Mary A. Carskadon Outstanding Educator Award
The nomination period for 2025 awards is now closed. The nomination period for 2026 SRS Awards will open late August 2025.
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.
Selection criteria focus on educational contributions that 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.
Questions? Please contact the SRS Coordinator at coordinator@srsnet.org.
2025 Recipient
“Thank you so much for this incredible honor of being selected as the recipient of the 2025 Mary A. Carskadon Outstanding Educator Award. I am deeply humbled and grateful to be recognized among such an esteemed group of educators and researchers in the field of sleep medicine.
To be associated with the legacy of Dr. Mary Carskadon, a pioneer in sleep education and research, is an extraordinary privilege. Teaching and mentoring have always been among my greatest joys, and this award inspires me to continue striving to make a positive impact in disseminating sleep research and fostering growth within our community.
I have been fortunate to learn from and be guided by exceptional mentors throughout my career, and they have shaped the educator and mentor I am today. This award symbolizes the opportunity I now have to walk in their footsteps, sharing knowledge and fostering growth in my own mentees. It is deeply fulfilling to give back in this way, carrying forward the spirit of mentorship and collaboration that has been so generously shared with me.”
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