About

Matt Gratton is a Sleep Researcher and Doctoral Student in the Clinical Psychology program at the University of Kansas. He also holds graduate research assistantship at the University of Kansas Medical Center and an honorary associateship at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He received his Bachelors of Psychology at the University of Kansas. His research goals are focused on leveraging informatics techniques to help characterize and better treat behavioral sleep disorders. He lives in Kansas City with his wife, their son, his cat, and her dog.

Academics

Education

2022-Present Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program, University of Kansas
2020-22 Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, with honors, University of Kansas
2017-19 Associate of Arts in General Studies, Metropolitan Community College, Kansas City

Skills

Programming Python, R, PsychoPy, SPSS, C++, HTML, Qualtrics
Soft Skills High Aptitude for Learning, Exceptional Communication/Writing Skills, Excellent Problem Solving Skills, Highly Collaborative

Academic Organizations

2021-2022 University of Kansas Mortar Board
2020-Present KU Chess Club

Associations

American Psychological Association Student Member
Division 38 Student Member
Society for Behavioral Sleep Medicine Student Member
Sleep Research Society Undergraduate Member
Society for Behavioral Medicine Student/Trainee Member (Sleep SIG)

Complete Curriculum Vitae available here.

Research

Behavioral Sleep Medicine, Sleep Informatics, Etiology of Nightmares and Sleep Disorders, Psychopathology, Meditation and Psychological Hygiene, Healthcare Utilization

Experience

Hamilton Health Lab
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Nancy Hamilton, Ph.D., Department of Psychology
Position: Data Manager | Research Assistant
General Duties: Attend weekly meetings and assist with research related to sleep, nightmares, PTSD, and neonatal care. Assist with data collection, and data analysis using SPSS, Python and R, IRB submissions, and writing papers.



2021-Present		 Disordered Sleep in Lawrence Firefighters
Supervisor: Julia Russell, M.A. & Nancy Hamilton, Ph.D.
Position: Research Associate
The goal of this study is to determine the frequency and severity of disordered sleep due to sleep distractors and psychological/physiological health disparities within a sample of firefighters. Utilized R to create pipe data from PhysioQ into a cleaned database. Pilot study.


2020-Present		 Sleep, Rumination, and Covid-19 Related Stress
Supervisor: Westley Youngren, M.A. & Nancy Hamilton, Ph.D.
Position: First Author
This study sought to examine stress, sleep quality, and rumination as possible predictors of stress symptoms related to COVID-19 within a sample of 88 medical professionals. Frequencies were compared using an ANOVA test. Submitted to ISTSS 2021 Conference.


2020-Present		 A Pandemic's Impact on Nightmare Frequency
Supervisor: Westley Youngren, M.A. & Nancy Hamilton, Ph.D.
Position: Contributing Author
In this study, we performed a retrograde analysis of 2,126 undergraduate students from the years 2017 to 2020 to compare sleep quality and disordered symptoms from before and during the novel Covid 19 pandemic. Frequencies were compared using an ANOVA test. Presented at SLEEP 2021 Conference.


2020-Present		 The Second Night
Supervisor: Westley Youngren, M.A. & Nancy Hamilton, Ph.D.
Position: Programmer, Research Assistant
Using ambulatory polysomnography headbands and a pre- and post-sleep questionnaire, the study was designed to confirm the role of pre-sleep arousal as a predictor of nightmares.


2020		 Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Pamphlet
Supervisor: Nancy Hamilton, Ph.D.
Position: Research Assistant
Contributed to the creation of a discretely labeled informational pamphlet with the intention of being handed out to sexual assault survivors entering the ER.

Religion Lab
University of Kansas, Overland Park, KS
Anna Pope, Ph.D., Department of Psychology
Position: Research Assistant
General Duties: Attend weekly meetings and assist with research related to meditation and prejudice. Assist with data collection, survey creation in qualtrics, IAT creation using Psychopy and IATgen, IRB submissions, literature reviews and protocol creation.


