Personal profile
Research interests
Dr. Kloss is a licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in sleep health. Over the past 25 years of her career, she has been dedicated to promoting sleep education and helping individuals overcome their sleep problems. Dr. Kloss adheres to a scientist-practitioner model with a cognitive-behavioral approach. Her clinical expertise has primarily focused on the delivery of cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia, working with individuals across the lifespan from late adolescence through older adulthood. Dr. Kloss also served as an active member of Radnor High School’s Adolescent Sleep School Start Time Committee and is an advocate for healthy school start times for teens. She is passionate about optimizing health sleep as a way of achieving physical and mental well-being.
Dr. Kloss strives to create an energetic and collaborative learning environment in the classroom. She seeks to cultivate a climate of inclusiveness and mutual respect to encourage open dialogue, engage critical thinking, and foster a better understanding of complex and challenging concepts and problems. Dr. Kloss serves as an instructor, clinical supervisor, and dissertation mentor.
Research interests
Dr. Kloss’ research interests involve topics related to sleep and health. She has concentrated her scholarship and research activity in the areas of college student sleep health and women’s sleep health.
Related documents
Education/Academic qualification
Clinical Psychology, PhD, Binghamton University (SUNY)
Psychology, BS, University of Scranton
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The natural history of insomnia: Does sleep extension differentiate between those that do and do not develop chronic insomnia?
Perlis, M. L., Morales, K. H., Vargas, I., Posner, D. A., Grandner, M. A., Muench, A. L., Seewald, M. W., Gooneratne, N. S., Kloss, J. D., Gencarelli, A. M., Khader, W. S., Thase, M. E. & Ellis, J. G., Oct 2021, In: Journal of Sleep Research. 30, 5, e13342.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The natural history of Insomnia: The incidence of acute insomnia and subsequent progression to chronic insomnia or recovery in good sleeper subjects
Perlis, M. L., Vargas, I., Ellis, J. G., Grandner, M. A., Morales, K. H., Gencarelli, A., Khader, W., Kloss, J. D., Gooneratne, N. S. & Thase, M. E., Jun 1 2020, In: Sleep. 43, 6, p. 1-8 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Insomnia and psychiatric disorders
Vargas, I., Garland, S. N., Kloss, J. D. & Perlis, M. L., Jan 1 2019, Sleep and Health. Elsevier, p. 373-389 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The relationship between child and caregiver sleep in acute lymphoblastic leukemia maintenance
Daniel, L. C., Walsh, C. M., Meltzer, L. J., Barakat, L. P. & Kloss, J. D., Apr 1 2018, In: Supportive Care in Cancer. 26, 4, p. 1123-1132 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Associations among rotating night shift work, sleep and skin cancer in Nurses' Health Study II participants
Heckman, C. J., Kloss, J. D., Feskanich, D., Culnan, E. & Schernhammer, E. S., Mar 2017, In: Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 74, 3, p. 169-175 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review