The American Academy of Sleep Medicine congratulates the following individuals who received a Focused Projects Award of up to $20,000 each from the American Sleep Medicine Foundation (ASMF):
Sandeep Khot, MD & Martha Billings MD – University of Washington
Maximizing the use of continuous positive airway pressure in stroke patients with OSA during inpatient rehabilitation
Rachel Rowe, PhD – University of Arizona
Investigating the dynamic relationship between sleep and pathological inflammation
Mirja Quante, MD – Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Identifying motivating factors for healthy sleep in at-risk adolescents
Thien Thanh Dang-Vu, MD, PhD – Concordia University
Direct and mediating effects of short term exercise on sleep and recognition of memory in young, sedentary adults: A pilot study
Ari Shechter, PhD – Columbia University
Blocking nocturnal blue light to treat insomnia: A pilot randomized controlled trial
Sara Jarvis, PhD – Northern Arizona University
Characterization of neural control of blood pressure in patients with OSA and treatment emergent central sleep apnea
Ying Zhao, MD – Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Sleep apnea screening in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction
Craig Canapari, MD – Yale University
Testing and development of sleep training mobile health application to address sleep problems in the first two years of life
Malika Atmakuri, MD & Edward Weaver, MD – University of Washington
Work productivity outcomes in patients with OSA treated with CPAP
Michelle Cao, MD & Shannon Sullivan, MD – Stanford University
A national survey on sleep medicine in education in medical schools and primary residency programs
Learn more about the Focused Projects Award on the ASMF website at www.discoversleep.org.
