Members must renew by Feb. 28, 2011, to keep their membership active and to be included in and receive a printed copy of the 2011-2012 Membership Directory.

On June 11–15, 2011, the APSS will celebrate its 25th Anniversary Meeting at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minn. Members are encouraged to attend this historic milestone and participate in educational sessions that will highlight the most significant advances in the field. SLEEP 2011 will feature more than 100 sessions and courses covering clinical and research topics as well as more than 1,000 scientific abstracts as oral and poster presentations.

From January 18, 2011 through February 13, 2011, members of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Sleep Research Society and American Association of Sleep Technologists will have exclusive access to register for SLEEP 2011, the 25^th Anniversary Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, LLC (APSS).

Congratulations to the AASM’s top Member-Get-A-Member Campaign recruiters for the month of December. These individuals are contributing to the growth of the organization by reaching out to their professional colleagues and encouraging them to join the AASM.

The 80-hour comprehensive program will be held March 21 through April 1, 2011, at the AASM national office in Darien, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago). During the two-week program, participants will have the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of sleep technology through a mixture of didactic lectures, online learning, practical exercises and observation at a sleep center.

On Saturday, April 16, 2011, the AASM will host a Scoring of Sleep Workshop at the AASM national office in Darien, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago). This comprehensive workshop will provide participants with the necessary background and explanations to understand the rules of the AASM Manual for the Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events and is ideal for both sleep technicians and technologists as well as physicians new to the field who wish to gain a basic review of scoring.

Individuals who can't make it to the course in March can view more than 25 hours of presentations by purchasing the archived CD-ROM. Pre-order the CD-ROM and save more than 25% on your purchase.

A funding opportunity announcement issued by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) invites the submission of Education Research (R25) grant applications focused on scientific advances in sleep health and circadian and sleep biology.

This members-only registration period, which will end Feb. 14, 2011, allows you to gain access to the most popular courses and sessions before they sell out and to reserve your hotel room through the SLEEP Housing Bureau, also opening on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011.

Now you also have a new option of taking SLEEP wherever you go by subscribing to the Kindle edition of the journal for your Kindle wireless reading device or Android phone.

Effective Jan. 1, 2011, the AASM Accredited Sleep Technologist Education Program (A-STEP) will require the completion of all 18 online A-STEP Self-Study Modules.

The AASM congratulates Dr. Allan Pack, who has been elected for a two-year term as an at-large member of the AASM Nominating Committee after the recent call for nominations.

In order to provide members with board preparation resources for this final Practice Pathway exam, the AASM will offer several Board Review for the Sleep Specialist courses leading up to the 2011 exam.

The Advanced Registration Deadline for the AASM’s Current Topics in Sleep Medicine and The Business of Sleep Medicine courses is Friday, Jan. 21, 2011.

The site features an updated Online Learning Center full of on-demand learning modules developed at AASM courses and workshops as well as created specifically for the site.

The American Sleep Medicine Foundation (ASMF) is committed to supporting the education and training of sleep scientists and is pleased to offer the Educational Projects Award and the Strategic Research Award as part of the ASMF 2011 grant cycle. The submission deadline for these grants is Jan. 14, 2011.
More information about these ASMF awards is available online at www.discoversleep.org. Please direct all questions and inquiries regarding grant opportunities to ASMF Coordinator Lisa Wallis at 630-737-9700 or lwallis@aasmnet.org.

AASM members have access to the full text of each article in the Jan. 1 issue of the journal SLEEP when you log in on the website

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has given the AASM website a new look for 2011 and has reorganized the site to make it an even more valuable tool for AASM members and other professionals in the sleep field.