Current Awardees

The Sleep Research Society Foundation congratulates the most recent winners of the J. Christian Gillin, MD, Research Grant and the Elliot D. Weitzman, MD, Research Grant. The SRSF will accept grant applications from SRS members from September through November each year.

2012 J. Christian Gillin, MD, Research Grant Recipients

Sudha Arunachalam, PhD
Boston University
Project Title: “Effects of sleep on word learning in preschoolers”

Olga Dergacheva, PhD
George Washington University
Project Title: “Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia Alters a REM Sleep Pathway to Parasympathetic Cardiac Neurons in the Brainstem”

Michelle M. Garrison, PhD
Seattle Children's Research Institute
Project Title: “Healthy Sleep Intervention for Preschool Children”

Jamie Cvengros, PhD
Rush University Medical Center
Project Title: Changes in Eating Behavior Following Initiation of CPAP"

2012 Elliot D. Weitzman, MD, Research Grant Recipient

Sigrid C. Veasey, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Project Title: "OSA Biomarker"

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