2025

8:30-9:00 a.m.         Registration & poster setup

9:00-10:00 a.m.       Trainee platform presentations

Yiming Qiu:  Longitudinal Association of Sleep Quality and Duration with Motor Cognitive Risk Syndrome in Chinese Older Adults: Evidence from CHARLS

Kazuhiro Kon:  Cortical Parvalbumin Neurons are Responsible for Homeostatic Sleep Rebound Through CaMKII Activation

Cynthia Wang:  Youth with Delayed Sleep Phase Have Reduced Adiponectin Levels: The Charisma Study

Heather Altier:  Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Improves Pain Sequelae in Traumatic Brain Injury: Preliminary Subgroup Analyses

10:00-10:15 a.m.     Coffee break

10:15-11:15 a.m.     Trainee platform presentations

Ruchi Komal:  ipRGC Properties Prevent Light From Shifting the SCN Clock During the Daytime

Chunyu Liu:  Circadian Rest-Activity Rhythms and Epigenetic Age Acceleration in Older Adults

Kathryn Cheong:  Sleep and Circadian Rhythm Disruption by NPTX2 Loss of Function Via Orexin Pathway

Shreya Papneja:  Sleep Regularity and Duration Are Associated with Depression Severity: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

 11:15-12:00 p.m.     Lunch

 12:00-2:00 p.m.       Poster session

                                 Odd numbered posters: 12-1 p.m.

                                 Even numbered posters: 1-2 p.m.

 2:00-3:00 p.m.        Richard P. Allen Distinguished Lectureship in Sleep and Circadian Rhythms

Keynote speaker:  Amita Sehgal, PhD

"Unlocking the Metabolic Mysteries of Sleep"

John Herr Musser Professor

University of Pennsylvania

3:00-4:00 p.m.         Reception and award presentations

2025 Organizing Committee

Mark Wu, M.D., Ph.D. Adam Spira, Ph.D. Luis Buenaver, Ph.D.

Valerie Paasch, Ph.D. David Neubauer, M.D. Jonathan Jun, M.D.

Junxin Li, Ph.D., M.S., R.N. Sarah Wanigatunga, C.C.R.C.

Inga Antonsdottir, Ph.D., D.N.P.

2025 Sponsors

Alkermes

ApniMed

Avadel Pharmaceuticals 

Axsome Therapeutics

Harmony Biosciences

Inspire Medical

Jazz Pharmaceuticals

LivaNova

Resmed, Inc.