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.
2012 YIRF Young Investigators and Faculty
| Amy Atkeson, MD | Columbia University Medical Center |
| Karim Awad, MD | Brigham Hospital |
| Tina Burke, PhD | University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Brian E. Cade, PhD | Harvard Medical School |
| Joseph Daley, MD, PhD | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
| Ina Donlagic, MD | BIDMC-Harvard Medical School |
| Katherine Dudley, MD | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center |
| Constance Fung, MD | VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System |
| Salvatore Insana, PhD | Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic |
| Peggy Keller, PhD | University of Kentucky |
| Christopher Kline, PhD | University of Kentucky |
| Brian Koo, MD | University Hospitals Case Medical Center |
| Andrea Landis, PhD, RN | University of Washington |
| Daniel Lesser, MD | Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego |
| Miranda Lim, MD, PhD | University of Pennsylvana School of Medicine |
| Amy Lowery, PhD | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
| Meghna Mansukhani, MBBS | Mayo Clinic |
| Skye Ochsner Margolies, PhD | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Angela McDowell, PhD | University of Pittsburgh-Sleep Medicine Department |
| Abhishek Pandey, MD | Brooklyn Health Disparities Center |
| Michelle M. Perfect, PhD | University of Arizona |
| Priya Prashad, MD | University of Pennsylvania |
| Alberto Ramos, MD | Northwestern University |
| Natalie Shaw, MD | Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Krishna Sundar, MBBS, MD | Intermountain Health Care |
| Adrienne Tucker, PhD | University of Colorado, Boulder |
| Harneet Walia, MD | Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine |
| Andrew Westwood, MD | Boston University School of Medicine |
| Rhiannan Williams, PhD | BIDMC-Harvard Medical School |
| Chunbai Zhang, MD | Sleep Health Center |
| Sairam Parthasarathy, MD (Chair) | University of Arizona |
| Daniel Buysse, MD | University of Pittsburgh |
| Christopher O’Donnell, PhD | University of Pittsburgh |
| Sanjay Patel, MD | Brigham and Women’s Hospital |
| Grace Pien, MD | University of Pennsylvania |
| Susan Redline, MD | Brigham and Women’s Hospital |
| Tom Rice, MD | University of Pittsburgh |
| Phyllis Zee, MD, PhD | Northwestern University |
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.