Research Articles
Updates about new research publications, funding opportunities, and NIH news
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine congratulates the recipient of the 2019 Young Investigator Award, Shadab Rahman, PhD, MPH, and the three individuals who received the honorable mention designation. They were recognized by AASM President Dr. Douglas Kirsch during the AASM general membership meeting [...]
While numerous consumer and medical news outlets reported on research presented at SLEEP 2019 in San Antonio, Texas, several medical publications provided more comprehensive meeting coverage. Visit these websites to browse and explore SLEEP 2019 articles, interviews and videos: MedPage Today Medscape NeurologyLive CHEST [...]
The National Center on Sleep Disorders Research (NCSDR), located within the Division of Lung Diseases of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), has announced that the next meeting of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board (SDRAB) is [...]
Articles published in the past year in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine captured the attention of the scientific and medical communities, as well as the media and the general public. The following papers published in 2018 received the most pageviews on the website of JCSM, [...]
AASM members are invited to submit abstracts and session proposals for SLEEP 2019, the 33rd annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS), which will be held June 8 - 12 in San Antonio, Texas. Visit the SLEEP 2019 Call for Abstracts and [...]
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine congratulates the recipient of the 2018 Young Investigator Award, Camila Hirotsu, and the three individuals who received the honorable mention designation. They were recognized by AASM President Dr. Ilene Rosen during the AASM general membership meeting on Monday, [...]
On May 25 the the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the release of recommendations from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) that were generated from the 2018 NIH Alzheimer's Research Summit, including two recommendations related to sleep and circadian research. The two sleep-related recommendations came [...]
In addition to meeting with legislators on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, April 17, AASM leaders participated in a series of events this week to promote sleep and circadian research at the federal level and to aid the career development of promising young investigators. [...]
A new study found that increases in obesity and severe obesity prevalence have persisted among U.S. adults over the most recent decade, but adjusted linear trends among youth remained nonsignificant. Results show that obesity among adults increased from 33.7% in 2007-2008 to 39.6% in [...]
A resource-related research projects (R24) funding opportunity announcement (PAR-18-694) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) encourages applications that develop, strengthen, and evaluate transdisciplinary approaches, methods, and investigative teams in basic behavioral, social, and/or biobehavioral research to generate fundamental knowledge of the reciprocal linkages [...]
