Megan Petrov
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Phone: 602-496-2297
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Mail code: 3020Campus: Dtphx
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Megan Petrov is an Associate Professor in the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation at Arizona State University. Her research interests include the role of sleep and circadian rhythms on the development of chronic diseases, particularly cardiometabolic diseases across the lifespan, with an emphasis on maternal-child populations, identifying and reducing sleep health disparities, and developing, adapting, and testing scalable digitally-based behavioral interventions that not only improve sleep but also prevent sleep-associated chronic diseases.
- Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, University of Alabama 2011
- M.A. Clinical Psychology, University of Alabama 2008
- B.S. Psychology, University of Arizona 2005
sleep; sleep disorders; maternal-child health; health disparities; behavioral sleep medicine; health outcomes and services research; mental health; treatment adherence; pain; stroke; cardiovascular disease; digital health; precision health
Media Coverage
- NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams ( http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/08/12127560-too-little-sleep-stroke-risk-spikes-in-healthy-adults?lite )
- USA Today (front page 6-11-2012, http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-06-11/sleep-stroke-risk/55506530/1
For a current list of publications, see: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/megan.petrov.1/bibliography/public/
Current and Recently Completed Research Grants
9/15/2025 – 8/31/2030
Lee, Rebecca; Larkey, Linda (MPIs)
Improving cardiometabolic health with meditative movement in mobility impaired women.
Role: Co-Investigator
NIH T32CA298973 Predoctoral Training in Advanced Data Analytics for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (BSSR) – Institutional Research Training Program
7/1/2025 – 6/30/2030
Buman, Matthew P.; Petrov, Megan E.; Stetcher, Chad; Ghasemzadeh, Hassan (MPIs)
Chat BCT: Interdisciplinary Personalized Digital Health Analytics Training for Behavior Change
Role: Multiple Principal Investigator
NIH/NHLBI R01 HL166171 8/1/2023 – 7/31/2028
Kolko (PI)
Identifying mechanisms of maternal-infant obesity risk transmission: The role of appetite, sleep, and circadian rhythm
Role: Co-Investigator
Role: PI on ASU Subcontract
NIH/NINDS R01 NS129887 6/1/2023 – 5/31/2028
Mun (PI)
Role: Co-Investigator
American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation – Strategic Research Grant
8/15/2022 – 8/14/2026
Petrov, Buman (MPIs)
An App-Based, Precision Medicine Approach to Optimize Long-Term CPAP Adherence and Quality of Life
Role: Multiple Principal Investigator
NIH/NCI R01 CA262041 4/1/2022 – 3/31/2027
Huberty (PI)
Consumer-based meditation app, Calm, for treatment of sleep disturbance in hematologic cancers
Role: Site Principal Investigator on ASU Subcontract – Years 2026-2027
Role: Co-Investigator Years 2022-2025
NIH/NHLBI R01HL147931
2/1/2020 – 1/31/2026 (NCE)
Petrov, Whisner (MPIs)
Investigating the Influence of Sleep-Wake Patterns and the Gut Microbiome Development in Infancy on Rapid Weight Gain, an Early Risk Factor for Obesity
Role: Multiple Principal Investigator
Courses
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| HCR 280 | Team-Based Research Practicum |
| NUR 799 | Dissertation |
| HCR 480 | Adv Team-Based Research Pract |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| NUR 799 | Dissertation |
| HCR 280 | Team-Based Research Practicum |
| HCR 480 | Adv Team-Based Research Pract |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| NUR 799 | Dissertation |
| HCR 493 | Honors Thesis |
| NUR 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HCR 480 | Adv Team-Based Research Pract |
| HCR 280 | Team-Based Research Practicum |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| NUR 799 | Dissertation |
| HCR 280 | Team-Based Research Practicum |
| HCR 480 | Adv Team-Based Research Pract |
| HCR 493 | Honors Thesis |
| HCR 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| HCR 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| NUR 799 | Dissertation |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| NUR 799 | Dissertation |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| NUR 799 | Dissertation |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| NUR 799 | Dissertation |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| NUR 799 | Dissertation |
| NUR 799 | Dissertation |
| HCR 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HCR 493 | Honors Thesis |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| NUR 799 | Dissertation |
| HCR 294 | Special Topics |
| HCR 494 | Special Topics |
| NUR 799 | Dissertation |
| HCR 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| HCR 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| NUR 799 | Dissertation |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| NUR 799 | Dissertation |
| HCR 294 | Special Topics |
| HCR 494 | Special Topics |
| HCR 493 | Honors Thesis |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| NUR 799 | Dissertation |
| HCR 294 | Special Topics |
| HCR 494 | Special Topics |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| NUR 799 | Dissertation |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| HCR 245 | Sleep, Sleep Disorders&Behavio |
| HCR 294 | Special Topics |
| HCR 494 | Special Topics |
| NUR 692 | Research |
Honors and Awards
- 2023 Arizona State University Faculty Women’s Association Outstanding Faculty Mentor Nominee
- 2023 Arizona State University Graduate College Outstanding Doctoral Faculty Mentor Nominee
- 2021 Arizona State University Graduate College Outstanding Faculty Mentor Nominee
- 2020 Arizona State University Centennial Professorship Award Nominee
- 2018 Arizona State University Graduate College Outstanding Faculty Mentor Nominee
- 2014 - Arizona State University Southwestern Interdisciplinary Research Center Early Faculty Fellow
- 2014 - Sleep Research Society Honorable Mention Merit-based Abstract Award
- 2014 - Invitee of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Young Investigator Research Forum
- 2013 - Sleep Research Society Honorable Mention Merit-based Abstract Award
- 2012 - Sleep Research Society Honorable Mention Merit-based Abstract Award
- 2012 - Abstract highlighted at SLEEP 2012 meeting by American Academy of Sleep Medicine Public Relations Office
- 2012 - The University of Alabama at Birmingham Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center (MHRC): MHRC Charles Barkley Health Disparities Investigator Poster Presentation Awardee at the 2012 Health Disparities Research Symposium
- 2011 - Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine Student Member Research Award
Associate Editor
2026 - Present Sleep Advances
2020 - Present Sleep Health
Editorial Board
2016 – Present Sleep Health
Official Reviewer
2014 – Present Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
2005−Present Sleep Research Society
2009−Present American Academy of Sleep Medicine
2013−Present American Heart Association