Young Investigators Research Forum
This career-building research retreat brings together early career investigators and renowned sleep investigators. The research forum provides guidance, tactics and strategies to better position early career investigators for a successful career in research.
2016 YIRF Young Investigators and Faculty
| Elaine Boland, PhD | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
| Wai Sze Chan, PhD | Dartmouth |
| Joseph Cheung, MD, MS | Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine |
| Naima Covassin, PhD | Mayo Clinic |
| Galit Levi Dunietz, MA, MPH, PhD | University of Michigan Sleep Disorders Center |
| Brian Gonzalez, PhD | Rutgers Cancer Institute |
| Erin Holcomb, PhD | TIRR Memorial |
| Sarah Honaker, PhD, CBSM | Indiana University |
| James Hungerford, MD | University of Tennessee Health and Science Center |
| David Ingram, MD | Children’s Mercy Hospital |
| Dayna Johnson, PhD, MPH, MSW, MS | Emory University |
| Amanda McBean, PhD | Stanford School of Medicine |
| Mary Beth Miller, PhD | Brown University |
| Jennifer Molano, MD | University of Cincinnati |
| Ariel Neikrug, PhD | University of Utah |
| Hanna Maria Ollila, PhD | Stanford University School of Medicine |
| Amee Patel, DO | Texas Children’s Hospital |
| Emily Ricketts, PhD | University of California – Los Angeles |
| Rebecca Robbins, PhD | NYU School of Medicine |
| Sara Rostanski, MD | Columbia University |
| Corey Rynders, PhD | University of Colorado School of Medicine |
| Logan Schneider, MD | Stanford University |
| Stacey Simon, PhD | Children’s Hospital Colorado |
| Guido Simonelli, MD | Walter Reed Army Institute of Research |
| Justin Thomas, PhD | University of Alabama |
| Saurabh Thosar, PhD | Oregon Institute |
| Alyssa Todaro Brooks, PhD | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism |
| Arlener Turner, PhD | Rush University |
| Ying Zhao, MD, FRCPC | Brigham and Women’s Hospital |
| Eric Zhou, PhD | Harvard Medical School |
| Katherine Sharkey, MD, PhD (Chair) | Brown University |
| Lynn Marie Trotti, MD (Vice Chair) | Emory University |
| Daniel Buysse, MD | University of Pittsburgh |
| Girardin Jean-Louis, PhD | NYU Langone |
| Christopher O’Donnell, PhD | University of Pittsburgh |
| Sai Parthasarathy, MD | University of Arizona |
| Susan Redline, MD | Harvard University |
| Ronald Szymusiak, PhD | UCLA |
The Young Investigators Research Forum consists of didactic presentations, workshops, and small group sessions covering scientific writing and stewardship, opportunities for funding and collaboration, navigating the academic environment, and networking. As active participants, early career investigators will have the opportunity to present their current research, provide feedback on each other’s research proposals and review a grant.
The Young Investigators Research Forum is held in-person with webinars done prior to and after the 3-day in-person meeting at Bethesda, Maryland. The program is subject to change as plans for the research forum are finalized.