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Issue #5
SleepDeprivation
Agenda: SleepDeprivationSectionMeeting
MinneapolisConventionCenter
Monday, June 2, 2014 (5:15pm–6:15pm)
I.
Call toOrder
• Dr. Belenky
(Chair)
II.
General Business –
(5minutes)
• Introductionof 2013-2014SleepDeprivationSectionSteeringCommittee
• Call forVolunteers: 2014-2015SleepDeprivationSteeringCommittee
III.
Clinical PracticeGuideline Suggestions –
(5minutes)
IV.
Section InvestigatorAwardPresentation–
(15minutes)
•
TheRelationshipbetweenSleepDurationandCardiometabolicRiskFactors
Depends onRace/EthnicityandWhetherRiskFactorsWere Self-Reportedor
Objectively-Determined
–– MichaelGrandner –Universityof Pennsylvania
V.
OtherBusiness/Discussion
• DataBlitz:HighlightsofEmergingSleepDeprivationResearch–
(15minutes)
• OpenDiscussion–
(20minutes)
VI.
Adjournment
SteeringCommittee
Profiles
GregoryBelenky, MD
(Chair)
Dr. Belenky is using actigraphy
to record sleep/wake history, the
psychomotor vigilance task (PVT)
tomeasure vigilance performance,
theKarolinskaSleepinessScale,
and theSamn-Perelli FatigueScale,
Dr. Belenky andhis occupational
sleepmedicine team atWashington
StateUniversity studies the effect
of work/rest schedules on sleep
and performance. Currently, they
areworkingwithUnitedAirlines to
create route-specific fatigue risk
management systems to ensure
adequate rest and sleep to sustain
performance in long duration flights.
Francine James, PhD
(ViceChair)
Dr. James is serving in her third
year asVice-Chair of theSleep
Deprivation section. Dr. James is an
AssociateScientist at the Institutes
for Behavior Resources Inc., an
independent, non-profit research
organization inBaltimore, MD. Dr.
James’ workwithin theOperational
andFatigueResearchDivision
focuses on studies of human sleep,
performance and circadian rhythms
in theoccupational context and
includes the use of biomathematical
modeling.
SteeringCommitteeProfiles
Continued>>
RoleofFatigue in theCrashofAsianaFlight 214
GregoryBelenky,MD
On July6, 2013,Asiana214was flying across thePacificOcean from Incheon, South
Korea toSanFrancisco, California and crashedon its final approach to the SanFrancisco
InternationalAirport (SFO). The aircraft, aBoeing777-200ER,was carrying307people,
including four pilots (threeCaptains andoneFirstOfficer) and twelveflight attendants.
According to reports, theweatherwas verygood and the crewwas clearedby air traffic
control for a visual approach. Though the investigation is still underway, it appears that
2013–2014
CHAIR
GregoryBelenky,MD
VICE-CHAIR
Francine James, PhD
MEMBERS
MathiasBasner,MD, PhD
Mikhail Bochkarev,MD, PhD
AbidMalik,MD
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