Angela Yarnell, MS, PhD
Angela M Yarnell, MS, PhD, Major, Army

Name: Angela M Yarnell, MS, PhD, Major, Army
Research Interests:
leader development
sleep, stress, and performance
Education
MS, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Md, Medical Psychology
PhD, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Md, Medical Psychology
Biography
MAJ Yarnell is currently the Deputy Professor of Military Science and Assistant Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, MD where she is responsible for the university level leader and military professional development program.
Angela and her family spend their free time doing family and church activities.
Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments
- Assistant Professor, Behavioral Sciences and Leadership United States Military Academy West Point, NY.
- Deputy Chief, Behavioral Biology Branch Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Silver Spring, MD
- Chief, Sleep Research Center Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Silver Spring, MD
- Research Psychologist, Behavioral Biology Branch Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Silver Spring, MD
- Graduate Student and Research Assistant, Grunberg Laboratory Medical Psychology Program Uniformed Services University Bethesda, MD
- Troop Executive Officer, Medical Troop, Regimental Support Squadron 2nd Stryker Calvary Regiment Vilsek Germany
- Troop Executive Officer, Medical Troop, Regimental Support Squadron 2nd Stryker Calvary Regiment Operation Iraqi Freedom 07-09
- Treatment Platoon Leader, Medical Troop, Regimental Support Squadron 2nd Stryker Calvary Regiment Vilsek Germany
- Headquarters Platoon Leader, Brigade Support Medical Company, Brigade Support Battalion 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division Ft. Lewis, WA
- BSM; MSM 1 OLC; ARCOM 1 OLC; AAM 2 OLC;
Bibliography
- Yarnell, A.M., Barry, E.S., and Grunberg, N.E. (2019). Psychological wellbeing. In D. Smith, E. Schoomaker, F. O’Connor (2019), Fundamentals of Military Medical Practice. Borden.
- Yarnell, A.M., LoPresti, M.L., and Balkin, T. J. (2019). Sleep, rest, and recovery. In D. Smith, E. Schoomaker, F. O’Connor (2019), Fundamentals of Military Medical Practice. Borden.
- Yarnell, A.M., Dullea, C., & Grunberg, N.E. (2019). Military communication. In D. Smith, E. Schoomaker, F. O’Connor (editors), Fundamentals of Military Medical Practice. Borden.
- Yarnell, A.M., & Deuster, P.A., (2016). Caffeine and Performance. Journal of Special Operations Medicine, 16(4):64-70.
- Yarnell, A.M., & Deuster, P.A., (2016). Sleep as a Strategy for Optimizing Performance. Journal of Special Operations Medicine, 16(1), 92-96.
- Yarnell, A.M., Barry, E.S., Mountney, A., Shear, D., Tortella, F., and Grunberg, N.E. (2016). The revised neurobehavioral severity scale (NSS-R) for rodents. Curr. Protoc. Neurosci, 75:9.52.1-9.52.16.
- Yarnell, A.M. and Grunberg, N.E. (2017). Developing an allostatic leader: a psycho-bio-social perspective. In M. Clark & C.W. Gruber (Eds), Annuals of Theoretical Psychology 15. Springer.
- Simonelli, G., Mantua, J., Gad, M., St Pierre, M., Moore, L., Yarnell, A. M., ... & Capaldi, V. F. (2019). Sleep extension reduces pain sensitivity. Sleep medicine, 54, 172-176.
- Mantua, J., Grillakis, A., Mahfouz, S., Taylor, M., Brager, A., Yarnell, A. M., ... & Simonelli, G. (2018). A systematic review and meta-analysis of sleep architecture and chronic traumatic brain injury. Sleep medicine reviews, 41, 61-77.
- Gill, J. . Yarnell, A.M. (2017). Moderate blast exposure alters gene expression and levels of amyloid precursor protein, Neurology Genetics, 3(5), e186.