My research focuses on the role of sleep and circadian rhythms in regulating affect and motivation, particularly as relevant to affective disorders and substance use. My current studies focus on adolescents and young adults, employing a combination of experimental and observational methods—including ecological momentary assessment, behavioral tasks, neuroimaging, and objective sleep and circadian rhythm assessments—to investigate mechanisms both in the laboratory and the real world.

Representative Publications

Hasler BP, Soehner AM, Wallace ML, Logan RW, Ngari W, Forbes EE, Buysse DJ, Clark DB. Experimentally-imposed circadian misalignment alters the neural response to monetary rewards and response inhibition in healthy adolescents. Psychological Medicine, 1-9, 2021. PMCID: PMC8935965

Hasler BP, Graves JL, Wallace ML, Claudatos S, Franzen PL, Nooner KB, Brown SA, Tapert SF, Baker, FC, Clark DB. Self-Reported sleep and circadian characteristics predict alcohol and cannabis use: A longitudinal analysis of the National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence Study. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, accepted for publication. (PMCID: in process) DOI:10.1111/acer.14808

*Hisler GC, Rothenberger SD, Clark DB, Hasler BP**. Is there a 24-hour rhythm in alcohol craving and does it vary by sleep/circadian timing? Chronobiology International, 38, 109-121, 2021. PMCID: PMC7855555

*Mike T, Sitnick SL, Shaw DS, Forbes EE, Hasler BP**. The hazards of bad sleep: Sleep duration and quality as predictors of adolescent alcohol and cannabis use. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 168, 335-339, 2016. PMCID: PMC5086262

*Taylor BJ, Hasler BP**. Chronotype and mental health: Recent advances. Current Psychiatry Reports, 20(8), 59-69, 2018.

* denotes work conducted by mentored trainees
**.Corresponding author (if not 1st author)