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.
2020 YIRF Young Investigators
![Andreev YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Andreev-YIRF-2020.jpg)
Andrey Andreev, PhD
California Institute of Technology
![Bikak YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Bikak-YIRF-2020.jpg)
Marvi Bikak, MD
Rush University
![Cohen YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Cohen-YIRF-2020.jpg)
Oren Cohen, MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
![Cunningham YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Cunningham-YIRF-2020.jpg)
Tony Cunningham, PhD1
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
![Desai YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Desai-YIRF-2020.jpg)
Bhavim Desai, MD
Sleep Health MD
![Elias YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Elias-YIRF-2020.jpg)
Maya Elias, PhD, RN
University of Miami
![Elkhatib Smidt YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Elkhatib-Smidt-YIRF-2020.jpg)
Stacey Elkhatib Smidt, MD
Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania
![YIRF_Recipients-2020_Gaffey_282x282](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/YIRF_Recipients-2020_Gaffey_282x282.jpg)
Allison Gaffey, PhD
Yale School of Medicine
![Hassan YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Hassan-YIRF-2020.jpg)
Syed Moin Hassan, MD
University of Vermont
![Hoddy YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Hoddy-YIRF-2020.jpg)
Kristin Hoddy, PhD1
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
![Imamura YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Imamura-YIRF-2020.png)
Toshihiro Imamura, MD
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
![Jones YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Jones-YIRF-2020.jpg)
Melissa Jones, MD
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine
![YIRF_Recipients-2020_Kaar_282x282](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/YIRF_Recipients-2020_Kaar_282x282.jpg)
Jill Kaar, PhD
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
![Lee YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Lee-YIRF-2020.jpg)
Ellen Lee, MD
University of California San Diego
![Limbekar YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Limbekar-YIRF-2020.jpg)
Naina Limbekar, MD, MPH
Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Massachusetts General Hospital
![Locke YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Locke-YIRF-2020.png)
Brian Locke, MD
University of Utah
![YIRF_Recipients-2020_Lucchini_282x282](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/YIRF_Recipients-2020_Lucchini_282x282.jpg)
Maristella Lucchini, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center
![Mazzotti YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Mazzotti-YIRF-2020.jpg)
Diego Mazzotti, PhD
University of Kansas Medical Center
![Mithani YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Mithani-YIRF-2020.png)
Sara Mithani, RN, BSN, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago and National Institutes of Nursing Research
![Moloney YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Moloney-YIRF-2020.jpg)
Mairead Moloney, PhD1
University of Kentucky
![Motz YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Motz-YIRF-2020.png)
Kevin Motz, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
![YIRF_Recipients-2020_Nair_282x282](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/YIRF_Recipients-2020_Nair_282x282.jpg)
Neetu Nair, PhD
University of Missouri Hospital
![Pena Orbea YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Pena-Orbea-YIRF-2020.jpg)
Cinthya Pena Orbea, MD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
![Peoples YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Peoples-YIRF-2020.jpg)
Anita Peoples, PhD, MPH
Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah
![YIRF_Recipients-2020_Powell_282x282](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/YIRF_Recipients-2020_Powell_282x282.jpg)
Weston Powell, MD, PhD
Seattle Children’s Hospital/University of Washington
![Puzino YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Puzino-YIRF-2020.jpg)
Kristina Puzino, PhD
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
![Rogers YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Rogers-YIRF-2020.png)
April Rogers, MD, MPH, MBA
St. John’s University
![Roth YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Roth-YIRF-2020.jpg)
Alicia Roth, PhD
Cleveland Clinic
![Speed YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Speed-YIRF-2020.jpg)
Katrina Speed, PhD1
Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention
![YIRF_Recipients-2020_Tighe_282s282](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/YIRF_Recipients-2020_Tighe_282s282.jpg)
Caitlan Tighe, PhD1
Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System
![Tolbert YIRF 2020](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/Tolbert-YIRF-2020.jpg)
Thomas Tolbert, MD
Mount Sinai Hospital
![YIRF_Recipients-2020_Whitehurst_282c282](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/YIRF_Recipients-2020_Whitehurst_282c282.jpg)
Lauren Whitehust, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
1Supported by the Sleep Research Society Foundation