Speakers and Sessions

Session 1: Craving Sleep and Rhythmicity

The objectives for this session are to explore both sleep and circadian contributions to substance use/abuse and potential implications for treatment.

Karen Gamble, PhD

Sleep Disruptions, Circadian Rhythms, and Smoking: Insights from the UAB CRAVESS Study

Morgan James, PhD

Sleep dysregulation during cocaine abstinence: the orexin (hypocretin) system as a therapeutic target

Ryan Logan, PhD

Sleep and Circadian Dysfunction in Opioid Use Disorder

Session 2: Sleep and Rhythms in Bloom: Sleep and Circadian Development

The objectives for this session are to understand the development of sleep and circadian rhythms and sleep and circadian disruption from infancy to adolescence.

Sarah Honaker, PhD

OSA Detection in Pediatric Populations: Why and How?

Lauren Hartstein, PhD

Circadian Physiology and Photosensitivity Across Early Childhood

Jimmy Dooley, PhD

Neural activity during REM sleep promotes the development of cortical motor control

Session 3: LIGHT of My Life

The objectives for this session are to explore new and novel research related to the role of light and retinal function on sleep, circadian rhythms and wellbeing.

Kathryn Roecklein, PhD

Pupillometry to measure ipRGC signaling in response to environmental light stimuli: Light sensitivity and Depression

Timothy Brown, PhD

Optimizing light exposure to support healthy daily rhythms

Gianluca Tosini, PhD

The retinal circadian clock modulates visual processing and photoreceptors viability during aging

Plenary Session 1: Balancing Act: The Crucial Roles of Wake and Sleep in Daily Life

Yang Dan, PhD

Clifford Saper, MD, PhD

Session 4: Biomarkers of Circadian Clocks and Sleep Quality: Genetic, Computational, and Clinical Perspectives

The objectives for this session are to explore biomarkers related to circadian rhythms and sleep quality from genetic, computational, and clinical perspectives, addressing their impact on health.

John Hogenesch, PhD

Building circadian medicine at a pediatric hospital

Jeanne Duffy, PhD

Plasma proteins as biomarkers for circadian rhythmicity

Christopher Depner, PhD

Plasma proteins as biomarkers for circadian rhythmicity

Session 5: Making Waves: Emerging Sleep Therapeutics

The objectives for this session are to explore emerging methods to modify sleep including but not limited to acoustic and transcranial stimulation, temperature manipulation and the use of pharmacological agents such as propofol.

Lisa Marshall, PhD

Stimulating waves – modulated efficacy of closed loop acoustic stimulation

Kenneth Diller, Sc. D., P.E.

Thermal Control of Circadian Function for Enhanced Sleep Onset and Blood Pressure Modulation

Ben Julian Palanca, MD, PhD

Leveraging Anesthetics and Neuromodulation to Manipulate Sleep

Session 6: Fluid Dynamics in the Brain: Multidisciplinary Insights into Neurodegeneration

The objectives of this session are to explore fluid dynamics in the brain, focusing on neurodegeneration through research on the choroid plexus, cerebrospinal fluid, and the glymphatic system. How sleep and circadian rhythms influence these processes will be explored.

Jen Strahle, MD

Title forthcoming

Ryann Fame, PhD

Diurnal regulation of choroid plexus modulates CSF composition and the blood-CSF barrier

Jeffrey Iliff, PhD

Defining sleep-active glymphatic function in the human brain

Plenary Session 2: Harnessing AI for Sleep and Circadian Science

Azizi Seixas, PhD

Rosemary Braun, PhD

Session 7: Sleeping and Timing for a Long, Healthy Life

The objectives for this session are to explore bidirectional mechanisms linking aging and sleep and circadian function and identify potential sleep/circadian therapies to support healthy aging.

Carla Green, PhD

The Circadian Clock Controls Health and Longevity

Amita Sehgal, PhD

Trimming brain fat with sleep

Alec Davidson, PhD

Environmental circadian disruption in animal models: from mortality and resilience to circadian omics

Session 8: Unraveling Mechanisms of Sleep and Rhythms: Exploring Non-Neuronal Pathways

This session will explore novel mechanisms of sleep and circadian regulation, including effects on non-neuronal cells and immune and metabolic links to circadian function and sleep.