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Cynthia M. Dorsey, Ph.D. is the Clinical Director of Sleep HealthCenter at McLean Hospital, in Belmont, MA, and Director of the Sleep Research Program at McLean Hospital. She also is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Dorsey received her B.A. from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. She earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Northwestern University, in Chicago, Illinois. Her post-doctoral training was at McLean Hospital. She has served as an Executive Board Member of the American Sleep Disorders Association (ASDA, now the American Academy of Sleep Medicine), and on committees of the ASDA, the American Board of Sleep Medicine, and the National Sleep Foundation. She has authored several articles published in scientific journals and has contributed chapters to two books on sleep. She also co-authored and edited several patient brochures for the American Sleep Disorders Association. Dr. Dorsey's research has focused on aging and sleep, pharmacology and sleep, and the evaluation of non-pharmacologic techniques to treat insomnia, particularly in older insomniacs. | 