Paper Discussed: Incorporation of complex narratives into dreaming in SLEEP

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Other studies mentioned:

• Nightly dynamics of emotional content in dreams

Paper Discussed: Hormonal contraceptives impair psychomotor vigilance task performance under sleep deprivation with stress induction in Sleep Advances

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Other studies mentioned:

• Hormonal contraceptives and women’s sleep health: A systematic review
• Light and myopia: from epidemiological studies to neurobiological mechanisms

Guest Interviews:

1. Lindsey Mooney, PhD: Development of the Hippocampus in Preschool-Age Children in Relation to Daytime and Nighttime Sleep
2. Jasmine Niazi: Wakefulness, Wellness, & Worship: A Systematic Review of Ramadan’s Impact on Sleep and Health in Muslim Adolescents and Young Adults
3. Emma Tussey: Investigating Mechanisms in the Sleep-Alcohol Relationship: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Approach
4. Donghan Su: Later Circadian Timing of the Onset of Eating is Linked to Worse Inflammatory Bowel Disease Outcomes
5. Rachel Sanders, PhD: Associations Between 24-Hour Movement Behavior Guideline Adherence and Metabolic Syndrome in Postmenopausal Women from the SWAN Study
6. Anaelle Charles, PhD: Perioperative Sleep Optimization: Effects on Neurocognitive Recovery and Surgical Outcomes in Older Adults (SLEEP-BOOST trial)

Complete list of the 2026 Sleep Research Society Trainee Member Award Winners: https://sleepresearchsociety.org/srs-announces-trainee-merit-award-recipients-for-sleep-2026/

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Guest Interviews:

1. Anna Pockrass: Can we use Apple Watches to Collect Actigraphy Data in Children?
2. Karolina Rusin: Irregular Sleep Impairs Verbal and Memory Abilities in Early Childhood
3. Jessica Love: Validation of the Hypersomnia Severity Index in Hypersomnolence Disorder
4. Riya Mirchandaney: The Rhythms in the Blues: Modeling and Modulating Diurnal Positive Affect Rhythms
5. Priscilla Amofa-Ho, PhD: Move, Breathe, Think: How Activity and Sleep-Disordered Breathing Shape Caregiver Well-Being

Complete list of the 2026 Sleep Research Society Trainee Member Award Winners: https://sleepresearchsociety.org/srs-announces-trainee-merit-award-recipients-for-sleep-2026/

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• 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:

(03:14) Dr. Ashley Ingiosi, PhD: The role of astroglial subtypes in sleep expression and drive

(19:36) Dr. Kat Kennedy, PhD: The Mind and Appetite After Midnight

(36:16) Jamie Walker: The Association Between Daily Fluctuations in Sleep and Glucose Metabolism Among Individuals At-Risk for Type-2 Diabetes

(47:29) Dr. Bruna Visniauskas, PhD: Circadian clock regulation in vascular tissue of female mice

(58:51) Dr. Syed Imran Ahmed: Sleep extension to improve sleep efficiency and quality of life in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: the SLEEP-HF pilot study