Mary A. Carskadon Outstanding Educator Award
Nominations for the 2026 SRS Awards are now closed. The next cycle will open in August of 2026.
The Mary A. Carskadon Outstanding Educator Award honors excellence in education in sleep and circadian research. This award honors an individual for their contributions that may include training sleep and circadian professionals, educating the general public, and furthering the principles of inclusive excellence.
The selection criteria focus on educational contributions may include:
- Disseminating the knowledge base and research methods of the sleep and circadian field.
- Increasing awareness of the health and safety significance of the sleep and circadian field.
- Teaching, mentoring, course development, educational publications (including textbooks, popular press books, or popular press articles), presentations (including mass media presentations), and/or outreach activities.
Please note that while the nominator must be an SRS member, the nominee does not need to hold membership. For self-nominations, the individual must be a member of the SRS. Current SRS board members and editors-in-chief are not eligible for this award.
Questions? Please contact the SRS Coordinator at coordinator@srsnet.org.
2026 Recipient
“It is a tremendous honor to receive this award from a society that shows such deep commitment to education and public outreach. I have benefitted from mentors who encouraged me to dream big, from an undergraduate education at Furman where I was lucky to learn from legendary instructors, and from faculty colleagues at Baylor who consistently supported innovative approaches to teaching. This award reflects the courage of hundreds of my students who stepped outside of their comfort zones, as well as the creativity of lab trainees and museum collaborators who helped bring sleep science to life through our exhibits. Most of all, I want to express my gratitude to the entire field of sleep and circadian science—it’s the discoveries made by SRS members that make teaching sleep so easy and rewarding.”
Past Recipients
2024 – Michael L. Perlis, PhD
2023 – Jacques Montplaisir, MD, PhD, FRCP
2022 – Kenneth P. Wright, Jr., PhD
2021 – Girardin Jean-Louis, PhD
2020 – Allan I. Pack, MBChB, PhD
2019 – Martica Hall, PhD
2018 – Sharon A. Keenan, REEGT, RPSGT, PhD, DABSM
2017 – Colin A. Espie, PhD, DSc
2016 – Jodi A. Mindell, PhD
2015 – Daniel J. Buysse, PhD
2014 – Michael Chase, PhD
2013 – Meir Kryger, MD, FRCPC and Robert W. McCarley, MD
2012 – Thomas Roth, PhD
2011 – Charles Czeisler, MD, PhD
2010 – Allan Rechtschaffen, PhD
2009 – David F. Dinges, PhD
2008 – Richard Bootzin, PhD
2007 – Sonia Ancoli-Israel, PhD
2006 – William Dement, MD, PhD
2005 – Mary Carskadon, PhD