Past Awardees

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"

2010 J. Christian Gillin, MD, Research Grant Recipients

Stephanie Crowley, PhD
Institution: Rush University (Chicago), Biological Rhythms Research Lab
Project Title: A Light Phase Response Curve to Treat Delayed Sleep in Adolescents

Katherine M. Sharkey, PhD
Institution: Brown University, Alpert Medical School
Project Title: Sleep and Circadian Phase Disruption in Postpartum Depression

Robert (Vincent) Gerbasi, PhD
Institution: University of Chicago Medical School
Project Title: Molecular Signatures of Sleep Apnea in Endothelial Cell

2010 Elliot D. Weitzman, MD, Research Grant Recipient

Hans Van Dongen, PhD
Institution: Washington State University, Spokane
Project Title: Biomarkers of Vulnerability to Sleep Loss

2009 J. Christian Gillin, MD Research Grant

Carlos Blanco-Centurion, PhD
Institution: Harvard Medical School
Project Title: Effect of Multiple Lesions of the Arousal Neurons on the Sleep Homeostatic Response

Jun Cai, MD, PhD
Institution: University of Louisville, Kosair Children’s Hospital
Project Title: Vulnerability of Defective Myelin to Intermittent Hypoxia during sleep

Giancarlo Vannini, MD
Institution: University of Michigan
Project Title: Modulation of Sleep and Wakefulness by Extrasynaptic Y-Aminobutyric Acid A (GABAA) Receptors

2008 J. Christian Gillin, MD Research Grant

Yuka Sasaki, PhD
Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital
Project Title: MRI-constrained spectral imaging of spontaneous neuromagnetic activity during sleep in human cortex associated with visual learning

Nancy Johnston, DVM
Institution: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Project Title: Sleep fragmentation, the metabolic syndrome, and diabetes in mice

Mirjam Munch, PhD
Institution: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Project Title: Circadian light effects and fMRI - a pilot study

Anna Kalinchuk, PhD
Institution: Harvard Medical School-Boston VA Healthcare System
Project Title: Nitric oxide-mediated mechanisms of lseep regulation: spatial and temporal aspects

Sanofi-Aventis/SRSF Sleep Fellowship

Natalia Tulina, PhD
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Project Title: Function of Sleep in the Regulation of stem cell activity

2007 J. Christian Gillin, MD Research Grant

Christoph Nissen, MD
Institution: Universitatsklinikum Freiburg in Freiburg, Germany
Project Title: Sleep-Related Neuroplasticity in Depression

Robyn Stremler, PhD, RN
Institution: University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada
Project Title: Sleep Disturbances in Hospitalized Children

2007 Elliott D. Weitzman, MD Research Grant

Mary Carskadon, PhD
Institution: Brown University Medical School in Providence, RI