Virtual Seminar Series

A resource to support career development by providing opportunities for trainees and early career investigators to deliver professional talks to an audience of peers and colleagues through online seminars. Our goal is to provide a resource for Sleep Research Society members at all levels of training to get continued exposure to new and exciting sleep and circadian research methods and findings.

Interested in hosting a seminar or nominating someone to host a seminar? Email coordinator@srsnet.org!

Date and Time: October 28, 2025 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Erin Kishman, PhD
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Title: “Sleep & Physical Activity in the Postpartum Period”

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Negin Sattari

Date and Time: December 9, 2025 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Negin Sattari, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Title: “Sleep & Sex Differences Across the Adult Lifespan”

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Past Seminars

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Date and Time: September 23, 2025 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Stephanie Zawada, PhD, MS
Mayo Clinic, Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery
Title: “Sleep & Home-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation For COPD”

Date and Time: August 19, 2025 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Jennifer Mundt, PhD, DBSM
University of Utah
Title: “Sleep & Nightmares in Narcolepsy”

Date and Time: July 15, 2025 at 2:00pm, ET
Speaker: Angus C. Burns, PhD.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders
Harvard Medical School, Department of Medicine
Broad Institute, Program in Medical and Population Genetics
Title: “Sleep & Circadian Misalignment: Sleep Inertia as a Novel Biomarker”

Date and Time: May 20, 2025 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Destiny Berisha, PhD Candidate
University of California, Irvine
Title: “Sleep & Aging: Insights from Longitudinal Studies and Sleep Disordered-Breathing”

Date and Time: April 15, 2025 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Marie Gombert-Labedens, PhD
SRI International
Title: “Sleep & the Menstrual Cycle”

Date and Time: February 11, 2025 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Courtney Kurinec, PhD
Washington State University
Title: “Sleep & Relational Memory: Exploring the Impact of Sleep Deprivation”

Date and Time: January 7, 2025 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Maia ten Brink, PhD
Center for Cardiovascular Behavioral Health, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Title: “Sleep, Affect, and Affect Regulation”

2024

Date and Time: February 27, 2024 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Rebecca C. Cox, PhD
University of Colorado Boulder
Title: “Sleep & Circadian Rhythm Interventions for Mental Health”

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Date and Time: March 12, 2024 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Miranda Chappel-Farley, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Title: “Sleep & Memory Processing: A Network Neuroscience Approach”

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Date and Time: April 23, 2024 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Laura Beth Kalvas, PhD, RN
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Title: “Sleep & Delirium in Pediatric Critical Illness”

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Date and Time: May 21, 2024 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Megan L. Wenzell (Alder), PhD, RN
Case Western Reserve University
Title: “Sleep & Clinical Correlates in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder”

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Date and Time: July 30, 2024 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Emily Hokett, PhD
Columbia University
Title: “Sleep & Episodic Memory in Relation to Racial and Ethnic Sleep Health Disparities”

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Date and Time: November 12, 2024 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Ivan Vargas, PhD
University of Notre Dame, Department of Psychology
Title: “Sleep & Increasing Access to More Equitable Insomnia Treatment”

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Date and Time: December 10, 2024 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Stephanie Griggs, PhD, RN, FAAN
Case Western Reserve University
Title: “Sleep & Circadian Rhythms in Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes”

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2023

Date and Time: February 28, 2023 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Michael K. Scullin, PhD
Baylor University
Title: “Sleep & Educational Learning”

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Date and Time: March 28, 2023 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Kristen Stone, PhD
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Title: “Sleep and Postpartum Health”

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Date and Time: April 18, 2023 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Lauren Hartstein, PhD
University of Colorado Boulder
Title: “Sleep & Circadian Rhythms in Early Childhood”

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Date and Time: May 23, 2023 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Lauren Covington, PhD, RN
University of Delaware School of Nursing
Title: “Sleep & the Family Context”

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Date and Time: August 29, 2023 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Cathy Alessi, MD
University of California, Los Angeles and VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Title: “Sleep & Older Adults”

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Date and Time: October 17, 2023 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Chenlu Gao, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Title: “Sleep & Cognitive Aging: The Role of Daytime Naps”

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Date and Time: October 24, 2023 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Amy Gore Hartman, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Title: “Sleep & Sensory Processing”

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2022

Date and Time: January 25, 2022 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Jimmy Dooley, PhD
University of Iowa
Title: “Sleep & The Development of Motor Control in Motor Cortex”

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Date and Time: February 22, 2022 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Jessica C. Levenson, PhD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Title: “Sleep & Gender Minority Youth”

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Date and Time: March 29, 2022 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Galit Levi Dunietz, PhD, MPH
University of Michigan
Title: “Sleep & Cognitive Health”

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Date and Time: April 26, 2022 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Jaime Knudsen Devine, PhD
Institutes for Behavior Resources, Inc.
Title: “Sleep & Biomathematical Modeling of Fatigue”

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Date and Time: August 30, 2022 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Elissa K. Hoopes, PhD
University of Delaware
Title: “Sleep & Cardiovascular Health in Young Adulthood”

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Date and Time: September 27, 2022 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Tamara Taporoski, PhD
Northwestern University
Title: “Sleep & its Micro- and Macro-Architecture in an Epidemiologic Study in Brazil”

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Date and Time: October 25, 2022 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Bruno Saconi, PhD, MA, RN
Geisinger
Title: “Sleep & Chronic Pain”

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2021

Date and Time: January 26, 2021 at 2:00 pm, EST
Speaker: Veronica Guadagni, PhD
University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, Physiology and Pharmacology Department
Title: “Sleep & Emotions”

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Date and Time: February 23, 2021 at 2:00 pm, EST
Speaker: Cassie J. Hilditch, PhD
San José State University
Title: “Sleep & Sleep Inertia”

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Date and Time: March 30, 2021 at 2:00 pm, EST
Speaker:Nancy H. Stewart, DO, MS
University of Kansas Medical Center
Title: “Sleep in the Hospital Setting”

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Date and Time: April 27, 2021 at 2:00 pm, EST
Speaker: Diego R. Mazzotti, PhD
University of Kansas Medical Center
Title: “Sleep & Informatics”

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Date and Time: May 18, 2021 at 2:00 pm, EST
Speaker: Zlatan Krizan, PhD
Iowa State University
Title: “Sleep & Personality Differences”

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Date and Time: June 29, 2021 at 2:00 pm, EST
Speaker: Thiru Kanagasabai, PhD
McGill University
Title: “Sleep & Household Air Pollution”

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Date and Time: July 27, 2021 at 2:00 pm, EDT
Speaker: Susan T. Harbison, PhD
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Title: “Sleep & Gene Networks”at 2:00 pm, EDT

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Date and Time: September 28, 2021 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Amrita Pal, PhD
UCLA School of Nursing
Title: “Sleep Apnea & Meditation”

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Date and Time: October 26, 2021 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: A.J. Schwichtenberg, PhD
Purdue University
Title: “Sleep & Autism”

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Date and Time: November 30, 2021 at 2:00 pm, ET
Speaker: Elaine Boland, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Title: “Sleep & Reward Processing”

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2020

Date and Time: September 29, 2020 at 2:00 pm, EDT
Speaker:Andrew Beaudin, PhD
University of Calgary
Title: “Sleep Apnea & Cognition”

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Date and Time: October 27, 2020 at 2:00 pm, EDT
Speaker: Jennifer Goldschmied, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Title: “Sleep & Mood””

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Date and Time: November 24, 2020 at 2:00 pm, EDT
Speaker: Andrea Spaeth, PhD
Rutgers University
Title: “Sleep & Health Outcomes”

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