Issue 4 - page 21

Steering Committee
Profiles
Gregory Belenky, MD, (Chair)
Dr. Belenky is using actigraphy
to record sleep/wake history,
the psychomotor vigilance task
(PVT) to measure vigilance
performance, the Karolinska
Sleepiness Scale, and the
Samn-Perelli Fatigue Scale, Dr.
Belenky and his occupational
sleep medicine team at Washing-
ton State University studies the
effect of work/rest schedules on
sleep and performance. Current-
ly, they are working with United
Airlines to create route-specific
fatigue risk management systems
to ensure adequate rest and sleep
to sustain performance in long
duration flights.
Francine James, PhD, (Vice
Chair)
Dr. James is serving in her
second year as Vice-Chair of the
Sleep Deprivation section. Dr.
James is an Associate Scientist
at the Institutes for Behavior
Resources Inc., an independent,
non-profit research organization
in Baltimore, MD. Dr. James’
work within the Operational
and Fatigue Research Division
focuses on studies of human
sleep, performance and circadian
rhythms in the occupational
context and includes the use
2013 - 2014
chair
Gregory Belenky, MD
vice-chair
Francine James, PhD
members
Mathias Basner, MD, PhD
Mikhail Bochkarev, MD, PhD
Abid Malik, MD
AASM Membership Sections Newsletter
Issue # 4
21
Sleep Deprivation
Fatigue is a common cause of operational error, incident, and acci-
dent. An operational environment is one in which human performance
is critical – the person in the loop must perform well or the system of
which he/she is a part will fail. Examples include first response, medical
care, manufacturing, power generation and distribution, resource
extraction, military operations, all modes of transportation, intelligence
operations, and global finance. Fatigue is the final common pathway
of the interaction of sleep loss (time awake), circadian phase (time of
day), and workload (time on task, task complexity, and task criticality).
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine Sleep Deprivation Section
Steering Committee works on a variety of issues related to sleep loss
including those due to extended wake-times, sleep restriction across days
and disrupted sleep due to environmental conditions and psychiatric
disorders. The committee is comprised of researchers with operational,
experimental and clinical expertise who can provide information on the
consequences and effects of sleep loss on various measures (e.g., perfor-
mance, alertness, health, and well-being) and application of appropriate
countermeasures to mitigate the resultant sleepiness and fatigue in the
operational environment.
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