Standing Committees
The Sleep Research Society invites members to participate in a standing committee. Volunteer committee members provide an invaluable service to the organization and to members by contributing to initiatives and projects that are critical to the field of sleep and circadian research. Members also gain professional enrichment through the diverse activities of a committee.
Volunteering on a Committee
Members can share their professional expertise and volunteer for an SRS standing committee. Volunteers must be able to participate in committee conference calls as frequently as once per month. While we accept volunteer submissions all year long, committee members are placed on the respective committee in April of each year for the upcoming three-year term, which begins in June each year.
To volunteer, please complete the following online form and submit your CV summary, no longer than two pages, or an NIH Biosketch to coordinator@srsnet.org or by mail to 2510 North Frontage Road, Darien, IL 60561.
Active Committees
Charge
The Communications Committee shall determine optimal communication strategies and tools, facilitate media outreach, and give members a greater sense of ownership in the Society. The Committee will implement novel strategies to engage the non-member sleep research community.
Committee Members
| James (Tim) McKenna, PhD – Chair | Patricia Carter, PhD – Vice Chair |
| Maria Inês Clara, MS | Christopher Depner, PhD |
| Erin Flynn-Evans, PhD | Brianna George |
| Shivani Gianani | Luciana Giorgio Cosenzo, PhD, MSW |
| Marie Gombert, PhD | Zlatan Krizan, PhD |
| Steven Miller | Sadia Naqshbandi, MBBS, RPSGT, RST |
| Michael Scullin, PhD | Dayna Johnson, PhD, MPH, MS – Communications Committee Liaison |
Charge
The Conflict of Interest Committee’s mandate is to assist the Board of Directors with the annual review of the SRS’s conflict of interest policies and implementation of the conflict of interest policy. The committee serves as a panel to review potential conflicts of interest and make final determinations about resolution of potential conflicts. All determinations of the committee will be considered final and do not require approval from the Board of Directors.
The committee shall consist of three members. The Secretary/Treasurer will serve as Chair of the COI Committee. The other two members will be the Immediate Past President and a member-at-large as elected by the SRS membership for a two-year term.
Committee Members
| Stephanie J. Crowley, PhD | Namni Goel, PhD |
| Peter L. Franzen, PhD |
Mandate
The goal of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Committee is to broaden the perspectives and impact of sleep and circadian science. To that end, the committee will assess the SRS membership and leadership, and recommend strategies to improve diversity, equity and inclusion within the SRS’s leadership and membership. The Committee will identify barriers that may deter sleep/circadian researchers from underrepresented groups from becoming and remaining SRS members and continuing to contribute to the field in an academic or research environment of inclusive excellence. The committee will develop and implement initiatives to improve our recruitment and retention of members who would contribute to diversity, equity, and inclusivity in the sleep and circadian science field.
Committee Members
| Rosemary Estevez Burns, PhD – Chair | Carleara Weiss, PhD, Vice Chair |
| Samantha Conley, PhD, RN | Mattina Davenport, PhD |
| Sammy Dhaliwal, PhD | Dimitrios Kantas, MD |
| Kelly Kim, BS | Jennette Moreno, PhD |
| Amrita Pal, PhD | Katrina Rodheim |
| Darlynn Rojo-Wissar, PhD, MPH | Melanie Stearns, PhD |
| Hash Brown Taha, MSc | Michelle Thompson, PhD, LMHC |
| Yuan Zhang, PhD, RN | Ivan Vargas, PhD |
| Danielle Wallace, MPH, PhD | Philip Cheng, PhD – Board Liaison |
Mandate
The Membership Committee will determine benefits the SRS provides, to allow maximum membership values all the while increasing membership revenue. The Committee will find methods to recognize Members’ contributions and excellence while implementing novel strategies to engage the non-member sleep research community.
