Ruth Benca
Chair, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine · Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Credentials: · · · · · · ·
History
PresentPsychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Department · Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
- 1985–1986
Research
Sleep and psychiatric disorders. A meta-analysis
Systematic review or meta-analysis · Archives of General Psychiatry · 1992 · First of 4 authors · 1,068 citations
Review · The Lancet · 2012 · 694 citations
American Journal of Psychiatry · 2001 · 474 citations
24 papers
17 papers
13 papers
11 papers · 1 as a fellow
10 papers · 9 as a resident
9 papers
9 papers
8 papers
Grants
- 2021–2026
Interacting Mechanisms of Sleep and Aerobic Fitness: Implications for Health in the Growing Child
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
PI · $3M · University of California-Irvine
- 2016–2018
Apnea and Local Sleep: Mechanism and Intervention in Preclinical Alzheimer's
National Institute on Aging · R56
PI · $747.6K · University of Wisconsin-Madison
- 2012–2018
3/3-Reducing Suicidal Ideation Through Insomnia Treatment (REST-IT)
National Institute of Mental Health · R01
Contact PI · $694.1K · University of Wisconsin-Madison
- 2006–2011
Shortened Sleep and Food Motivation: Hypothalamic and Striatal Substrates
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
Contact PI · $1.1M · University of Wisconsin-Madison
Clinical trials
- 2026–2027
Auditory Stimulation for Insomnia and Depression
Principal investigator · Withdrawn
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- 2026–2027
Enhancing Slow Wave Sleep in Depression
Principal investigator · Recruiting
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- 2011–2014
Comparative Outcomes Management With Electronic Data Technology (COMET) Study
Principal investigator · Completed
Stanford University
- 2009–2011
Slow-wave Sleep Deprivation in Depression
Principal investigator · Completed
University of Wisconsin, Madison