The Young Investigators Research Forum (YIRF) is a program designed to aid the career development of promising early career investigators in circadian and sleep research by providing opportunities to network with senior sleep investigators, exposure funding agencies, and sleep funding mechanisms, refine their research ideas, and guidance to thrive in an academic sleep research career.
The YIRF is sponsored by Avadel and ResMed. Additional support is provided by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society Foundation.
The following are the trainees that were accepted and will be participating in the YIRF 2024.
![Atqiya Aishah](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Atqiya-Aishah.png)
Atqiya Aishah, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
![Velarie_Ansu](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Velarie_Ansu.png)
Velarie Ansu, PhD
Feinberg School of Medicine. Northwestern University
![Daniel Callow](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Daniel-Callow.png)
Daniel Callow, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
![Caitlin Carroll](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Caitlin-Carroll.png)
Caitlin Carroll, PhD1
Wake Forest University
![Caroline Doyle](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Caroline-Doyle.png)
Caroline Doyle, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
![Alexander Erickson](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Alexander-Erickson.png)
Alexander Erickson, PhD
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System GRECC
![Naomi Gaggi](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Naomi-Gaggi.png)
Naomi Gaggi, PhD
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
![Joshua Gills](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Joshua-Gills.png)
Joshua Gills, PhD
New York University Langone Health
![Aaron Glick](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Aaron-Glick.png)
Aaron Glick, DDS2
Ember Sleep
![Breanna Holloway](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Breanna-Holloway.png)
Breanna Holloway, PhD
University of California, San Diego
![Elizabeth Holzhausen](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Elizabeth-Holzhausen.png)
Elizabeth Holzhausen, PhD
University of Colorado Boulder
![Sina Kianersi](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Sina-Kianersi.png)
Sina Kianersi, PhD, DVM
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
![Stephen Lau](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Stephen-Lau.png)
Stephen Lau, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine
![Xiaoyue Liu](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Xiaoyue-Liu.png)
Xiaoyue Liu, PhD, RN
New York University
![Gina Mason](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Gina-Mason.png)
Gina Mason, PhD1
Alpert Medical School/Bradley Hospital (EP Bradley Hospital Sleep Research Laboratory)
![Kendall Nichols](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Kendall-Nichols.png)
Kendall Nichols, MD
Emory University
![Nathan Nowalk](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Nathan-Nowalk.png)
Nathan Nowalk, MD
University of Chicago
![Caitlin Paquet](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Caitlin-Paquet.png)
Caitlin Paquet, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
![Oscar Ramirez](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Oscar-Ramirez.png)
Oscar Ramirez Plascencia, PhD1
BIDMC Harvard Medical School
![Kaitlin Potts](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Kaitlin-Potts.png)
Kaitlin Potts, PhD
The Brigham and Women’s Hospital
![Julia Roncoroni](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Julia-Roncoroni.png)
Julia Roncoroni, PhD
University of Denver
![Bruno Saconi](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Bruno-Saconi.png)
Bruno Saconi, PhD, RN
Geisinger
![Linda Sangalli](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Linda-Sangalli.png)
Linda Sangalli, DDS, MS, MS, PhD2
Midwestern University
![Aarti Sathyanarayana](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Aarti-Sathyanarayana.png)
Aarti Sathyanarayana, PhD
Northeastern University
![Brooke Shafer](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Brooke-Shafer.png)
Brooke Shafer, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University
![Rupsha Singh](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Rupsha-Singh.png)
Rupsha Singh, PhD
National Institute on Aging
![Christine So](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Christine-So.png)
Christine So, PhD
Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center
![Haoqi Sun](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Haoqi-Sun.png)
Haoqi Sun, PhD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
![Tue Te](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Tue-Te.png)
Tue Te, MD
Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania
![Mark Thomas](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Mark-Thomas.png)
Mark Thomas, PhD
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
![Youmeng Wang](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Youmeng-Wang.png)
Youmeng Wang, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
![Megan Wenzell](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Megan-Wenzell.png)
Megan Wenzell, PhD, RN1
Case Western Reserve University
![Sajila Wickramaratne](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Sajila-Wickramaratne.png)
Sajila Wickramaratne, PhD1
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
![Jing Zhang](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Jing-Zhang.png)
Jing Zhang, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School
![Charlie Zhong](https://foundation.aasm.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Charlie-Zhong.png)
Charlie Zhong, PhD, MPH
American Cancer Society
1Supported through a travel scholarship from the Sleep Research Society Foundation
2Supported through a travel scholarship from the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine