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Roxanne Prichard, PhD

@roxanneprichard.bsky.social
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Professor, Sleep Researcher, Speaker. Passionate about Inclusive Excellence in Teaching, Sleep as Social Justice, and Pleasure Activism.

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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Patience! It's takes 1 - 2 days to shift 1 hour, so if your trip was an 8 hour time difference, it will take up to two weeks to get your genome back to regularly scheduled programming. This includes all the mood & food genes (serotonin, dopamine, GABA, ghrelin, leptin, etc.).
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I'm watching @netflix.com Famous Last Words with Gloria Steinem now. I am so grateful for her life's work, and immensely proud to have published in @msmagazine.com. I learned today that Gloria's mother was also one who experienced menopausal sleeping pill addiction. msmagazine.com/2025/08/01/w...
msmagazine.com
Sleep Is a Feminist Issue: Why Women’s Rest Is Political
the medical system has long dismissed women’s sleep struggles—especially during menopause—putting their health and lives at risk.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I appreciate this list -- especially Narcan & emergency contraception. I would also include a tourniquet. #StopTheBleed Here in MN, we talk about what can and can't be left in the car. Naloxone doesn't do well at extreme temps. www.cnn.com/2026/08/29/h...
cnn.com
Healthcare adulting begins with a well-stocked first aid kit for college life | CNN
A physician and mother recommends common medications, emergency supplies and other helpful tools for a first aid kit that’s easily accessible for college students.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I went to Hugh school in East Tennessee and got to perform in some of the same theatres where she started singing. Thank you, Dolly. What a magnificent legacy she leaves. #ImaginationLibrary #VaccineDevelopment
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Where does your "Mind after Midnight" wander? Mine frets about the excessive space junk induced Kessler Effect. I had the chance to ask the Papal astronomer (Br. Guy Consolmagno, PhD) if it was a rational worry. He replied it was an inevitability. That didn't help. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/w...
nytimes.com
A Ton of Space Junk Tumbles Unpredictably to Earth Every Week
Flaming chunks of metal crash into homes, farms and parking lots. Who’s to blame? And who pays for the damage?
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I talked to a neighbor whose Somali US citizen grandmother was wrongly detained by ICE and sent to a detention center in Louisiana. Access to beds was in eight hour shifts in a room like this, and they drugged the women to get them to sleep during the day.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I was thankful for a church service this weekend on grieving political violence. Here in St. Paul, it’s the 10th anniversary of the murder of Philando Castile, a beloved school team member and part of our neighborhood. So much grief, so little accountability.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I came looking for just that.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I did a @nerdnitetc.bsky.social on this very topic @blackhartstp.com last year… a history of sleep deprivation, stimulants, and dictators.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Sleep researcher here: how do you sleep; how do your plots show up in your dreams, and have you followed the NASA research on how hard it is to sleep in space?
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I used Fitbit for > 10 years to track sleep and CV activity. Im so disappointed with the Google Health takeover a few weeks ago. The data reliability is poor & UX stinks. As a sleep researcher, I know I don’t need a wearable to tell me how well I slept. Ps: I slept a fine 6.5 hr last night.
Google health sleep assessment indicating only 24 minutes of sleep
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Enjoying summer solstice from one of the most amazing buildings on the continent. The gardens are so peaceful at the North American Baha’i temple.
The Baha’i temple on the cloudy day with sun peeking through the clouds and flowering shrubs in the foreground.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I'm heading to Baltimore for #SLEEP2026! I'm so excited for my students' presentations and to learn from colleagues. Our lab's presentations are on: 1) ICE Stress, Insomnia & Nightmares College Students: 2) Sleep Locus of Control, Cannabis & Alcohol 3) Idiopathic Hypersomnia Misdiagnosis
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Appalachian gal here fully endorsing chicken salad chick.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
You had me worried there.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
On the last day of class, I like to share a Blind Date with a Book with students, and I lean heavily into banned books that tell important histories. Here's the selection our Physiological Psychology class got this morning.
Twelve books on a red carpet. Books are a mixture of historical fiction, literary fiction, non-fiction, biography and memoir as materials for Blind Date with a Book.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
🧵I was educated in Knox County, TN public schools. Even though Pulitzer-winner Alex Haley was literally the next county over, and I was in high school the year he passed, his name was never mentioned in school. Nor was hometown hero & poet Nikki Giovanni name. www.wbir.com/article/news...
wbir.com
Knox County Schools adds Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Roots' to list of banned books
Knox County Schools recently took Alex Haley's influential novel, "Roots," off library shelves under the Age-Appropriate Materials Act.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This Mother’s Day, I’m grieving all the senseless loss in our community. * the Hortman’s assassinated on Father’s Day; * mass shooting at Annunciation; * Good & Pretti murdered by ICE *Thousands of neighbors deported, with grieving students left behind * 70 children in held in detention
Five turtles sunning themselves on a rock in a greenish pond.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
My fifth grader’s final project her school is on in the trauma of Boarding Schools. Grateful to add another book to her collection.
Four children’s public library books
about boarding schools from indigenous kids’ perspective  on a grey carpet.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I've already had a talk with someone about creating a course around this for our Narrative Medicine minor!
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I adored this one!
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Just a reminder from my N of 20 health psychology class who completed the POMS (profile of mood states) before and after a 45 minute walk along the Mississippi River: taking a walk outside is good for the mood, with the effect sizes on par with a 12 week training in meditation or yoga.
