2015
The 1st Annual Johns Hopkins University Sleep & Circadian Research Day was held Monday, June 22, 2015, 9AM-3:30 PM in the Chevy Chase Auditorium of the Zayed Building at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
This inaugural event aimed to provide a venue for new investigators and trainees to present their research, highlight sleep and circadian research that is conducted at Johns Hopkins and local neighboring institutions, and facilitate interdisciplinary interactions and collaborations.
The event will feature a keynote presentation by Dr. Emmanuel Mignot of Stanford University (for more information on Dr. Mignot's research, please click here), as well as oral and poster presentations by trainees.
Program:
8:30-9:00 AM Registration and Poster Set-up
9:00-9:15 AM Welcome and Introduction
9:15-10:15 AM Trainee Platform Presentations
"Homeostatic Scaling of Excitatory Synapses During Sleep" -- Graham Diering
"A Neural Circuit Encoding Sleep Drive in Drosophila" -- Sha Liu
"Sleep Duration and Mortality" -- Rashmi Nisha Aurora
"Nasal High Flow Reduces Nocturnal Energy Expenditure in Cystic Fibrosis Patients During Sleep" -- Andrew Braun
10:15-10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:30-11:30 AM Trainee Platform Presentations
"Liver Fibrosis in a Mouse Model of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease is Mediated by Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1" -- Omar Mesarwi
"VIP-Independent Functions of Lhx1 in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus" -- Joe Bedont
"Neighborhood Physical Disorder, Social Cohesion, and Insomnia" -- Lenis Chen-Edinboro
"Associations between Sleep Disordered Breathing and Metabolic Function in Peruvian Highlanders" -- Luu Pham
11:30-1:30 PM Lunch and Poster Session
1:30-2:30 PM Keynote Speaker, Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD (Stanford University)
"Genetics and Immunology of Narcolepsy"
2:30-3:30 PM Reception and Awards
We are grateful to the following for their support of this event:
Department of Medicine (SOM)
Department of Neurology (SOM)
School of Nursing
The Center for Behavior and Health
Department of Mental Health (SPH)
Kennedy-Krieger Institute
Resmed
Philips Respironics
Sleep Services of America/Hopkins Home Care