Anne Richards, MD, MPH
Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Residency School of Medicine - Psychiatry University of California, San Francisco 2008
• M.D. Medicine Columbia University 2004
• M.P.H. Public Health Columbia University 2004
• A.B. History Harvard University 1996

Websites

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• Richards Lab (richardslab.ucsf.edu)

Grants and Projects

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• A Study of Sexual Dimorphism in PTSD-Related Sleep Disturbance: A Focus on REM, NIH, 2015-2020

Publications (39)

Top publication keywords:
Brain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorSleepSleep Wake DisordersSleep Disorders, Circadian RhythmAnxiety DisordersExecutive FunctionActigraphyMetyraponeDreamsOrexinsTask Performance and AnalysisStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticSex CharacteristicsVideo GamesBrain

• Distressing Dreams in Trauma Survivors: Using a sleep diary mobile app to reveal distressing dream characteristics and their relationship to symptoms and suicidal ideation in trauma-exposed adults.
  SLEEP Advances 2025 Anne Richards, Anthony Santistevan, Miles Kovnick, Polina Orlova, Leslie Yack, Emily Berg, Shane Pracar, Thomas Metzler, Thomas Neylan, Steven Woodward
• 0054 PTSD Severity Moderates the Association Between N3 Nested Sleep Spindles and Emotional Memory.
  Sleep 2024 Anne Richards, Nikhilesh Natraj, Anthony Santistevan, Leslie Yack, Steven Woodward, Daniel Mathalon, Thomas Neylan
• 0656 Evaluating the Interrelationship Between Insomnia, Sleep Apnea and Nightmares in Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
  Sleep 2023 Elena Stuewe, Katherine Malcolm, Steven H Woodward, Leslie M Yack, Thomas J Metzler, David P G Baquirin, Nikhila S Udupa, Emily J Staggs, Thomas C Neylan, Anne Richards
• Sleep spindles, stress and PTSD: The state of the science and future directions.
  Neurobiology of Stress 2023 Nikhilesh Natraj, Anne Richards
• P619. An Emotion Processing Function for N2 Sleep Spindles in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
  Biological Psychiatry 2022 Nikhilesh Natraj, Thomas Neylan, Leslie Yack, Thomas Metzler, Daniel Mathalon, Anne Richards

