The American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation (AASM Foundation) has chosen three sleep scientists to receive career development awards. Their research projects will explore slow wave sleep after stroke, mechanisms of cataplexy, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in World Trade Center responders. “The AASM [...]
The recent findings from an AASM Foundation Strategic Research Award-funded study, “Recognition and Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Older Americans,” were published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. The study has also been selected to feature in Wiley’s Research Headlines - [...]
DARIEN, IL - Two students have been chosen as winners of the 2018 American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation (AASM Foundation) "Make Time 2 Sleep" High School Video Contest, which focused on motivating teens to prioritize the importance of sleep in their lives. The 2018 contest [...]
Sleep medicine is an ever-changing field, and the American Sleep Medicine Foundation is making changes to stay at the forefront of sleep research! We’ve taken on a new name: We are now the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation (AASM Foundation). This new name reaffirms [...]
The AASM Foundation invited teens to participate in the 2018 “Make Time 2 Sleep” High School Video Contest, which focused on motivating teens to prioritize the importance of sleep in their lives. The contest is open to U.S. high school students in grades 9 [...]
Ninety percent of Americans use light-emitting electronic devices, such as smartphones and laptops, in the hour before bed, despite the fact that such behavior is associated with symptoms of insomnia. The obvious solution is to ditch the technology, but people rarely heed this advice. [...]
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation (AASM Foundation) congratulates the three recipients of the 2018 Focused Projects Award. Each recipient will receive up to $20,000 to fund their project: Yu Sun Bin, MD – University of Sydney Focused Projects Award - Educational “An [...]
Since it was established by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine in 1998, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation (AASM Foundation) has provided more than $12 million in funding to support projects in the fields of sleep medicine and sleep research. The AASM [...]
DARIEN, IL – The American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation (AASM Foundation) has chosen two sleep scientists to receive research awards, and two dentists also have been selected to receive research awards from the AASM Foundation through a new partnership with the American Academy of Dental [...]
DARIEN, IL - Three students have been chosen as winners of the 2017 American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation (AASM Foundation) "Sleep Recharges You" High School Video Contest, which focused on motivating teens to prioritize the importance of sleep in their lives. "The American Sleep Medicine [...]
