Dr. Nadorff does not plan to take any graduate students for Fall 2026 or Fall 2027

Education

• B.A., Psychology and Computer Applications, University of Notre Dame, 2007
• M.A., Clinical Psychology, West Virginia University, 2009
• Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, West Virginia University, 2012
• Doctoral Internship, Baylor College of Medicine, 2012

Professional Licenses

• Mississippi license #54 942
• PSYPACT APIT 18700

Research Interests

• Etiology, assessment, and treatment of suicidal behavior
• Behavioral sleep medicine (particularly assessment and interventions for insomnia and nightmare disorders)
• Clinical geropsychology
• The use of technology for psychological treatment

Representative Recent Publications

Bolstad, C.J., Bjelajac, A.K., Bjorvatn, B., Chan, N.Y., Chung, F., Dauvilliers, Y., De Gennaro, L., Espie, C.A., Holzinger, B., Inoue, Y., Korman, M., Landtblom, A., Macedo, T., Matsui, K., Merikanto, I., Morin, C.M,. Mota-Rolim, S., Penzel, T., Plazzi, G., Reis, C., Scarpelli, S., Wing, Y.K., Nadorff, M.R. (In Press). Prevalence rates of frequent dream recall and nightmares by age, gender, and sleep duration in 16 countries.  Journal of Sleep Research.

Pruiksma, K. E., Miller, K. E., Davis, J. L., Gehrman, P., Harb, G., Ross, R. J., Balliett, N. E., Taylor, D. J., Nadorff, M. R., Brim, W., Dietch, J. R., Tyler, H., Wardle-Pinkston, S., Campbell, R. L., Friedlander, J., & Peterson, A. L. (in press). An expert consensus statement for implementing cognitive behavioral therapy for nightmares in adults. Behavioral Sleep Medicine.

Mundt, J.M., Pruiksma, K.E., Konkoly, K.R., Casiello-Robbins, C., Nadorff, M.R., Franklin, R., Karanth, S., Byskoth, N., Morris, D.J., Torres-Platas, S.G., Mallett, R., Maski, K., & Paller, K.A. (2024).  Treating narcolepsy-related nightmares with cognitive behavioral therapy and targeted lucidity reactivation: A Pilot study.  Journal of Sleep Research, e14384. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.14384

 Rufino, K.A., Bolstad, C.J., Worley, C.B., Patriquin, M.A., & Nadorff, M.R. (2024). Factor analysis and validation of the Disturbing Dream and Nightmare Severity Index in a inpatient sample.  Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 22(4), 540–552. https://doi.org/10.1080/15402002.2024.2319835

Bolstad, C.J., Cui, R., Fiske, A., & Nadorff, M.R. (2024). Age Moderates the Relation Between Sleep Problems and Suicide Risk.  Clinical Gerontologist, 47(3), 408-415.  doi:10.1080/07317115.2022.2044951.

Full list of publications can be found here: https://suicidelab.com/publications/

Current Grant Funding

2024 - 2028 Treating Clinical High Risk for Psychosis
Funding Agency: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Grant title: Treating Clinical High Risk for Psychosis in Mississippi
Total Costs: $2,335,289
Role: Co-PI

2021 – 2024 R15 AREA Grant; National Institutes of Health (NIMH)
Number: R15 MH122937
Topic: An Experimental Approach to Emotion Regulation: Investigating Rumination, Cognitive Control, and Maladaptive Behaviors
Total Costs: $412,355
Role: Co-Investigator (PI: DeShong)

2022 – 2025 R15 AREA Grant; National Institutes of Health (NIMH)
Number: R15 MH127565
Topic: Motivational Interviewing to Enhance Behavioral Change in Older Adults with Hoarding Disorder
Total Costs: $436,500
Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Dozier)

2022 – 2025 AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education)
Number: R15 MH127565
Topic: Motivational Interviewing to Enhance Behavioral Change in Older Adults with Hoarding Disorder
Total Costs: $436,500
Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Dozier)

2023 Strategic Rearch Grant: Central Disorders of Hypersomnolence Research
Funding Agency: The American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Grant title: Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT) for the Treatment of Nightmares in Central Disorders of Hypersomnolence: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Total Costs: $250,000
Role: Co-I (PI: Mundt)

2023 - 2028 Healthy Transitions
Funding Agency: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Grant title: Healthy Transitions Mississippi
Total Costs: $3,749,850
Role: PI

2021 – 2026 Mental Health Awareness Training grant
Funding Agency: SAMHSA
Grant Title: Extending the Mental Health Network of Mississippi Through Mental Health Awareness Training
Total costs: $624,995
Role: PI

2019 – 2024 Drug Free Communities Grant
Funding Agency: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Grant title: Drug Free Starkville Collaboration
Total Costs: $624,385
Role: PI

Past Grant Funding

2019 - 2024 Garrett Lee Smith State Suicide Prevention Grant (subcontract from MS Dept. of Mental Health)
Funding Agency: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Grant title: Innovative MSU Cares - Preventing and Responding to Mississippi Youth Suicide
Total Costs: $1,678,552
Role: Co-PI (with Dr. Emily Stafford also as Co-PI)

2020 - 2022 Garrett Lee Smith State Suicide Prevention Grant
Funding Agency: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Grant title: It Takes A Community: A Comprehensive, Collaborative Suicide Prevention Program
Total Costs: $305,965
Role: PI

2020 – 2021 Mississippi Governor’s Emergency Education Response (GEER) Grant
Funding Agency: State of Mississippi
Grant Title: Improving Mississippi Mental Healthcare Through Telehealth
Total costs: $217,906
Role: PI

2020 – 2021 Mississippi Governor’s Emergency Education Response (GEER) Grant
Funding Agency: State of Mississippi
Grant Title: Mental Health Gatekeeper Trainings
Total costs: $174,411
Role: Co-I (PI: Dr. Mary Nelson Robertson)

2020 – 2022 Rural Opioids Technical Assistance Grant
Funding agency: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Grant title: PReventing Opioid Misuse In the SouthEast: PROMISE Initiative 3.0
Total costs: 1,098,846
Role: Co-PI (PI: Dr. David Buys)

2017 - 2020 R15 AREA Grant (Competitive Renewal); National Institutes of Health (NIMH)
Number: R15 MH101573-02
Topic: Reward Devaluation, Positive Valence Systems Disturbance, and Impairment
Total Costs: $417,379
Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Dr. Sam Winer)

2014 - 2017 R15 AREA Grant; National Institutes of Health (NIMH)
Number: 1R15MH101573
Topic: Subchance Perception of Positive Information, Psychopathology, and Impaired Functioning
Total Costs: $416,388
Role: Co-Investigator

2013 - 2016 Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant
Funding Agency: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Grant title: Making Suicide a Never Event at MSU
Total Costs: $304,073
Role: Primary Investigator