CHRIS DEPNER
Assistant Professor
Health & Kinesiology
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Dr. Depner investigates how insufficient sleep and circadian disruption contribute to risk of metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes, with the long-term goal of developing sleep and circadian based interventions that improve metabolic health.
GRANTS
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTBIOMARKERS OF HABITUAL SHORT SLEEP AND RELATED CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK1 Jun 2026 - 15 Dec 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTFOOD INTAKE IN RELATION TO A CIRCADIAN LIGHT INTERVENTION IN PEOPLE WITH SHORT SLEEP18 Feb 2026 - 17 Feb 2027
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTMECHANISTIC CONTRIBUTION OF INTERNAL CIRCADIAN MISALIGNMENT TO THE CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK OF SLEEP LOSS1 Sep 2025 - 31 May 2030
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTBIOMARKERS OF HABITUAL SHORT SLEEP AND RELATED CARDIOMETABOLIC RISKNIH NATIONAL HEART LUNG & BLOOD INST1 Jun 2025 - 31 May 2026
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTBIOMARKERS OF HABITUAL SHORT SLEEP AND RELATED CARDIOMETABOLIC RISKNIH NATIONAL HEART LUNG & BLOOD INST1 Jun 2025 - 15 Dec 2025
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTBIOMARKERS OF HABITUAL SHORT SLEEP AND RELATED CARDIOMETABOLIC RISKNIH NATIONAL HEART LUNG & BLOOD INST14 Jan 2025 - 31 May 2025
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTBIOMARKERS OF HABITUAL SHORT SLEEP AND RELATED CARDIOMETABOLIC RISKNIH NATIONAL HEART LUNG & BLOOD INST1 Jun 2024 - 31 May 2025
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTBIOMARKERS OF HABITUAL SHORT SLEEP AND RELATED CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK1 Jun 2023 - 31 May 2024
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTBIOMARKERS AND ALTERED METABOLIC PATHWAYS DURING SLEEP LOSS AND CIRCADIAN DISRUPTIONNIH NATIONAL HEART LUNG & BLOOD INST21 Nov 2020 - 31 Jul 2025
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTLinking sleep health with risk of metabolic disorders: A machine learning approachColorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute5 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2022
- EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACTThe Effects of Insufficient Sleep on Bone MetabolismColorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute5 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2021