Andrew W. McHill, Ph.D. (he/him)

  • Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
  • Assistant Professor, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences
  • Assistant Professor of Graduate Programs in Human Nutrition, School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. McHill graduated with a Ph.D. in Integrative Physiology with a specialization in sleep and circadian physiology from the University of Colorado Boulder. After graduating, he completed an NIH funded post-doctoral fellowship at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School within the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders and joined the OHSU Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences in Dr. Shea's Circadian Laboratory in 2016 as a visiting post-doctoral fellow. In September 2017, he became a Research Assistant Professor within the institute and in 2021 established the Sleep, Chronobiology, and Health Laboratory within the OHSU School of Nursing as an Assistant Professor. Dr. McHill is interested in understanding the contributing mechanisms by which the mistiming of behaviors (i.e. shiftwork or jetlag) and chronic insufficient sleep leads to adverse health and poor cognitive performance outcomes.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.S., 2010, Gonzaga University
    • Ph.D., 2014, University of Colorado Boulder

  • Fellowship

    • Post-doctoral Fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 2014-2017
    • Visiting Post-doctoral Fellow at OHSU, 2016-2017

Memberships and associations:

  • 2015- Present Social Media Committee Member for Journal of Biological Rhythms
  • 2014-2015 Brigham and Women’s Hospital PhD Mentoring Circles
  • 2013- Present Society for Research on Biological Rhythms
  • 2013- Present American Academy of Sleep Medicine
  • 2010-Present Sleep Research Society

Areas of interest

  • Circadian misalignment
  • Energy and glucose Metabolism
  • Sleep disruption
  • Caloric intake and hunger
  • Cognitive Performance
  • Countermeasures

Additional information

Honors and awards

  • 2021 Christian Guilleminault Young Investigator Award
  • 2017- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Loan Repayment Program (NIH LRP) Renewal
  • 2015-2017 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Loan Repayment Program (NIH LRP)
  • 2015 American Academy of Medicine Young Investigator Research Forum Award
  • 2014 Young Investigator Award, William C. Dement Sleep and Chronobiology Summer Research Apprenticeship Retreat, Brown University
  • 2014 Society for Research on Biological Rhythms (SRBR) Research Excellence Award
  • 2013 The Society for Research on Biological Rhythms Fellowship Award
  • 2010 Robert and Claire McDonald Student Grant Award, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
  • 2010 Exercise Science Major of the Year Award, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA

Publications

Selected publications

  • Fischer D, McHill AW, Sano A, Picard RW, Barger LK, Czeisler CA, Klerman EB, Phillips AJK. Irregular sleep and event schedules are associated with poorer self-reported well-being in US college students. Sleep. 2019 Dec 14;. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsz300. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31837266.
  • Hilditch CJ, McHill AW. Sleep inertia: current insights. Nat Sci Sleep. 2019;11:155-165. doi: 10.2147/NSS.S188911. eCollection 2019. PubMed PMID: 31692489; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6710480.
  • Thosar SS, Berman AM, Herzig MX, McHill AW, Bowles NP, Swanson CM, Clemons NA, Butler MP, Clemons AA, Emens JS, Shea SA. Circadian Rhythm of Vascular Function in Midlife Adults. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2019 Jun;39(6):1203-1211. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.119.312682. PubMed PMID: 31070470; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6531330.
  • McHill AW, Wright KP Jr. Cognitive Impairments during the Transition to Working at Night and on Subsequent Night Shifts. J Biol Rhythms. 2019 May 9;:748730419848552. doi: 10.1177/0748730419848552. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31072264.
  • McHill AW, Hull JT, Cohen DA, Wang W, Czeisler CA, Klerman EB. Chronic sleep restriction greatly magnifies performance decrements immediately after awakening. Sleep. 2019 May 1;42(5). doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsz032. PubMed PMID: 30722039; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6519907.
  • McHill AW, Czeisler CA, Phillips AJK, Keating L, Barger LK, Garaulet M, Scheer FAJL, Klerman EB. Caloric and Macronutrient Intake Differ with Circadian Phase and between Lean and Overweight Young Adults. Nutrients. 2019 Mar 11;11(3). doi: 10.3390/nu11030587. PubMed PMID: 30862011; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6471585.
  • McHill AW, Czeisler CA, Shea SA. Resident physician extended work hours and burnout. Sleep. 2018 Aug 1;41(8). doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsy112. PubMed PMID: 29901751; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6093463.
  • Thosar SS, Herzig MX, Roberts SA, Berman AM, Clemons NA, McHill AW, Bowles NP, Morimoto M, Butler MP, Emens JS, Shea SA. Lowest perceived exertion in the late morning due to effects of the endogenous circadian system. Br J Sports Med. 2018 Aug;52(15):1011-1012. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2018-099148. Epub 2018 Feb 23. PubMed PMID: 29475839.
  • McHill AW, Hull JT, McMullan CJ, Klerman EB. Chronic Insufficient Sleep Has a Limited Impact on Circadian Rhythmicity of Subjective Hunger and Awakening Fasted Metabolic Hormones. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2018;9:319. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00319. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 29946297; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6005823.
  • Sano A, Taylor S, McHill AW, Phillips AJ, Barger LK, Klerman E, Picard R. Identifying Objective Physiological Markers and Modifiable Behaviors for Self-Reported Stress and Mental Health Status Using Wearable Sensors and Mobile Phones: Observational Study. J Med Internet Res. 2018 Jun 8;20(6):e210. doi: 10.2196/jmir.9410. PubMed PMID: 29884610; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6015266.

