Young Investigators Research Forum

Meet the Young Investigators Research Forum 2025 Trainees

Priscilla Amofa-Ho, MA, MS, PhD
University of South Florida

Katyayini Aribindi, MD
University of California-Davis

Alexander Baumgartner, MD
University of Colorado

Miranda Chappel-Farley, PhD1
University of Pittsburgh

Chad Coleman, PhD1
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Lauren Hartstein, PhD
University of Arizona

Dana Kamara, PhD
University of Colorado

Kat Kennedy, PhD
University of Arizona

Erin Kishman, PhD1
Colorado State University

Joshua Landvatter, PhD
University of Utah

Ari Leonhard, MD
University of Washington Medical Center

G. Max Liu, MD, PhD
Washington University in St. Louis

Linda Magaña, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania

Clarisa Medina Poeliniz, PhD, MSN, APN, CPNP
University of Utah

Christina Mu, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Brittanny Polanka, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Joel Raymond, PhD, BSc
Rutgers University

David Reichenberger, PhD1
Oregon Health & Science University

Kimberly Savin, PhD, MPH
VA San Diego Healthcare System

Jelaina Shipman-Lacewell, PhD
Emory University

Garima Sinha, DMD
University of Illinois at Chicago

Ivy Wei, DDS, MS, PhD2
University of Michigan

Kelcie Willis, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Fernanda Yanez-Regonesi, DDS, MS2
University of Kentucky

Phoebe Yu, MD, MPH
University of Pennsylvania

Afsara Zaheed, PhD1
University of Pittsburgh

Li Zhou, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

1Supported through a travel scholarship from the Sleep Research Society Foundation

2Supported through a travel scholarship from the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine

Raj C. Dedhia, MD, MSCR (Chair) University of Pennsylvania
Kelly Baron, PhD University of Utah
Daniel Buysse, MD University of Pittsburgh
Mary Carskadon, PhD Bradley Hospital Sleep Research Laboratory
Galit Levi Dunietz, PhD University of Michigan
Dayna Johnson, PhD Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
Jennifer Martin, PhD University of California, Los Angeles
Sairam Parthasarathy, MD University of Arizona
Katie Sharkey, MD, PhD The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Stacey Simon, PhD University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Jamie Zeitzer, PhD Stanford University