
Dr. Kaufmann is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics (HOBI) at the University of Florida College of Medicine. He is a public health researcher with interests at the intersection of aging, sleep, and health services research. His research focuses on using epidemiologic data to identify patterns in use of health services for sleep disorders among older adults and examining how such patterns affect trajectories of aging (e.g., cognitive decline and neurodegeneration) across the life course.
Teaching Profile
Courses Taught
2023-2024
GMS6822 Measuring and Analyzing Health Outcomes II
2024
PHA6910 Supervised Research
Research Profile
Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)
0000-0002-2946-7857
Publications
2024
ChatGPT’s Role in Gerontology Research.
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences.
79(9)
[DOI] 10.1093/gerona/glae184.
[PMID] 39046716.
2024
Links of Previous Incarceration With Geriatric Syndromes and Chronic Health Conditions Among Older Adults in the United States.
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences.
79(8)
[DOI] 10.1093/gerona/glae084.
[PMID] 38518090.
2024
Pilot RCT Testing A Mailing About Sleeping Pills and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia: Impact on Benzodiazepines and Z-Drugs.
Clinical gerontologist.
47(3):452-463
[DOI] 10.1080/07317115.2022.2130849.
[PMID] 36200403.
2024
The Golden Bachelor: A rose or a thorn for geriatrics and gerontology?
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
72(2):640-642
[DOI] 10.1111/jgs.18602.
[PMID] 37801023.
2023
An Update on Sleep Duration, Obesity, and Mortality Risk in Women.
Sleep medicine clinics.
18(4):415-422
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jsmc.2023.06.015.
[PMID] 38501514.
2023
Association of Subjective and Objective Measures of Sleep With Gut Microbiota Composition and Diversity in Older Men: The Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study.
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences.
78(10):1925-1932
[DOI] 10.1093/gerona/glad011.
[PMID] 36655399.
2023
Cannabis use for Sleep Disturbance Among Older Patients in a Geriatrics Clinic
The International Journal of Aging and Human Development.
97(1):3-17
[DOI] 10.1177/00914150221128971.
[PMID] 36226368.
2023
Disparities in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Among Middle-aged and Older Adults in the United States
Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
20(6):921-926
[DOI] 10.1513/annalsats.202207-612rl.
2023
Feasibility of a Smartwatch Platform to Assess Ecological Mobility: Real-Time Online Assessment and MobilityĀ Monitor.
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences.
78(5):821-830
[DOI] 10.1093/gerona/glad046.
[PMID] 36744611.
2023
Mass incarceration and cognitive impairment in older adults: Setting a research agenda.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
71(8):2680-2684
[DOI] 10.1111/jgs.18355.
[PMID] 37052187.
2023
Media Consumption and COVID-19āRelated Precautionary Behaviors During the Early Pandemic: Survey Study of Older Adults
JMIR Formative Research.
7
[DOI] 10.2196/46230.
[PMID] 37213166.
2023
Multidimensional sleep health approach to evaluate the risk of morbidity and mortality in diverse adult populations.
Sleep.
46(9)
[DOI] 10.1093/sleep/zsad075.
[PMID] 37523675.
2023
Sleep duration among adults exposed to family member incarceration during childhood.
Sleep health.
9(5):680-687
[DOI] 10.1016/j.sleh.2023.07.009.
[PMID] 37640628.
2023
Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and Aging: Advancing Knowledge to Promote Older Adults’ Health.
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences.
78(10):1812-1815
[DOI] 10.1093/gerona/glad195.
[PMID] 37814930.
2023
The language of sleepiness in obstructive sleep apnea beyond the Epworth.
Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung.
27(3):1057-1065
[DOI] 10.1007/s11325-022-02703-1.
[PMID] 36098927.
2022
Alcohol use and cognitive performance: a comparison between Greece and the United States.
Aging & mental health.
26(12):2440-2446
[DOI] 10.1080/13607863.2021.1998355.
[PMID] 34842012.
2022
Care coordination needs for deprescribing benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine receptor agonists.
Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP.
18(4):2691-2694
[DOI] 10.1016/j.sapharm.2021.06.025.
[PMID] 34229951.
2022
Cognitive Performance Trajectories Before and After Sleep Treatment Initiation in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Results From the Health and Retirement Study.
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences.
77(3):570-578
[DOI] 10.1093/gerona/glab164.
[PMID] 34115866.
2022
Declining trend in use of medications for sleep disturbance in the United States from 2013 to 2018.
Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
18(10):2459-2465
[DOI] 10.5664/jcsm.10132.
[PMID] 35818727.
2022
Worsening sleep predicts lower life space mobility during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
70(7):1931-1938
[DOI] 10.1111/jgs.17896.
[PMID] 35608359.
2021
Cannabis: An Emerging Treatment for Common Symptoms in Older Adults.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
69(1):91-97
[DOI] 10.1111/jgs.16833.
[PMID] 33026117.
2021
Correlates of poor sleep based upon wrist actigraphy data in bipolar disorder.
Journal of psychiatric research.
141:385-389
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.06.038.
[PMID] 34329990.
