2023 YIRF Young Investigators
![YIRF2023Headshots_Sydney-Aten](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Sydney-Aten-1.jpg)
Sydney Aten, PhD1
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
![YIRF2023Headshots_Lauren-Barber](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Lauren-Barber.jpg)
Lauren Barber, PhD, MSc
Emory University
![YIRF2023Headshots_Anthony-Briggs](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Anthony-Briggs.jpg)
Anthony Briggs, PhD
NYU Langone Health
![YIRF2023Headshots_Leandro-Brito](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Leandro-Brito.jpg)
Leandro Brito, PhD1
Oregon Health and Science University
![YIRF2023Headshots_Yi-Cai](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Yi-Cai.jpg)
Yi Cai, MD
University of Pennsylvania
![YIRF2023Headshots_Christopher-Cano](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Christopher-Cano.jpg)
Christopher Cano, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital
![YIRF2023Headshots_Katie-Cederberg](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Katie-Cederberg.jpg)
Katie Cederberg, PhD
Stanford University
![YIRF2023Headshots_Rebecca-Cox](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Rebecca-Cox.jpg)
Rebecca Cox, PhD
University of Colorado
![YIRF2023Headshots_Johanna-Elumn](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Johanna-Elumn.jpg)
Johanna Elumn, PhD
Yale University
![YIRF2023Headshots_Sarah-Ferraro](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Sarah-Ferraro.jpg)
Sarah Ferraro, PhD
Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
![YIRF2023Headshots_Garcia-Anton](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Garcia-Anton.png)
Desiree Garcia Anton, MD
University of Miami
![YIRF2023Headshots_Chenlu-Gao](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Chenlu-Gao.jpg)
Chenlu Gao, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital
![YIRF2023Headshots_Luciana-Giorgio-Cosenzo](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Luciana-Giorgio-Cosenzo.jpg)
Luciana Giorgio Cosenzo, PhD, MSW1
University of Alabama School of Social Work
![YIRF2023Headshots_Suzanne-Gorovoy](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Suzanne-Gorovoy.jpg)
Suzanne Gorovoy, PhD
University of Arizona
![YIRF2023Headshots_Ian-Greenlund](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Ian-Greenlund.jpg)
Ian Greenlund, PhD1
Mayo Clinic
![YIRF2023Headshots_Nicole-Gumport](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Nicole-Gumport.jpg)
Nicole Gumport, PhD
Stanford University
![YIRF2023Headshots_Amy-Hartman](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Amy-Hartman.jpg)
Amy Hartman, PhD, OTR/L1
University of Pittsburgh
![YIRF2023Headshots_Melissa-Horger](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Melissa-Horger.jpg)
Melissa Horger, PhD
Temple University
![YIRF2023Headshots_Asuka-Ishihara](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Asuka-Ishihara.jpg)
Asuka Ishihara, PhD
National Institute of Health
![YIRF2023Headshots_Sulafa-Kadura](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Sulafa-Kadura.jpg)
Sullafa Kadura, MD, MBA
University of Rochester Medical Center
![YIRF2023Headshots_Jess-Meyer](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Jess-Meyer.jpg)
Jess Meyer, PhD, MS, MA
University of Kansas Medical Center
![YIRF2023Headshots_Alyssa Minnick](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Alyssa-Minnick.jpg)
Alyssa Minnick, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
![YIRF2023Headshots_Ogechukwu-Obiano](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Ogechukwu-Obiano.jpg)
Ogechukwu Obiano, MD
University of Iowa
![YIRF2023Headshots_Shameka-Rogers-Phillips](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Shameka-Rogers-Phillips.jpg)
Shameka Phillips, PhD, MSN
University of Washington
![YIRF2023Headshots_Sachin-Shah](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Sachin-Shah.jpg)
Sachin Shah, MD, MS
Indiana University School of Medicine
![YIRF2023Headshots_Oleksii-Shandra](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Oleksii-Shandra.jpg)
Oleksii Shandra, PhD
Florida International University
![YIRF2023Headshots_Cynthia-Tchio](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Cynthia-Tchio.jpg)
Cynthia Tchio, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
![YIRF2023Headshots_Zhikui-Wei](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Zhikui-Wei.jpg)
Zhikui Wei, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
![YIRF2023Headshots_Chia-Lun-Yang](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Chia-Lun-Yang.jpg)
Chia-Lun Yang, PhD
University of Michigan
![YIRF2023Headshots_Westley-Youngren](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/YIRF2023Headshots_Westley-Youngren.jpg)
Westley Youngren, PhD
Canandaigua VA Center of Excellence for Suicide Research
1Supported by the Sleep Research Society Foundation