The AASM Foundation congratulates the 32 junior researchers awarded a scholarship to attend the Young Investigators Research Forum on April 1-3, 2020 in Bethesda, Maryland. This unique sleep research educational event is a conduit in developing the clinical and translational sleep research careers of these trainees and provides them with an opportunity to interact with senior sleep investigators, peers and National Institutes of Health program officers.
Young Investigators Research Forum 2020 Trainees
Scholarships Funded by the AASM Foundation
Andrey Andreev, PhD
California Institute of Technology
Marvi Bikak, MD
Rush University
Oren Cohen, MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Bhavim Desai, MD
Sleep Health MD
Maya Elias, PhD, RN
University of Miami
Stacey Elkhatib Smidt, MD
Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania
Allison Gaffey, PhD
Yale School of Medicine
Syed Moin Hassan, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Massachusetts General Hospital
Toshihiro Imamura, MD
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Melissa Jones, MD
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine
Jill Kaar, PhD
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Ellen Lee, MD
University of California San Diego
Naina Limbekar, MD, MPH
Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Massachusetts General Hospital
Brian Locke, MD
University of Utah
Maristella Lucchini, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center
Diego Mazzotti, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Sara Mithani, RN, BSN, PhDc.
University of Illinois at Chicago and National Institutes of Nursing Research
Kevin Motz, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Neetu Nair, PhD
University of Missouri Hospital
Cinthya Pena Orbea, MD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Anita Peoples, PhD, MPH
Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah
Weston Powell MD, PhD
Seattle Children’s Hospital/University of Washington
Kristina Puzino, PhD
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
April Rogers, MD, MPH, MBA
St. John’s University
Alicia Roth, PhD
Cleveland Clinic
Thomas Tolbert, MD
Mount Sinai Hospital
Lauren Whitehust, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Scholarships Funded by the SRS Foundation
Tony Cunningham, PhD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
Kristin Hoddy, PhD
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Mairead Moloney, PhD
University of Kentucky
Katrina Speed, PhD
Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention
Caitlan Tighe, PhD
Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System
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