2021
Links between objective sleep and sleep variability measures and inflammatory markers in adults with bipolar disorder.
Journal of psychiatric research.
134:8-14
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.12.019.
[PMID] 33360441.
2020
Association Between the Use of Non-benzodiazepine Hypnotics and Cognitive Outcomes: A Systematic Review.
Current sleep medicine reports.
6(1):11-20
[DOI] 10.1007/s40675-020-00163-1.
[PMID] 33457189.
2020
Hyperkyphosis and self-reported and objectively measured sleep quality in older men
PLOS ONE.
15(2)
[DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0228638.
[PMID] 32045440.
2019
Comparison of schizophrenia outpatients in residential care facilities with those living with someone: Study of mental and physical health, cognitive functioning, and biomarkers of aging.
Psychiatry research.
275:162-168
[DOI] 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.02.067.
[PMID] 30925304.
2019
Electronic Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) in youth with bipolar disorder: Demographic and clinical predictors of electronic EMA adherence.
Journal of psychiatric research.
116:14-18
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2019.05.026.
[PMID] 31176107.
2019
Inaccuracy between subjective reports and objective measures of sleep duration and clinical correlates in bipolar disorder.
Journal of affective disorders.
250:226-230
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jad.2019.03.014.
[PMID] 30870772.
2019
Patterns of Medical Cannabis Use among Cancer Patients from a Medical Cannabis Dispensary in New York State.
Journal of palliative medicine.
22(10):1196-1201
[DOI] 10.1089/jpm.2018.0529.
[PMID] 30909786.
2019
Psychometric Characteristics of the Insomnia Severity Index in Veterans With History of Traumatic Brain Injury.
Behavioral sleep medicine.
17(1):12-18
[DOI] 10.1080/15402002.2016.1266490.
[PMID] 28098495.
2019
The Role of Sleep in Accelerated Cognitive Aging in Bipolar Disorder
Chronobiology in Medicine.
1(2):66-68
[DOI] 10.33069/cim.2019.0007.
2018
Associations of suicidality with cognitive ability and cognitive insight in outpatients with Schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia research.
192:340-344
[DOI] 10.1016/j.schres.2017.06.013.
[PMID] 28655480.
2018
Daytime midpoint as a digital biomarker for chronotype in bipolar disorder.
Journal of affective disorders.
241:586-591
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jad.2018.08.032.
[PMID] 30172210.
2018
Increased Engagement With Life: Differences in the Cognitive, Physical, Social, and Spiritual Activities of Older Adult Music Listeners.
The Gerontologist.
58(2):270-277
[DOI] 10.1093/geront/gnw192.
[PMID] 28329814.
2018
Interpersonal beliefs related to suicide and facial emotion processing in psychotic disorders.
Journal of psychiatric research.
100:107-112
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2018.02.016.
[PMID] 29514121.
2018
Long-Term Use of Benzodiazepines and Nonbenzodiazepine Hypnotics, 1999-2014.
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.).
69(2):235-238
[DOI] 10.1176/appi.ps.201700095.
[PMID] 29089011.
2018
Napping Characteristics and Restricted Participation in Valued Activities Among Older Adults.
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences.
73(3):367-373
[DOI] 10.1093/gerona/glx166.
[PMID] 28958012.
2018
Subjective versus objective evening chronotypes in bipolar disorder.
Journal of affective disorders.
225:342-349
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jad.2017.08.055.
[PMID] 28843917.
2018
Temporal Associations Between Social Activity and Mood, Fatigue, and Pain in Older Adults With HIV: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study
JMIR Mental Health.
5(2)
[DOI] 10.2196/mental.9802.
[PMID] 29759960.
2017
Emergency department visits involving benzodiazepines and non-benzodiazepine receptor agonists.
The American journal of emergency medicine.
35(10):1414-1419
[DOI] 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.04.023.
[PMID] 28476551.
2017
Feasibility and Acceptability of Ecological Momentary Assessment of Daily Functioning Among Older Adults with HIV.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.
25(8):829-840
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jagp.2016.11.019.
[PMID] 28065496.
2017
Longitudinal association between diabetes and cognitive decline: The National Health and Aging Trends Study.
Archives of gerontology and geriatrics.
72:39-44
[DOI] 10.1016/j.archger.2017.05.005.
[PMID] 28544945.
2017
Sleep apnea, psychopathology, and mental health care.
Sleep health.
3(4):244-249
[DOI] 10.1016/j.sleh.2017.04.003.
[PMID] 28709510.
2016
Association of Alcohol Use and Loneliness Frequency Among Middle-Aged and Older Adult Drinkers.
Journal of aging and health.
28(2):267-84
[DOI] 10.1177/0898264315589579.
[PMID] 26082130.
2016
At the Extremes of the Lifespan and Geriatric Mental Health Research.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.
24(9):762-3
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jagp.2016.05.013.
[PMID] 27569269.
2016
Clinical significance of mobile health assessed sleep duration and variability in bipolar disorder.
Journal of psychiatric research.
81:152-9
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.07.008.
[PMID] 27451108.
2016
Continuing Versus New Prescriptions for Sedative-Hypnotic Medications: United States, 2005-2012.
