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MERRILL M MITLER, Ph.D. • Forensic Examination
351 Middleton Place Chapel Hill, NC 27516-4249 (240) 447-9123 [email protected]

WORK EXPERIENCE
2016 – Scientific Consultant, Commonwealth Health Research Board, Commonwealth (State) of Virginia.
1983 – Private Practice, Neuropharmacology Consultation and Forensic Examination.
2002 – 2013 Program Director, NINDS, NIH and NIH Office of the NIH Director.
2010 – 2012 Chairman, Program Leadership Committee, National Institutes of Health.
1983 – 2004 Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego.
1983 – 2003 Professor, Department of Neuropharmacology, Scripps Research Institute, San Diego.
1983 – 2002 President, Wakefulness-Sleep Education and Research Foundation, Inc.
1983 – 2001 Member, Scripps Clinic Medical Group.
1978 – 1983 Research Professor of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Stony Brook.
1981 – 1983 Research Scientist, Long Island Research Institute, State of New York.
1977 – 1978 Administrative Director, Sleep Disorders Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto.
1973 – 1977 Associate Director, Stanford University Sleep Research Center, Palo Alto.
1972 – 1978 Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Palo Alto. NON-MEDICAL RESUMES

LICENSES AND BOARD EXAMINATIONS
1996 American Board of Forensic Medicine (Identification Number 828).
1994 American Board of Forensic Examiners (Identification Number 107).
1991 American Board of Sleep Medicine (Certificate Number 013).
1983 California State Psychology (License Number PA 7767).
1982 New York State Psychology (License Number 007055).

EDUCATION
Clinical Sleep Medicine 1977 Sleep Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto.
Postdoctoral Training 1973 Sleep Research, Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University, Palo Alto.
Ph.D. 1970 Michigan State University, East Lansing [Developmental Psychology].
M.A. 1969 Michigan State University, East Lansing [Developmental Psychology].
B.A. 1967 University of Wisconsin, Madison [Political Science and Psychology].

PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED FROM OVER 200 BOOKS AND ARTICLES)
Mitler, E.A. and Mitler M.M. 101 Questions About Sleep and Dreams, Edition6W, Available at
http://www.talkaboutsleep.com/sleep-disorders/archives/101questions.htm Solana Beach, California:
Wakefulness-Sleep Education and Research Foundation, 2000.
Mitler, M.M., Miller, J.C., Lipsitz, J.J., Walsh, J.K. and Wylie, C.D. The sleep of long-haul truck drivers, The New
England Journal of Medicine, 1997, 337, 755-761. PMCID PMC2430925.
Mitler, M.M. and Miller, J.C. Methods of testing for sleepiness. Behavioral Medicine, 1996, 21, 171-183. PMCID:
PMC2474656.
Mitler, M.M. and Miller, J.C. Some practical considerations and policy implications of studies of sleep patterns.
Behavioral Medicine, 1996, 21, 184-185. PMCID: PMC2507871.
Mitler, M.M., Carskadon, M.A., Czeisler, C.A., Dement, W.C., Dinges, D.F. and Graeber, R.C. Catastrophes, sleep
and public policy: Consensus report. Sleep, 1988, 11, 100-109. PMCID: PMC2517096.
Mitler, M.M., Hajdukovic, R.M., Shafor, R., Hahn, P.M. and Kripke, D.F. When people die: cause of death versus
time of death. The American Journal of Medicine, 1987, 82, 266-274. PMCID: PMC2701164.
Anch, A.M., Browman, C.P., Mitler, M.M. and Walsh, J.K. Sleep: A Scientific Perspective, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-
Hall, 1988.
Mitler, M.M. Some developmental observations on the effects of prolonged deprivation of low-voltage, fast-wave
sleep in the deermouse, Peromyscus maniculatus bairdi. Developmental Psychobiology, 1971, 4, 293-311.
PMCID: PMC2440510.

EXPERIENCE
Consultation in Neuropharmacology
Forensic Examination in Transportation and Industrial Litigation
Research Administration and Policy
Principal Investigator in university-based biomedical research projects.

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