The AASM Foundation is pleased to welcome Avadel as the lead sponsor of the 13th annual Young Investigators Research Forum. This annual research training program is designed to position the participants for successful careers in circadian and sleep research. Since the sleep field is [...]
Dr. Eric Landsness is a physician scientist and a two-time AASM Foundation research award recipient who is on a quest to identify novel sleep-focused therapies that could enhance sleep and recovery after stroke. Eric Landsness, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department [...]
The AASM Foundation is joining the World Sleep Society to celebrate Word Sleep Day with an interactive activity for children and their parents and/or caregivers. This toolkit includes links to free educational resources and two coloring pages for kids to fill in with crayons, [...]
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) Foundation has partnered with the CHEST Foundation to jointly support a research grant in sleep medicine. This new partnership aligns with the AASM Foundation’s strategic goal of improving patient-centered sleep care through high-impact research and the CHEST [...]
The AASM Foundation is committed to developing the careers of sleep and circadian investigators. To meet this goal, the AASM Foundation encourages and supports the development of a diverse and well-trained sleep and circadian research workforce. The AASM Foundation recently launched the Diversity Supplement [...]
The AASM Foundation awarded nearly $400,000 in career development awards to support sleep clinicians and researchers at various stages of their careers. The funded projects will examine racial disparities in the association of slow wave sleep and plasma Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio, study the interaction between [...]
In July 2019, the AASM Foundation launched the Community Sleep Health Award with the aim of supporting projects dedicated to addressing sleep health needs in underserved populations across the country. By gathering data on the sleep habits of adolescents in detention centers, developing and [...]
The AASM Foundation is committed to expanding the pipeline of future physicians interested in sleep medicine by providing a new outreach effort to medical students. The AASM Foundation has partnered with the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation to fund a new scholarship being administered [...]
Dr. Swanson’s research team From left to right: Leslie Swanson, PhD, Principal Investigator; Trevor de Sibour, Research Assistant; Kelley DuBuc, Research Coordinator Dr. Leslie Swanson is a clinical researcher who, amid a pandemic, is working towards finding new strategies for treating patients with delayed [...]
Dear Colleagues, Challenging times require us to work together in new ways to bring sleep research and career training opportunities to a broader, more diverse population. Working together also enables the AASM Foundation to build new partnerships with our peers allowing us to make [...]
