Young Investigators Conference Agenda

National Sleep Foundation and Sleep Research Society
Young Investigators Conference
March 2, 2008, 1:00-8:00 PM
Washington, DC
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Wilson A/B/C

1:00-1:15 PM    Welcome
            Darrel Drobnich, National Sleep Foundation: Opening Remarks
            Michael Twery, PhD, National Center on Sleep Disorders Research, National Institutes of Health

1:15-3:15 PM Basic Research Session

Sabra Abbott, Characterization of a Neuroanatomical Link Between Circadian and Homeostatic Regulators of the Sleep-Wake Cycle
Ugo Faraguna, A Causal Role for Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in the Homeostatic Regulation of Sleep
Patrick Fuller, Differential Rescue of Light- and Food- Entrainable Circadian Rhythms in Mice Lacking the Bmal1 Clock Gene
Erin Hanlon, Learning to Reach Locally Increases Slow Wave Activity (SWA) and Fos Expression in Rat Motor Cortex
Christopher Jung, The Influence of Sleep Deprivation on Energy Expenditure
Jorge Lopez, REM Sleep Deprivation Decreases LTP Stability and Affects some Glutamatergic Signaling Proteins During Hippocampal Development
Hengyi Rao, Neural Correlates of Inter-Individual Differences in Sleep Deprivation Susceptibility: A Pilot Perfusion Imaging Study on the Psychomotor Vigilance Test
Tracy Rupp, Sleep Extension Improves Performance and Facilitates Task Acquisition During and Following 7 Nights of Subsequent Sleep Restriction

3:15-3:30 PM Refreshment Break

3:30-5:30 PM Clinical Research Session

Ellemarije Altena, Structural Consequences of Chronic Insomnia: A Voxel-based Morphometric Study
Renee Aronsohn, Prevalence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Type 2 Diabetes: Impact on Glucose Control
Jiu-Chiuan Chen, Sleep Duration and Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Postmenopausal Women
Kun Hu, Effects of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease on Multiscale Activity Regulation During Wakefulness
Mark Kohler, Persistent Neurocognitive Deficits Following Treatment for Sleep Disordered Breathing in Children
Emma Larkin, Assessment of Genetic Effects on Sleep Apnea in Relationship to Body Mass Index by Linkage Analysis
Rebecca Robillard, Is Exponential Decay Function the Best Model to Explain Homeostatic Sleep Pressure Dissipation in Men and Women Between Their Twenties and Sixties?
Frank Scheer, Circadian and Sleep/Wake Cycle Effects on Metabolic, Autonomic, and Endocrine Predictors of Cardiovascular Risk; Health Implications for Shift Workers

6:00 PM    Reception
6:30 PM    Dinner and Keynote Presentation: Sleep and Public Health
            Wayne Giles, Division of Adult and Community Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention