The AASM Foundation is committed to improving the sleep health of the community through its vision of creating Healthier Lives through Better Sleep. On July 8, 2019, the AASM Foundation launched a new award program targeted at improving sleep health at the community level: the [...]
Andrew W. Varga, MD, PhD, is a recipient of three AASM Foundation awards that allowed him to secure two large federal grants. Read more about Dr. Varga’s research on how obstructive sleep apnea impacts memory. Andrew W. Varga, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor [...]
Alberto Ramos, MD, MSPH and Azizi Seixas, PhD, made history by being the first underrepresented minority sleep scientists to co-chair the Young Investigators Research Forum in 2019. Read more about their involvement in AASM Foundation programs aimed at growing the pipeline of early career [...]
Marietta B. Bibbs, RPSGT, has been a Gold Level donor for the past two years and was a member of the 2018-2019 AASM Scoring Manual Editorial Board. Ms. Bibbs is a system manager for Sleep Disorders Services and clinical research coordinator at BayCare Health [...]
The AASM Foundation thanks everyone who participated in our SLEEP 2019 fundraising raffle. All proceeds from ticket sales directly support our career development, high-impact research, clinical training and community award programs. We also want to congratulate all of our lucky winners including Ms. Morgan [...]
Support the AASM Foundation while purchasing an opportunity to win an awesome prize. The Grand Prize, an iPad Pro and accessories package is valued over $1,600 and we have several additional prizes including Philips Sonicare toothbrush, and educational resources including an ICSD-3 book autographed [...]
Join our special fundraising campaign at SLEEP 2019 in San Antonio. Each person that donates $250 or more will receive a special thank you gift with your choice of the following options: A trendy white 20z tumbler that features the AASM Foundation’s logo. Durable, [...]
The AASM Foundation congratulates James A. Rowley, MD, who was elected by the Board of Directors to the position of President. Dr. Rowley is currently professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine at Wayne State University [...]
The AASM Foundation recently awarded $300,000 in career development awards to support early career sleep physician scientists. The funded projects will explore the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea and death, sleep and recovery in stroke survivors, and insomnia among the elderly population. The AASM [...]
The AASM Foundation recently provided additional relief funds of $5,000 each to sleep centers that are recovering from natural disasters. EENA Comprehensive Neurology & Sleep Center in Boynton Beach, Florida, continues to rebuild from Hurricane Irma. Initial funds given to EENA in 2017 helped [...]
