The future of nursing is here.
Carleara Weiss, PhD, MS, RN
Assistant Professor
ADDRESS:
School of Nursing
University at Buffalo
301 C Wende Hall
Buffalo, NY 14214-3079
PHONE: 716-829-3261
EMAIL: carleara@buffalo.edu
Carleara Weiss, PhD, MS, RN, is a research assistant professor at UB’s Office of Nursing Research. Prior to joining the School of Nursing, Weiss was a postdoctoral associate at the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (JSMBS) Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine. She also spent two years as a T32 postdoctoral fellow at the JSMBS, and five years as a research assistant at the UB School of Nursing.
Before UB, Weiss was an assistant professor and a graduate research assistant at the Federal Fluminense University in Brazil. Additionally, she worked as a geriatric and oncology nurse in multiple health care settings for six years.
Weiss’s research focuses on behavioral sleep medicine and circadian rhythms. She is an NIH MOSAIC Scholar, a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society and participates in various professional development workshops and clinical studies.
Weiss received a PhD in Nursing from UB School of Nursing in 2018 and a master's degree in healthcare, a bachelor’s degree in nursing science, and a bachelor’s degree in nursing education from Federal Fluminense University in 2011, 2005, and 2005, respectively.
- PhD, University at Buffalo School of Nursing, Buffalo, NY
- MS, Federal Fluminense University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- BSN, Federal Fluminense University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- BS, Federal Fluminense University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Aging and dementia
- Sleep disturbances
- Biomarkers of cognitive impairment
- Health disparities
Saturnino, L., Ezeilo, I., & Weiss, C. (2025). 0109 Exploring the link between total sleep duration on cognitive performance in older veterans: A preliminary report. Sleep, 48 (Supplement_1), A50. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsaf090.0109
Weiss, C., & Yu, J. (2025). 0968 Sleep health composite score for quality, duration, and efficiency correlated with biomarker HOMA-IR and cognitive decline in middle-aged adults, Sleep, 48(Supplement_1), A419-A420. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsaf090.0968
Weiss C. (2025). Vitamin B3 ameliorates sleep duration and quality in clinical and pre-clinical studies. Nutrients, 17(12), 1982. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17121982
Johnson, D. A., Rojo-Wissar, D. M., Nguyen-Rodriguez, S. T., Eban-Rothschild, A., Burns, R. E., Weiss, C., Cramer Bornemann, M. A., Komolafe, M., & Goel, N. (2024). Diversity, equity, and inclusion: Findings from the Sleep Research Society. Sleep Health, 10(6), 731-737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2024.08.010