Publications

  • Adaptation of sleep to daylight saving time is slower in people consuming a high-fat diet

    iScience
    1. Andrew W. McHill
    2. Akane Sano
    3. Laura K. Barger
    4. Andrew J.K. Phillips
    5. Charles A. Czeisler
    6. Elizabeth B. Klerman

  • A medical assistant-facilitated transition activity in a pediatric cardiology clinic

    Health Care Transitions
    1. Debora Burger
    2. Quin E. Denfeld
    3. Karen Uzark
    4. Patrick D. Evers
    5. Andrew W. McHill
    6. Pam Ward
    7. Reem Hasan

  • Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Sleep Duration in US Children

    Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
    1. MinKyoung Song
    2. Andrew W. Mchill
    3. Nathan Dieckmann
    4. Carol M. Musil
    5. Laura L. Hayman

  • Circadian misalignment disrupts biomarkers of cardiovascular disease risk and promotes a hypercoagulable state

    European Journal of Neuroscience
    1. Andrew W. McHill
    2. Edward L. Melanson
    3. Kenneth P. Wright
    4. Christopher M. Depner

  • Distribution of dim light melatonin offset (DLMOff) and phase relationship to waketime in healthy adults and associations with chronotype

    Sleep health
    1. Rebecca C. Cox
    2. Alivia B. Blumenstein
    3. Tina M. Burke
    4. Christopher M. Depner
    5. Molly K. Guerin
    6. Emily Hay-Arthur
    7. Janine Higgins
    8. Oliver A. Knauer
    9. Shannon M. Lanza
    10. Rachel R. Markwald
    11. Edward L. Melanson
    12. Andrew W. McHill
    13. Sarah J. Morton
    14. Hannah K. Ritchie
    15. Mark R. Smith
    16. Alexandra N. Smits
    17. Kate E. Sprecher
    18. Ellen R. Stothard
    19. Dana Withrow
    20. Kenneth P. Wright

  • Identifying an acceptable number of ambulatory blood pressure measurements for accuracy of average blood pressure and nocturnal dipping status

    American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
    1. Leandro Campos de Brito
    2. Sean P.M. Rice
    3. Nicole P. Bowles
    4. Matthew P. Butler
    5. Andrew W. McHill
    6. Jonathan Emens
    7. Steven A. Shea
    8. Saurabh S. Thosar

  • Later circadian timing and increased sleep timing variability are associated with attenuations in overnight blood pressure dipping among chronic nightshift workers

