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 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 [...]
Christine Spadola, PhD, and Danielle Groton, PhD, are recipients of the 2018 Focused Projects Award – Educational. Learn more about how their project is improving sleep health knowledge and training among social work students. Christine Spadola, PhD, and Danielle Groton, PhD, are assistant professors [...]
Mary Beth Miller, PhD, is a recipient of the 2018 Bridge to Success Award, which led to securing a National Institutes of Health career development award. Heavy drinking and poor sleep health are commonly reported in returning veterans, and Mary Beth Miller, PhD, is [...]
Andrew W. Varga, MD, PhD, is a recipient of three AASM Foundation awards that allowed him to secure two large federal grants. Read more about Dr. Varga’s research on how obstructive sleep apnea impacts memory. Andrew W. Varga, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor [...]
An award recipient’s work leads to larger federal funding Omar Mesarwi, MD, is an assistant clinical professor of medicine at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. He received the 2017 Physician Scientist Training Award for his project, “Mechanisms of Liver Fibrosis [...]
Three award recipients collaborate to make a larger impact on sleep medicine Three recipients of the 2017 Strategic Research Award have projects that focus on the role of telemedicine, using the AASM SleepTM platform, in the evaluation and management of patients with insomnia. All [...]
2017 Focused Projects Award Dr. Levenson is a Clinical Psychologist and faculty member within the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. She is also affiliated with the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Health within the Department of Pediatrics, and she conducts [...]
2016 ABSM Junior Faculty Research Award Daniel Combs, MD, entered medical school with interest in neurocognitive effects of chronic disease. During a sleep medicine rotation in his pediatric residency at University of Arizona College of Medicine, Dr. Combs realized that sleep disorders, particularly sleep [...]
2015 Strategic Research Award Renée A. Shellhaas, MD, MS, chose to study the impacts of sleep physiology on newborn infants’ health and development after learning just how relevant complications were for both disabled and otherwise healthy children. She was surprised to learn that while [...]