American journal of public health.
106(11):2019-2025
[PMID] 27631754.
2016
Paradoxical Trend for Improvement in Mental Health With Aging: A Community-Based Study of 1,546 Adults Aged 21-100 Years.
The Journal of clinical psychiatry.
77(8):e1019-25
[DOI] 10.4088/JCP.16m10671.
[PMID] 27561149.
2016
Prescriptions, nonmedical use, and emergency department visits involving prescription stimulants.
The Journal of clinical psychiatry.
77(3):e297-304
[DOI] 10.4088/JCP.14m09291.
[PMID] 26890573.
2016
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Insomnia Trajectories Among U.S. Older Adults.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.
24(7):575-84
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jagp.2016.02.049.
[PMID] 27212222.
2016
Trends in prescribing of sedative-hypnotic medications in the USA: 1993-2010.
Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety.
25(6):637-45
[DOI] 10.1002/pds.3951.
[PMID] 26711081.
2015
Binge drinking and insomnia in middle-aged and older adults: the Health and Retirement Study.
International journal of geriatric psychiatry.
30(3):284-91
[DOI] 10.1002/gps.4139.
[PMID] 24798772.
2015
Circadian rest/activity rhythms in knee osteoarthritis with insomnia: a study of osteoarthritis patients and pain-free controls with insomnia or normal sleep.
Chronobiology international.
32(2):242-7
[DOI] 10.3109/07420528.2014.965314.
[PMID] 25290041.
2014
Association between insomnia symptoms and functional status in U.S. older adults.
The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences.
69 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S35-41
[DOI] 10.1093/geronb/gbu116.
[PMID] 25342821.
2014
Comparing barriers to mental health treatment and substance use disorder treatment among individuals with comorbid major depression and substance use disorders.
Journal of substance abuse treatment.
46(2):268-73
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jsat.2013.07.012.
[PMID] 23992953.
2014
Diabetes and cognitive outcomes in a nationally representative sample: the National Health and Aging Trends Study.
International psychogeriatrics.
26(10):1729-35
[DOI] 10.1017/S1041610214001380.
[PMID] 25075535.
2014
Neighborhood physical disorder, social cohesion, and insomnia: results from participants over age 50 in the Health and Retirement Study.
International psychogeriatrics.
1-8
[PMID] 25222023.
2014
Patterns of concurrent substance use among nonmedical ADHD stimulant users: Results from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health
Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
142:86-90
[DOI] 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.05.022.
[PMID] 24957742.
2014
Treatment seeking and barriers to treatment for alcohol use in persons with alcohol use disorders and comorbid mood or anxiety disorders.
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology.
49(9):1489-99
[DOI] 10.1007/s00127-013-0740-9.
[PMID] 23900549.
2014
Who has used internal company documents for biomedical and public health research and where did they find them?
PloS one.
9(5)
[DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0094709.
[PMID] 24800999.
2013
Insomnia and health services utilization in middle-aged and older adults: results from the Health and Retirement Study.
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences.
68(12):1512-7
[DOI] 10.1093/gerona/glt050.
[PMID] 23666943.
2013
Mental health of protective services workers: results from the national epidemiologic survey on alcohol and related conditions.
Disaster medicine and public health preparedness.
7(1):36-45
[PMID] 23193220.
2013
Service use and barriers to mental health care among adults with major depression and comorbid substance dependence.
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.).
64(9):863-70
[DOI] 10.1176/appi.ps.201200289.
[PMID] 23728427.
2012
Co-occurring conditions and change in diagnosis in autism spectrum disorders.
Pediatrics.
129(2):e305-16
[DOI] 10.1542/peds.2011-1717.
[PMID] 22271695.
2012
Legal challenges for substance abuse treatment during disasters.
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.).
63(1):7-9
[DOI] 10.1176/appi.ps.2012000p7.
[PMID] 22227749.
2011
Prescribing authority during emergencies. Challenges for mental health care providers.
The Journal of legal medicine.
32(3):249-60
[DOI] 10.1080/01947648.2011.600154.
[PMID] 21902477.
2011
Sleep problems, psychiatric hospitalization, and emergency department use among psychiatric patients with Medicaid.
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.).
62(9):1101-5
[DOI] 10.1176/appi.ps.62.9.1101.
[PMID] 21885593.
Grants
Jun 2023
– Aug 2024
Longitudinal impact of narcolepsy and cardiovascular disease: A claims-based study
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: SLEEP RESEARCH SOCIETY FOUNDATION
Aug 2022
ACTIVE
Sleep apnea treatment and risk for cognitive decline and Alzheimers disease
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NIA
Jun 2022
ACTIVE
University of Florida Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center
Role: Other
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NIA
Jan 2022
ACTIVE
Sedative-Hypnotic Use Patterns and Risk for Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer's Disease
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NIA
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (352) 294-5800
Emails:
- Business:
- ckaufmann@ufl.edu
Addresses:
- Business Mailing:
-
PO Box 100147
GAINESVILLE FL 32610 - Business Street:
-
1889 Museum Rd, Suite 7000
GAINESVILLE FL 32611