Spring 2020 - Fall 2020		 Reducing Prejudice Towards Atheists Caused by Religious Salience.
Supervisor: Anna Pope, Ph.D.
Position: Contributing Author
This study was used as an intervention to attempt to increase trust towards atheists as a group by priming religious individuals of secular authority by using meditation. Presented poster at MPA 2020 conference and the 2020 KU Undergraduate Symposium.


2020-Present		 Meditation as a Tool for Prejudice Reduction
Supervisor: Anna Pope, Ph.D.
Position: Contributing Author, Programmer
This study saw the creation of two implicit association tests for each of the study focused prejudices (LGBT, Race). The study utilized data collected pre and post meditation to compare the efficacy of meditation in reducing prejudice using an ANOVA test. Presented poster at MPA 2021 conference.

Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Position: Principal Investigator, Independent Researcher
General Duties: Perform queries on Cerner Corporation's Health Facts Database using R and mySQL Server. Creating SOPs for future queries/studies. Assisting researchers with data queries and recruitment.


Spring 2021 - Present		 Bad Dreams, Big Data
Collaborators: David Ingram, Kevin Smith
Position: Contributing Author
This study was created to assess comorbidities of nightmare disorder in pediatric patients within the Cerner HealthFacts EHR database. The result of which determined that nightmare disorder is underreported and frequent nightmares may be predictors of abuse in the household. Submitted to SLEEP 2021 Conference.

Spring 2021 - Present		 Mothers of NICU Babies's Experience Survey
Supervisor: Tiffany Willis, Lauren Boddy
Position: Research Assistant


Poster Presentations and Publications

  • Youngren, W. A., Balderas, J. C., Reis, D. J., Gratton, M., & Hamilton, N. A. (2022). Examining the Factor Structure of the Posttraumatic Checklist for Civilians. Psychological Reports.
  • Gratton, M.K.P., Mazzotti, D. R., Hamilton, N. A., (2021). Sleep, Longitudinal outcomes stratified by Nightmare Frequency within the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort. Presented at SLEEP 2022.
  • Gratton, M.K.P., Hamilton, N., (2021). Cross-sectional Associations of Nightmare Frequency on Anxiety and Depression. Poster presented at University of Kansas Fall Undergraduate Research Showcase.
  • Gratton, M.K.P., Youngren, W.A., Russell, J., Balderas, J., Hamilton, N., (2021) Sleep, Rumination, and COVID-19 Related Stress. Accepted for presentation to ISTSS 2021.
  • Youngren, W.A., Gratton, M.K.P., Russell, J., Hamilton, N., (2021) A Pandemic's Impact on Nightmare Frequency. Poster presented at SLEEP 2021.
  • Gratton, M.K.P., Ingram, D., Smith, K.C., (2021) Nightmare Disorder in Children: Scary Results from Big Data. Poster presented at SLEEP 2021.
  • Joshua Higgins, Matthew Gratton, Dr. Anna Pope, Haya Abbas (2020) Meditation as a Tool for Prejudice Reduction. Poster presented at Midwestern Psychological Association Conference.

Complete Curriculum Vitae available here.

Professional

Experience

2021 - Present Research Associate University of Kansas Medical Center Kansas City, KS
2020 - 21 Research Systems Specialist Children’s Mercy Research Institute Kansas City, MO
2017 - 19 Medical Informatics Analyst Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO
2015 - 19 Web Developer Freelance
Kansas City, MO
2007 - 15 Crew Chief/Chef Most Excellent Catering
Kansas City, KS

Counseling Experience

2020 - Present Crisis Counselor FEMA
Lawrence, KS
2019 - Present Chat Specialist National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Remote
2019 - Present Suicide and Crisis Counselor Kansas Suicide Prevention Headquarters Lawrence, KS

Complete Curriculum Vitae available here.

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