Michael Irwin, M.D.
Cousins Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Distinguished Professor of Psychology, UCLA College of Letters and Sciences Director, Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, Director, Mindful Awareness Research Center, Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
My research focuses on understanding the reciprocal interactions between the immune and central nervous systems and the role of sleep disturbance on the molecular and cellular inflammatory signaling pathways that influence depression and physical health risk among cancer survivors and older adults.