# Sleep and Circadian Methods (SCM) Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · EMMA PENDLETON BRADLEY HOSPITAL · 2024 · $314,633

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract 
The goal of the COBRE Center on Sleep and circadian rhythms in child and adolescent mental health is 
to build a center that will help bridge the gap between sleep and circadian science and child and adolescent 
mental health. The objective of the Sleep and Circadian Methods (SCM) Core is to support Project Leaders 
and Center investigators in the appropriate use of sleep and circadian methods across the research process. 
Sleep and circadian data are complex and multimodal, requiring specialized expertise to select, acquire, score, 
analyze and interpret. The SCM Core will provide this expertise to support junior investigators in all aspects of 
the research process starting at study design moving through data acquisition and quality control to data 
processing and ending at analysis and interpretation. The core will support investigators in three major 
domains. First, the SCM core will assist in the selection, acquisition, scoring, analysis, and interpretation of 
sleep and circadian measures. This assistance will be through curation of a resource library (e.g., 
recommended readings, research protocols, guides, scoring instructions, analytic syntax), provision of expert 
consultation, and direct assistance using time from trained technicians and research apprentices. Second, the 
core will coordinate access to facilities, instrumentation, software, and database resources required for 
acquisition, storage, and scoring of sleep and circadian data. This coordination will enable the COBRE- 
affiliated projects to utilize finite resources such as beds in the Bradley Sleep Laboratory. Finally, the core will 
provide training in current best-practices and help identify innovative methods, measurement and analytic 
approaches to sleep and circadian science suitable for pediatric mental health populations. Through these 
services, the SCM core will greatly enhance the reach of the Bradley Sleep Laboratory's specialized 
infrastructure and expertise, which to date have only been available to those directly employed by the 
laboratory. The Long-term goal is to integrate pediatric sleep and circadian methods into Bradley Hospital 
infrastructure thus providing an enduring resource that will support research addressing the interplay between 
mental health, development, sleep, and circadian rhythms.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10804731
- **Project number:** 5P20GM139743-04
- **Recipient organization:** EMMA PENDLETON BRADLEY HOSPITAL
- **Principal Investigator:** DAVID Heaton BARKER
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $314,633
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2021-04-06 → 2026-02-28

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10804731

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10804731, Sleep and Circadian Methods (SCM) Core (5P20GM139743-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10804731. Licensed CC0.

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