Victoria M.  Pak

Research

Dr. Pak conducted post-doctoral research in Sleep Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology at Perelman School of Medicine. Her overall research is focused on disturbed sleep as a predictor of adverse health outcomes. Dr. Pak has expertise in sleep medicine, biomarkers, and translational research. 

Dr. Pak has served as a PI of work funded by the National Institutes of Health, Mayo Clinic, and others for research studies focused on sleep, biomarkers, and translational research. Dr. Pak has experience as a PI of over a dozen funded human research studies and clinical trials in the area of sleep, biomarkers, and Alzheimer’s disease.  Her research findings in the area of the molecular mechanisms of sleepiness and impact of CPAP intervention on inflammatory biomarkers have received recognition with awards from organizations such as the Mayo Clinic and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

Dr. Pak's work has been published in journals such as the International Journal of Obesity-Nature (London), Metabolomics, and SLEEP.

The goal of her research is to improve sleep and quality of life of individuals and families. 

Service

At Emory, Dr. Pak has served as the Vice-Chair of the research committee, an advisory board member of the Emory University Sleep Consortium, and lead of the Emory University Sleep, Life-course, and diverse settings working group.

Teaching/mentoring

Dr. Pak has experience serving as a mentor for undergraduate, masters, and doctoral level students. Prior to coming to Emory, she had experience teaching graduate and doctoral students at Yale. She is currently the course coordinator of the undergraduate 2024-2026 Honors program.