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.

2011 J. Christian Gillin, MD, Research Grant Recipients

Christi S. Ulmer, PhD
Durham VA Medical Center (Duke University)
Project Title: “Is reduced blood pressure a consequence of improved sleep following a behavioral sleep intervention for adults with PTSD?”

Subhabrata Sanyal, PhD
Emory University School of Medicine – Cell Biology Department
Project Title: “Genetic modeling of Restless Legs Syndrome in Drosophila”

Joanna E. MacLean, MD, PhD
University of Alberta, Department of Pediatrics
Project Title: “A Follow-Up Study of Infants at High Risk of Sleep Disordered Breathing”

2011 Elliot D. Weitzman, MD, Research Grant Recipient

Marcos Frank, PhD
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Neuroscience
Project Title: "Astrocytic transducers of sleep propensity"

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