Girardin Jean-Louis

Girardin Jean-Louis is an American academic and translational scientist who serves as Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He directs the Translational Sleep & Circadian Sciences program and the NIH-funded PRIDE Institute in Behavioral Medicine & Sleep Disorders Research (PRIME-BSM). Jean-Louis has authored 400+ publications spanning sleep/circadian biology, cardiometabolic and brain health, and implementation science. He has authored 275 peer-reviewed papers and 322 chapters and scientific proceedings, which have collectively accrued 16,654 citations and more than 102,000 reads. Jean-Louis’ work on translational behavioral sleep and circadian science, particularly decentralized, community-based approaches, has been featured in Science and NPR. He has held national advisory roles at the NIH Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board and the National Advisory Council for the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), Sleep Research Society Board of Directors among others. Dr. Jean-Louis has mentored and coached more than 200 trainees and early-career investigators, many from groups historically excluded from biomedical research, guiding them to secure competitive NIH and foundation funding, leadership roles, and impactful careers in academia and beyond.