We’d like to welcome Dr. Cathy Goldstein as the AASM Foundation’s first Guest Social Media Curator! Over the next few weeks, she will be sharing engaging content on our Instagram account, so be sure to give us a follow at @aasmfoundation. Dr. Goldstein completed [...]
The AASM celebrated Employee Appreciation Day on Friday, March 1, with special activities during an extended lunch with carnival games, cotton candy and a pie throwing contest! AASM staff purchased tickets to throw pies at senior staff including Executive Director, Steve Van Hout. AASM [...]
AASM Foundation award recipient continues sleep endoscopy research A new multi-center cohort study of adults who underwent pharyngeal surgery for obstructive sleep apnea explores the importance of drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE). Eric Kezirian, MD, MPH, is the principal investigator and senior author of the [...]
The AASM Foundation congratulates the 33 junior researchers selected to attend the 2019 Young Investigators Research Forum to be held April 10-12, 2019 in Bethesda, Maryland. This unique educational event will allow the selected young investigators to interact with senior sleep investigators, peers, [...]
On Dec. 20, AASM employees gathered together to celebrate two decades of research awards that directly impact the clinical practice of AASM members. The gathering honored the launch of the AASM Foundation’s year-end campaign challenge for sleep professionals to make a gift of $20 [...]
Stephen H. Sheldon, DO, is a longtime supporter of the AASM Foundation. Dr. Sheldon is a professor of pediatrics and neurology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and the director of the Sleep Medicine Center at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital [...]
Three award recipients collaborate to make a larger impact on sleep medicine Three recipients of the 2017 Strategic Research Award have projects that focus on the role of telemedicine, using the AASM SleepTM platform, in the evaluation and management of patients with insomnia. All [...]
Neomi Shah, MD, received Bridge funding from the AASM Foundation in 2012. She went on to successfully apply for a federal career-development award, which has resulted in 10 different publications and a subsequent, larger, investigator-initiated grant. Learn more about how her AASM Foundation award [...]
The AASM Foundation recently awarded over $90,000 to support young investigator, community and educational projects as part of its Focused Projects Award – Humanitarian/Educational and Junior Investigators award programs. These projects will have an impact on the sleep health of the Latino/Hispanic immigrant [...]
#GivingTuesday is November 27, but these employees of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine have a head start celebrating the season of giving by making personal contributions to the AASM Foundation. We hope you will join our thoughtful staff by supporting our campaign for sleep [...]
