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.
2021 YIRF Young Investigators
Christian Agudelo, MD
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Sarah Burkart, MPH, PhD
University of South Carolina
Lauren Castner, DO
Children’s Wisconsin Milwaukee
Eileen Condon, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC
Yale University
Makayla Cordoza, PhD, RN, CCRN-K
University of Pennsylvania
Fusun Doldur Balli, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Sarah Emert, PhD
The University of Arizona
Jacqueline Geer, MD
Yale University
Sadia Ghani, MD
University of Arizona
Gita Gupta, MD
University of Michigan
Alisa Huskey, PhD
University of Arizona
Vlad Ianus, MD, MPH
University of New Mexico
Ashley Ingiosi, PhD
Washington State University
Daniel Joyce, PhD
University of Nevada, Reno
Matthew Lehrer, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Peng Li, PhD
University of Utah
Elizabeth Mahanna Gabrielli, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Jennifer Miller, PhD, APRN-NP
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Mairead Moloney, PhD
University of Kentucky
Ann Revill, PhD
Midwestern University
Christine St. Laurent, MS, MPH, PhD
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Melanie Stearns, PhD
University of Missouri
Michelle Stepan, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Pahnwat Taweesedt, MD
Corpus Christi Medical Center
| Suzie Bertisch, MD, MPH (Chair) | Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School |
| Andrew W. Varga, MD, PhD (Vice Chair) | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
| Carmela Alcántara, PhD | Columbia University School of Social Work |
| Indu Ayappa, PhD | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
| M. Safwan Badr, MD, MBA | Wayne State University School of Medicine |
| Nalaka Gooneratne, MD, MSc, ABSM | University of Pennsylvania |
| Martica Hall, PhD | University of Pittsburgh |
| Jennifer L. Martin, PhD | VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System |
| Sairam Parthasarathy, MD | University of Arizona |
| Sanjay R. Patel MD, MS | University of Pittsburgh |
| Susan Redline, MD, MPH | Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School |
| Katherine M. Sharkey, MD, PhD | The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University |
| Adam P. Spira, PhD | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
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.