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, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Velarie Ansu, PhD
Feinberg School of Medicine. Northwestern University
Daniel Callow, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
Caitlin Carroll, PhD1
Wake Forest University
Caroline Doyle, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Alexander Erickson, PhD
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System GRECC
Naomi Gaggi, PhD
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Joshua Gills, PhD
New York University Langone Health
Aaron Glick, DDS2
Ember Sleep
Breanna Holloway, PhD
University of California, San Diego
Elizabeth Holzhausen, PhD
University of Colorado Boulder
Sina Kianersi, PhD, DVM
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Stephen Lau, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine
Xiaoyue Liu, PhD, RN
New York University
Gina Mason, PhD1
Alpert Medical School/Bradley Hospital (EP Bradley Hospital Sleep Research Laboratory)
Kendall Nichols, MD
Emory University
Nathan Nowalk, MD
University of Chicago
Caitlin Paquet, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Oscar Ramirez Plascencia, PhD1
BIDMC Harvard Medical School
Kaitlin Potts, PhD
The Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Julia Roncoroni, PhD
University of Denver
Bruno Saconi, PhD, RN
Geisinger
Linda Sangalli, DDS, MS, MS, PhD2
Midwestern University
Aarti Sathyanarayana, PhD
Northeastern University
Brooke Shafer, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University
Rupsha Singh, PhD
National Institute on Aging
Christine So, PhD
Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center
Haoqi Sun, PhD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Tue Te, MD
Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania
Mark Thomas, PhD
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Youmeng Wang, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Megan Wenzell, PhD, RN1
Case Western Reserve University
Sajila Wickramaratne, PhD1
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Jing Zhang, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School
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