    Sleep health
    1. Brooke M. Shafer
    2. Desirae Christopher
    3. Steven A. Shea
    4. Ryan Olson
    5. Andrew W. McHill

  • Obesity alters the circadian profiles of energy metabolism and glucose regulation in humans

    Obesity
    1. Andrew W. McHill
    2. Saurabh S. Thosar
    3. Nicole P. Bowles
    4. Matthew P. Butler
    5. Omar Ordaz-Johnson
    6. Jonathan S. Emens
    7. Jonathan Q. Purnell
    8. Melanie Gillingham
    9. Steven A. Shea

  • SleepNet

    Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
    1. Maryam Khalid
    2. Elizabeth B. Klerman
    3. Andrew W. McHill
    4. Andrew J.K. Phillips
    5. Akane Sano

  • The organization of sleep-wake patterns around daily schedules in college students

    Sleep
    1. Sinh Lu
    2. Julia E. Stone
    3. Elizabeth B. Klerman
    4. Andrew W. McHill
    5. Laura K. Barger
    6. Rebecca Robbins
    7. Dorothee Fischer
    8. Akane Sano
    9. Charles A. Czeisler
    10. Shantha M.W. Rajaratnam
    11. Andrew J.K. Phillips

  • Who's behind the Wheel? Work and Health Backgrounds of New Transit Bus Operators

    Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
    1. Ryan Olson
    2. Stacy A. Stoffregen
    3. Talya N. Bauer
    4. Brad Wipfli
    5. W. Kent Anger
    6. Todd Bodner
    7. Peter Graven
    8. Andrew W. McHill
    9. Courtney Donovan

  • Chronological distribution of readings in ambulatory blood-pressure monitoring exams affects the nighttime average and the magnitude of blood-pressure dipping

    American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
    1. Leandro C. Brito
    2. Nicole P. Bowles
    3. Andrew W. McHill
    4. Sean P.M. Rice
    5. Matthew P. Butler
    6. Jonathan Emens
    7. Steven A. Shea
    8. Saurabh S. Thosar

  • Later energy intake relative to mathematically modeled circadian time is associated with higher percentage body fat

    Obesity
    1. Andrew W. McHill
    2. Lindsey S. Brown
    3. Andrew J.K. Phillips
    4. Laura K. Barger
    5. Marta Garaulet
    6. Frank A.J.L. Scheer
    7. Elizabeth B. Klerman

  • Chronic Circadian Disruption and Sleep Restriction Influence Subjective Hunger, Appetite, and Food Preference

    Nutrients
    1. Andrew W. McHill
    2. Joseph T. Hull
    3. Elizabeth B. Klerman

  • Rapid changes in overnight blood pressure after transitioning to early-morning shiftwork

    Sleep
    1. Andrew W. McHill
    2. Josie Velasco
    3. Todd Bodner
    4. Steven A. Shea
    5. Ryan Olson

  • Sleep Restriction and Recurrent Circadian Disruption Differentially Affects Blood Pressure, Sodium Retention, and Aldosterone Secretion

    Frontiers in Physiology
    1. Ciaran J. McMullan
    2. Andrew W. McHill
    3. Joseph T. Hull
    4. Wei Wang
    5. John P. Forman
    6. Elizabeth B. Klerman

  • The circadian system modulates the cortisol awakening response in humans

    Frontiers in Neuroscience
    1. Nicole P. Bowles
    2. Saurabh S. Thosar
    3. Matthew P. Butler
    4. Noal A. Clemons
    5. La Troy D. Robinson
    6. Omar H. Ordaz
    7. Maya X. Herzig
    8. Andrew W. McHill
    9. Sean P.M. Rice
    10. Jonathan Emens
    11. Steven A. Shea

  • A classification approach to estimating human circadian phase under circadian alignment from actigraphy and photometry data

    Journal of pineal research
    1. Lindsey S. Brown
    2. Melissa A. St. Hilaire
    3. Andrew W. McHill
    4. Andrew J.K. Phillips
    5. Laura K. Barger
    6. Akane Sano
    7. Charles A. Czeisler
    8. Francis J. Doyle
    9. Elizabeth B. Klerman