Christopher C. Imes, PhD, RN

Dr. Imes has been at the School of Nursing since 2012, first as a post-doctoral scholar and then as a faculty member. He is a faculty training member of the Targeted Research and Academic Training Program for Nurses in Genomics (T32NR009759) and the Technology: Research in Chronic and Critical Illness (T32 NR008857) Institutional Research Training Grants. He is also a Graduate Faculty Member, a Faculty Member of the Center for Sleep and Circadian Science, and an Affiliated Faculty Member of the Center for Bioethics and Health Law.

Dr. Imes’s program of research focuses on multidimensional sleep health (MDSH), its impact on general health and wellness and, more specifically, cardiometabolic health, and behavioral sleep interventions aimed at improving MDSH. Additionally, he is interested in shift work among nurses and the use of fatigue countermeasures to reduce negative nurse and patient outcomes.

Dr. Imes is the primary instructor for NUR 1651: Health Care and Nursing Science in Switzerland (study abroad). He also guest lectures in several courses including NUR 1308/2308: Ethics of Biotechnology, NUR 2010: Health Promotion/Disease Prevention, and NUR 2682: Human Genetics and Clinical Applications.

Dr. Imes is a member of the American Heart Association, American Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing (Sigma), and the Sleep Research Society.