• More Information on the Sleep Research Society Small Research Grant Award: https://sleepresearchsociety.org/awards/small-research-grant-program/

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Guest Award Winners and Projects:

(06:17) Emily Goldberg: Sleep function in post-stroke aphasia – measurement, prevalence, and impact on recovery

(27:08) Dr. Jeremy Bigalke, PhD: Influence of Evening Stress on Sympathetic Activity and Thermoregulation

(48:02) Dr. Caroline Doyle, PhD: Developing an Intervention to Improve Sleep Disturbance among Midlife Women with PTSD

(58:14) Brandon Toth: Evaluating the role of norepinephrine release in brainstem muscle atonia circuits

(01:10:12) Valerie Swisher: Examining Sleep in the Context of the Contrast Avoidance Model

(01:22:32) Dr. Monica Kelly, PhD: Insomnia Treatment and Cardiovascular Health in older Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Manuscript Link: Brief sleep disruption alters synaptic structures among hippocampal and neocortical somatostatin-expressing interneurons
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Manuscript: Davidson et al., 2025. Is it time to revisit the scoring of slow wave (N3) sleep?

Editorial: Haack, 2025. The long-lasting impact of male-based research on female physiology - also true for slow wave sleep

Manuscript: Effects of time-restricted eating on actigraphy-derived sleep parameters: post hoc analysis of a randomized, isocaloric feeding study Guest: Dr. Daisy Duan, MD

Guest Interviews:

1. Brook Shafer, PhD: Lower Sleep Regularity Is Associated with Faster Time to Clinical Event in Adults with Heart Failure
2. Steven Carlson, MS: Delayed or Displaced: The Role of Circadian Timing in Bedtime Procrastination
3. Benjamin Menarchek, MS: The Sleep-Dependent Regulation of the E/I Ratio Emerges During the Critical Period of the Primary Visual Cortex
4. Allison Ikeda, MD, MS: Significant and Sustained Improvements in Symptoms of Nocturnal Obstruction and Related Events (SNORE-25) Instruments Scores After Sleep Surgery
5. Sujasha Gupta, PhD: Hypoxia Affects Glymphatic Efficiency: Assessing Glymphatic Disruptions in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

Complete list of the 2025 Sleep Research Society Trainee Member Award Winners: https://sleepresearchsociety.org/srs-announces-trainee-merit-award-recipients-for-sleep-2025/

Link To Manuscript Article: Childhood adversity and adolescent epigenetic age acceleration: the role of adolescent sleep health

Link to Manuscript Article: T2 MRI visible perivascular spaces in Parkinson’s disease: clinical significance and association with polysomnography measured sleep