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Keith Busby (PhD)

Keith Busby is Research Ethics/Scientific Review Coordinator at the University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research (IMHR) and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa. His research interests focus on the psychophysiology of sleep and its disorders, predictors of treatment outcome, smoking/nicotine dependence in psychiatric illness, and research design/statistics.

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Selected Publications:

  • Potvin-Kent, M., Busby, K., Johnston, M., Wood, J. & Docherty,C. (2000). Predictors of outcome in a short-term psychiatric day hospital program. General Hospital Psychiatry, 22, 184-194.
  • Pivik, R.T., Joncas, S. & Busby, K. (1999).  Sleep spindles and arousal: The effects of age and sensory stimulation.  Sleep Research Online, 2, 89-100.
  • Wolfish, N.M., Pivik, R.T., & Busby, K. (1997).  Elevated sleep arousal thresholds in enuretic boys: Clinical implications.  Acta Paediatrica, 86, 381-384.
  • Pivik, R.T., Busby, K., Gill, E., Hunter, P., & Nevins, R. (1996).  Heart rate variations during sleep in preadolescents.  Sleep, 19, 117-135.
  • Busby, K., & Pivik, R.T. (1985). Auditory arousal thresholds during sleep in hyperkinetic children.  Sleep, 8, 332-341.