Committee Members
| Tony J. Cunningham, PhD – Chair | Jessica Lunsford-Avery, PhD – Vice Chair |
| Mohammad Badran | Allison Brager, PhD |
| Lauren Covington, PhD, RN | Andrew Hou |
| Lovemore Kunorozva, PhD | Aaron Lam |
| Joyce K. Lee-Iannotti, MD | Katie McCullar, PhD |
| Andrew McHill, PhD | Ariel Neikrug |
| Oleksii Shandra, MD, PhD | Anjana Subramoniam |
| Megan E. Petrov, PhD – Board Liaison |
Mandate
The Pipeline Development Committee will work to increase trainee selectivity, target training activities at appropriate levels, improve metrics to measure success of training programs, develop cross lab training opportunities–including global opportunities and facilitate Jr/Sr networking and mentoring.
Committee Members
| Jennifer Goldschmied, PhD – Chair | Andrew Beaudin, PhD – Vice Chair |
| Miranda Chappel-Farley, PhD | Amy Costa |
| Jimmy Fraigne, PhD | Daniel Joyce, PhD |
| Bomin Jeon, PhD, MSN, RN | Satvinder Kaur, PhD |
| Misol Kwon | Michele Okun, PhD |
| Bruno Saconi, PhD, MA, RN | Rupsha Singh, PhD |
| Kristen Stone, PhD | Robert Joseph Thomas, MD |
| Delainey Wescott, MS | Amy Hartman, PhD – TEAC Representative |
| Miranda M. Lim, MD, PhD – Board Liaison |
Mandate
To develop an SRS-only meeting in the off year from the Gordon Conference. Provide feedback to Program Committee and Board about the SRS component of the APSS meeting, including identifying hot topics.
Committee Members
| Kathryn Reid, PhD – Chair | Erik Musiek, MD, PhD – Vice Chair |
| Caitlin Carroll | Rebecca Cox, PhD |
| Chenlu Gao, PhD | Lauren Hartstein |
| Jessica Mong, PhD | Sara Nowakowski, PhD |
| Ketema Paul, PhD | Ana Pocivavsek, PhD |
| Jingyi Qian, PhD | Aarti Sathyanarayana, PhD |
| Ari Schecter | Andrea Spaeth, PhD |
| Sridhar Sunderam | S. Justin Thomas, PhD |
| Bruna Visniauskas, PhD | Julio Fernandez-Mendoza, PhD, DBSM – Board Liaison |
Mandate
The Scientific Review Committee will make recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding the Society’s award programs; oversee the full award process, from implementation to evaluation of the Early-Stage Investigators Award Program, including the scoring of applications to the Society’s award programs. This committee abides by current NIH COI recommendations in all review matters.
Committee Members
| Nayantara Santhi, PhD – Chair | Marie-Hélène Pennestri, PhD – Vice Chair |
| Leandro Brito, PhD | Omonigho Michael Bubu, MD, PhD, MPH |
| Lei Gao, MD | Reut Gruber, PhD |
| Shahah Haghayegh, PhD | Tianyi Huang |
| Faith Luyster, PhD | Natalie Michael, PhD |
| Freda Patterson, PhD | Yueqing Peng, PhD |
| Shadab Rahman, PhD | Irma Rukhadze, PhD |
| Yeonsu Song, PhD, RN, FNP | Nancy Stewart, DO |
| Marie-Pierre St-Onge, PhD | Saurabh Thosar, PhD |
| Nancy Vendrame, PhD | Mark Wu, MD, PhD |
| Jing Zhang, PhD | Cathy Alessi, MD – Board Liaison |
Mandate
The Trainee Education Advisory Committee (TEAC) implements career development activities at the annual SLEEP meeting.
Committee Members
| Cassie Hilditch, PhD – Vice Chair | Amy Hartman, PhD, OTR/L |
| Noah Andrews | Michelle Bridi, PhD |
| Ruth Brombach, MS | Jaime K. Devine, PhD |
| Idiatou Diallo, MPH | Rachel Jansen, PhD |
| Nana Jiao | Chooza Moon, PhD, RN |
| Casandra Nyhuis, MHS | David Reichenberger, PhD – Trainee Member-at-Large Elect |
| Alexandria Reynolds, PhD | Courtney Wright |
| Cynthia Tchio, PhD – Trainee Member-at-Large |