Paul Peppard, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences

Principal Investigator, Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study (NIH R01HL062252) 

Principal Investigator, REST (Retirement & Sleep Trajectories) Study (NIH R01AG036838)

Investigator, Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW)

Email: ppeppard@wisc.edu

Biography:

Paul Peppard joined the faculty of the Department of Population Health Sciences as Assistant Professor in 2008. He holds MS degrees in preventive medicine and statistics, and a PhD degree in epidemiology from UW-Madison.

Dr. Peppard conducts NIH-funded epidemiologic research into the causes and consequences of sleep disorders. Specific areas of interest include: the impact of the obesity epidemic on sleep apnea prevalence; the behavioral (e.g., physical inactivity, weight gain) and genetic predictors of sleep disorders; and outcomes of sleep disorders (e.g., hypertension, depression). In addition, Paul is an investigator for the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW), a statewide research study designed to measure a broad range of health conditions in Wisconsin. Other areas of current interest include health disparities, summary measures of population health, and population health monitoring. (Download CV)

Selected Publications:

Sleep-Related Publications

Awad KM, Malhorta A, Barnet JH, Quan SF, Peppard PE. Exercise is associated with reduced incidence of sleep-disordered breathing. American Journal of Medicine. In press for 2012.

Nieto FJ, Peppard PE, Young T, Finn LA, Hla KM, Farre R. Sleep apnea and cancer mortality: results from the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. In Press for 2012.

Morrell M, Finn L, McMillian A, Peppard PE. The impact of aging and gender on the association between sleepiness and sleep disordered breathing. European Respiratory Journal. 2012 Jan 12. [Epub ahead of print]

Aran A, Lin L, Finn LA, Weiner K, Peppard P, Young T, Mignot E. Post-streptococcal antibodies are associated with metabolic syndrome in a population-based cohort. PLoS One. 2011;6(9):e25017.

Vardeny O, Peppard PE, Finn LA, Faraco JH, Mignot E, Hla KM. β2 adrenergic receptor polymorphisms an nocturnal blood pressure dipping status in the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study. Journal of the American Society of Hypertension. 2011;5(2):114-22.

Szklo-Coxe M, Young T, Peppard PE, Finn LA, Benca RM. Prospective associations of insomnia markers and symptoms with depression. American Journal of Epidemiology 2010;171(6):709-20. 

Peppard PE, Ward NR, Morrell MJ. The impact of obesity on oxygen desaturation during sleep-disordered breathing. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2009;108(5):788-793.

Hla KM, Young T, Finn L, Peppard PE, Szklo-Coxe M, Stubbs M. Longitudinal Association of Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Nondipping of Nocturnal Blood Pressure in the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study. SLEEP 2008;31(6):795-800.

Peppard PE , Austin D, Brown RL. Association of alcohol consumption and sleep-disordered breathing in men and women. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 2007; 3:265-270.

Peppard PE , Szklo-Coxe M, Hla KM, Young T. Longitudinal association of sleep related breathing disorder and depression. Archives of Internal Medicine 2006; 166:1709-1715.

Peppard PE , Young TB. Exercise and sleep-disordered breathing: an association independent of body habitus. Sleep 2004;27:480-484.

Peppard PE , Young T, Palta M, Dempsey J, Skatrud J. Longitudinal study of moderate weight change and sleep-disordered breathing. JAMA 2000;284(23)3015-3021.

Peppard PE , Young T, Palta M, Skatrud J. Prospective study of the association between sleep-disordered breathing and hypertension. New England Journal of Medicine 2000;342(19):1378-1384.

SHOW Publications

VanWormer JJ, Greenlee RT, McBride PE, Peppard PE, Malecki KM, Che J, Nieto FJ. Sociodemographic Determinants of Aspirin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Data from the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin. The Journal of Family Practice. In Press for 2012.

Nieto FJ, Peppard PE, Engelman CD, McElroy JA, Galvao LW, Friedman EM, Bersch AJ, Malecki KC. The Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW), a novel infrastructure for population health research: rationale and methods. BMC Public Health. 2010;10(1):785.

Disparities, Wisconsin Health, and County Health Rankings Publications

Kindig D, Peppard PE, Booske B. How healthy could a state be? Public Health Reports. 2010;125(2):160-167.

Rabago D, Zgierska A, Peppard P, Bamber A. The prescribing patterns of Wisconsin family physicians surrounding saline nasal irrigation for upper respiratory conditions. Wisconsin Medical Journal 2009;108(3):145-50.

Peppard PE, Kindig D, Dranger E, Jovaag A, Remington PL. Ranking community health status to stimulate discussion of local public health issues: the Wisconsin County Health Rankings. American Journal of Public Health 2008; 98(2):209-212.

Byrd DR , Katcher ML, Peppard P, Durkin M, Remington PL. Infant mortality: explaining Black/White disparities in Wisconsin . Maternal and Child Health Journal 2007; 11(4):319-326.

Landis MJ, Peppard P, Remington PL. Characteristics of school-sanctioned sports: participation and attrition in Wisconsin public high schools.WI Med J 2007;106(6):312-318.

Reither EN, Peppard PE, Remington PL, Kindig DA. Increasing educational disparities in premature adult mortality, Wisconsin 1990-2000. Wisconsin Medical Journal 2006; 105(7):38-41.

Courses Taught:

• PHS 802: Advanced Epidemiology (3rd in the Graduate Epidemiology Methods sequence)
• PHS 798 (Instructor, L. Bautista): Epidemiology Methods II (Measurement error sequence)

Research Weblinks:

Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW)

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