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