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• Ventromedial and insular cortical volume moderates the relationship between BDNF Val66Met and threat sensitivity.
  Journal of psychiatric research 2021 Young DA, Chao LL, Zhang H, Metzler T, Ross J, Richards A, O'Donovan A, Inslicht SS, Neylan TC
• 047 Fear-Potentiated Startle and Sleep in Trauma-Exposed Men and Women with and without PTSD.
  Sleep 2021 Anne Richards, Sabra Inslicht, J Russell Huie, Leslie Yack, Laura Straus, Kim Felmingham, Steve Woodward, Thomas Neylan
• 048 Increased Cognitive Load Under Stress Modulates Sleep Spindles and Slow Oscillations in a Sleep-Stage Dependent Manner.
  Sleep 2021 Nikhilesh Natraj, Thomas Neylan, Leslie Yack, Daniel Mathalon, Anne Richards
• Examining the Effect of Sleep Disruption on the Neural Correlates of Fear Extinction.
  Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging 2020 Straus LD, Richards A, Inslicht SS, Dolsen EA, Neylan TC
• Acute cognitive effects of the hypocretin receptor antagonist almorexant relative to zolpidem and placebo: a randomized clinical trial.
  Sleep 2020 Neylan TC, Richards A, Metzler TJ, Ruoff LM, Varbel J, O'Donovan A, Sivasubramanian M, Motraghi T, Hlavin J, Batki SL, Inslicht SS, Samuelson K, Morairty SR, Kilduff TS
• Validation of sleep measurement in a multisensor consumer grade wearable device in healthy young adults.
  Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2020 Kanady JC, Ruoff L, Straus LD, Varbel J, Metzler T, Richards A, Inslicht SS, O'Donovan A, Hlavin J, Neylan TC
• 1074 Fear Reactivity And Sleep In Trauma-Exposed Males And Females With And Without PTSD.
  Sleep 2020 C Dukes, S Inslicht, S Q Hubachek, L Straus, L Ruoff, R Huie, K Felmingham, S Woodward, T C Neylan, A Richards
• Effects of sleep duration, time-of-day, and synchrony with circadian preference on flanker-task performance in internet braingame users from teens to advanced age.
  Sleep Medicine 2019 A. Richards, J. Kanady, R. Huie, L. Straus, S. Inslicht, A. Levihn-Coon, T. Metzler, T. Neylan
• Work by day and sleep by night, do not sleep too little or too much: Effects of sleep duration, time of day and circadian synchrony on flanker-task performance in internet brain-game users from teens to advanced age.
  Journal of sleep research 2019 Richards A, Kanady JC, Huie JR, Straus LD, Inslicht SS, Levihn-Coon A, Metzler TJ, Neylan TC
• Gender Differences in Threat Biases: Trauma Type Matters in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
  Journal of traumatic stress 2019 Cowden Hindash AH, Lujan C, Howard M, O'Donovan A, Richards A, Neylan TC, Inslicht SS
• Sleep disturbance in PTSD and other anxiety-related disorders: an updated review of clinical features, physiological characteristics, and psychological and neurobiological mechanisms.
  Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2019 Richards A, Kanady JC, Neylan TC
• 0085 Executive Functioning Performance across Ranges of Sleep Duration and Sleep Efficiency.
  Sleep 2019 Jennifer C Kanady, Thomas C Neylan, Anne Richards
• 0882 Characteristics Of Nap Sleep In Trauma-exposed Men And Women With And Without PTSD: Contributions Of Biological Sex And PTSD To REM Sleep In A Lab-based Experimental Study.
  Sleep 2019 Anne Richards, Steve Woodward, Leslie Ruoff, Russell Huie, Thomas C Neylan
• Altered overnight levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines in men and women with posttraumatic stress disorder.
  Psychoneuroendocrinology 2018 Küffer A, Straus LD, Prather AA, Inslicht SS, Richards A, Shigenaga JK, Madden E, Metzler TJ, Neylan TC, O'Donovan A
• Total Sleep Time Interacts With Age to Predict Cognitive Performance Among Adults.
  Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2018 Mohlenhoff BS, Insel PS, Mackin RS, Neylan TC, Flenniken D, Nosheny R, Richards A, Maruff P, Weiner MW
• Effects of Threat Context, Trauma History, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Status on Physiological Startle Reactivity in Gulf War Veterans.
  Journal of traumatic stress 2018 Niles AN, Luxenberg A, Neylan TC, Inslicht SS, Richards A, Metzler TJ, Hlavin J, Deng J, O'Donovan A
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Reduces Fear of Sleep in Individuals With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
  Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2018 Kanady JC, Talbot LS, Maguen S, Straus LD, Richards A, Ruoff L, Metzler TJ, Neylan TC
• 0939 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia and REM Sleep Continuity in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
  Sleep 2018 L D Straus, J C Kanady, A Richards, L Ruoff, T Metzler, T C Neylan
• The interaction of BDNF Val66Met, PTSD, and child abuse on psychophysiological reactivity and HPA axis function in a sample of Gulf War Veterans.
  Journal of affective disorders 2018 Young DA, Neylan TC, O'Donovan A, Metzler T, Richards A, Ross JA, Inslicht SS
• An Open-Label Study of Doxazosin Extended-Release for PTSD: Findings and Recommendations for Future Research on Doxazosin.
  Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) 2018 Richards A, Inslicht S, Ruoff LM, Metzler TJ, Goldstein LA, Chapman CM, Hubachek SQ, Neylan TC
• Subjective Sleep Related to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms among Trauma-Exposed Men and Women.
  Behavioral sleep medicine 2017 Gibson CJ, Richards A, Villanueva C, Barrientos M, Neylan TC, Inslicht SS
• Sleep and hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis responses to metyrapone in posttraumatic stress disorder.
  Psychoneuroendocrinology 2017 Inslicht SS, Rao MN, Richards A, O'Donovan A, Gibson CJ, Baum T, Metzler TJ, Neylan TC
• 1079 ALTERED OVERNIGHT PRODUCTION OF THE PRO-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES INTERLEUKIN-6 AND TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-? IN POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.
  Sleep 2017 A Kueffer, A O’Donovan, A Prather, S Inslicht, A Richards, E Madden, T Neylan
• 1080 AN EXAMINATION OF FEAR OF SLEEP IN INDIVIDUALS WITH PTSD AND COMORBID INSOMNIA.
  Sleep 2017 JC Kanady, LS Talbot, S Maguen, A Richards, L Ruoff, T Metzler, TC Neylan
• Sleep and Cognitive Performance From Teens To Old Age: More Is Not Better.
  Sleep 2017 Richards A, Inslicht SS, Metzler TJ, Mohlenhoff BS, Rao MN, O'Donovan A, Neylan TC
• Metabolic risk factors and posttraumatic stress disorder: the role of sleep in young, healthy adults.
  Psychosomatic medicine 2015 Talbot LS, Rao MN, Cohen BE, Richards A, Inslicht SS, O'Donovan A, Maguen S, Metzler TJ, Neylan TC
• Hyperinsulinemic response to oral glucose challenge in individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder.
  Psychoneuroendocrinology 2014 Rao MN, Chau A, Madden E, Inslicht S, Talbot L, Richards A, O'Donovan A, Ruoff L, Grunfeld C, Neylan TC
• Sex differences in neurosteroid and hormonal responses to metyrapone in posttraumatic stress disorder.
  Psychopharmacology 2014 Inslicht SS, Richards A, Madden E, Rao MN, O'Donovan A, Talbot LS, Rucker E, Metzler TJ, Hauger RL, Neylan TC
• Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized controlled trial.
  Sleep 2014 Talbot LS, Maguen S, Metzler TJ, Schmitz M, McCaslin SE, Richards A, Perlis ML, Posner DA, Weiss B, Ruoff L, Varbel J, Neylan TC
• Sex differences in objective measures of sleep in post-traumatic stress disorder and healthy control subjects.
  Journal of sleep research 2013 Richards A, Metzler TJ, Ruoff LM, Inslicht SS, Rao M, Talbot LS, Neylan TC
• Sleep and lipids in posttraumatic stress disorder.
  European Journal of Psychotraumatology 2012 Lisa Talbot, Anne Richards, Sabra S. Inslicht, Aoife O'Donovan, Thomas C. Neylan
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression and Anxiety Symptoms and Psychosocial Treatment Needs in Colombians Internally Displaced by Armed Conflict: A Mixed-Method Evaluation
  Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy 2011 Richards, A., Ospina-Duque, J., Barrera-Valencia, M., Escobar-Rincon, J., Ardila-Gutierrez, M., Metzler, T., & Marmar, C.
• Posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression symptoms, and psychosocial treatment needs in Colombians internally displaced by armed conflict: A mixed-method evaluation.
  Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy 2011 Anne Richards, Jorge Ospina-Duque, Mauricio Barrera-Valencia, Juan Escobar-Rincón, Mario Ardila-Gutiérrez, Thomas Metzler, Charles Marmar
• Patterns of HIV status disclosure to perinatally infected HIV- positive children and subsequent mental health outcomes
  Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2001 Mellins, CA., Brackis-Cott, E, Dolezal, C., Richards, A., Nicholas, S. & Abrams, E.