Blue chart showing decreases intention, depression, anger, fatigue, and confusion, and large increases in vigor and friendliness after a 45 minute walk.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
THIS! Stress testing --> *canceling childhood cancer research *ending USAID *crippling forest service *kneecapping mRNA vaccines *dictating medical school curriculums *eliminating social groups from military service *disenfranchising women and on and on
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I was born in the late 70s, so a lot of the 80s songs (She Bop! Hungry Like a Wolf!) flew right on by unnoticed until decades later. (Relistening now.) Oh My.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
25th.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I've been wanting a 10 trials of Hercules year long reality show where candidates have to do things like work in a meat processing plant for a month, be a CNA in a memory care facility working over night shifts, coaching a t-ball team with neurodivergent kids, organize church fundraisers, etc.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Whew... so about that... www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I went to Dr. Charles R. Drew elementary so I knew of his legacy establishing blood banks and fighting against medical segregation. Today I learned he was one of the too many physicians who died young in a fall asleep at the wheel accident after working all night. bloodcancer.org.uk/news/charles...
Selfie of a middle aged woman in a black Bruce Springsteen t shirt is reclining and donating blood.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Same!!!!!
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Hi sleep folks— it’s starting to be the season of school sponsored all night grad parties with the extremely sleep deprived teens driving themselves and others home in early morning. Does anyone have policy briefs about this? www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/l...
kitsapsun.com
After drowsy driving tragedy a year ago, all-night Bainbridge grad tradition will go on
Last year, a Bainbridge grad reportedly fell asleep while driving after the event and hit two joggers.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
No Kings with thousands of my neighbors.
Folks congregating a mile from Minnesota State Capitol.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
A 70F day in Minnesota in March means class outside, even if it’s brain 🧠 dissection day.
Three students (only gloved arms visible) dissect sheep brains on a weathered round picnic table. It’s a sunny day.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
In honor of #BrainAwarenessWeek, students @uofstthomasmn.bsky.social created a Brain Injury & Recovery exhibit inspired by alum Paul Rousseau’s memoir of surviving a gunshot wound to the head: Friendly Fire. @paulwrites7.bsky.social @danafoundation.bsky.social
People examining posters about brain injury in a library. Flyers from the breed injury alliance of Minnesota are present in the foreground as are yellow and purple flowers. A female professor stands in front of a poster about the exhibit. The poster includes statistics about the frequency of brain, injuries, and QR codes to additional resource resources.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
“Because of the dog's joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift. It is not the least reason why we should honor as well as love the dog of our own life, and the dog down the street, and all the dogs not yet born.” Mary Oliver
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
We are working on it! Lead researchers are Somali students.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Hi! Our team is collecting data on sleep and wellbeing of adults living in the Twin Cities metro area during this winter’s ICE activities. The survey is available in English and Somali stthomas.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Please share! (Thank you, @twincitiesgeek.com)
Flyer that has a QR to a take a survey  "Stress and Sleep during Operation Metro Surge". The flyer has photos of "ICE OUT" protest signs and text explaining that the anonymous survey takes 10 - 15 minutes to take.  People with questions should contact Prof. Prichard at jrprichard@stthomas.edu.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Ty! Will do!
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I’m here today at the Minnesota State Capitol, offering expert testimony in favor of HF 1944 adopting permanent standard time. I was also the person to “fix” the clock in the senate committee room, winding it back one hour outside of natural time. @savestandard.bsky.social
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Hi! Our team is collecting data on sleep and wellbeing of adults living in the Twin Cities metro area during this winter’s ICE activities. Please share! @twincitiesgeek.com stthomas.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Pls Share: Twin Cities metro area residents: We want to know about your experiences of stress and sleep during Operations Metro Surge. Take the 10 min anonymous survey here. stthomas.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Congratulations to Dr. Williams! A title honoring Octavia E. Butler?
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Same! Last night I was on an owl prowl near Bdote and each satellite got me cursing the Kessler effect disaster in making. And then there’s this insanity: darksky.org/news/organiz...
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Yes! It’s early in the morning, I’m not wearing glasses, and the bottom line of text is quite small. Very excited for your documentary of course, but would have also supported a TMC Power to the People Y’all line of RUM.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I love speaking about sleep & mental health, athletics, and academic success! So many college students have questions about sleep health. Often I am able to help a student with an undiagnosed sleep disorder navigate to the appropriate clinician. www.hypersomniafoundation.org has a free webinar Th!
hypersomniafoundation.org
What are hypersomnia sleep disorders, such as idiopathic hypersomnia, narcolepsy types 1 and 2, and Kleine-Levin syndrome? - Hypersomnia Foundation
The Hypersomnia Foundation is building a community to educate, empower, and support people who have idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) and related sleep disorders, including narcolepsy types 1 and 2 (NT 1 an...
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
In winter, I like taking pictures of tree branches that look like dendrites.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I'm about halfway through this nearer-than-I-want-it-to-be AI takes over medicine speculative fiction novel and loving it. As a sleep neuroscientist and pre-health advisor, I particularly appreciate Dr. Key's precision throughout regarding MedEd culture & science discovery. Thank you!
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Das Swarm! The cetaceans abide! (Also I woke up from a dream asking our branch librarian to find a Scalzi / Judy Blume cross over.)
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Minnesota great & respiratory titan Jessie Diggins! Medaling in three Olympics, already the most decorated US Nordic skier of all time before this morning’s epic kick for Bronze with bruised ribs. A fierce sleep and mental health advocate who openly discusses her ED recovery. Thank you.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Then she is probably a totally healthy active teen who needs 10 hours of sleep whose body says that sleep should optimally be between midnight and 10:30 AM. I’ll send over a few tricks that will help a bit, like these, set half an hour before wake up time.
A row of sunrise alarm clock globes in a dark room.
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Roxanne Prichard, PhD @roxanneprichard.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
If she falls asleep throughout the day, that’s definitely a sign you would want want to talk to a sleep clinician. If once she’s up, she has plenty of energy throughout the day that’s less concerning. Email me jrprichard at stthomas edu if you want, and I can send you some assessments.
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