The AASM Foundation congratulates the 24 early career researchers selected to participate in the 13th annual Young Investigators Research Forum, taking place virtually February through August 2021. This unique research training program provides intense career-building and networking opportunities to top early career sleep investigators [...]
The AASM Foundation launched a Corporate Support Program in 2019 to create a new pathway for companies to invest in the sleep medicine community. Itamar Medical supports the AASM Foundation because they are committed to philanthropic support of clinical research and the AASM Foundation’s [...]
In the spirit of the fast approaching holiday season, the AASM Foundation invited members of the sleep community to join our President, Anita V. Shelgikar, MD, MHPE, and her co-host, Jeffrey S. Durmer, MD, PhD, for a special virtual Friendsgiving event on Tuesday, November [...]
To further its mission of promoting discoveries that advance the understanding of sleep for healthier lives, the AASM Foundation offers the Strategic Research Award. This award focuses on addressing gaps in knowledge that impact the ability to provide optimal, patient-centered, cost-effective diagnosis and care [...]
The AASM Foundation is committed to expanding the field of sleep medicine with highly qualified researchers and clinicians, which also aligns with the strategic goal of the AASM to expand the sleep team workforce of the future to improve access to high-quality sleep care. [...]
The AASM Foundation is joining the AASM in recognition of its first-ever Student Sleep Health Week, which aims to drive awareness of the importance of healthy sleep for students of all ages to learn, grow and thrive. Since its founding, the AASM Foundation has [...]
The AASM Foundation awarded nearly $850,000 in funding for the Strategic Research Award, supporting investigator-initiated, high-impact projects. The funded projects will explore the relationship between rest-activity rhythms and cardiovascular disease outcomes, expand understanding of idiopathic hypersomnia pathophysiology, investigate new oral appliance therapy models for [...]
The AASM Foundation launched a new program in 2020, the Sleep Research Program for Advancing Careers (SOAR), aimed at increasing the number of early-career investigators who successfully apply for external sleep research funding. The goal of the SOAR is to launch the research careers [...]
We have a national crisis of poor sleep and undiagnosed or untreated sleep disorders, creating a considerable need to address the gaps in knowledge that impact patient care. In 2018 the National Institutes of Health projected that funding for sleep research will decrease by [...]
The AASM Foundation congratulates Anita V. Shelgikar, MD, MHPE, who was elected by the Board of Directors to the position of President in June 2020. Dr. Shelgikar completed her medical degree at Wayne State University, neurology residency at Emory University and sleep medicine fellowship [...]
