The SRS Podcast

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:
Lindsey Mooney, PhD: Development of the Hippocampus in Preschool-Age Children in Relation to Daytime and Nighttime Sleep
Jasmine Niazi: Wakefulness, Wellness, & Worship: A Systematic Review of Ramadan’s Impact on Sleep and Health in Muslim Adolescents and Young Adults
Emma Tussey: Investigating Mechanisms in the Sleep-Alcohol Relationship: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Approach
Donghan Su: Later Circadian Timing of the Onset of Eating is Linked to Worse Inflammatory Bowel Disease Outcomes
Rachel Sanders, PhD: Associations Between 24-Hour Movement Behavior Guideline Adherence and Metabolic Syndrome in Postmenopausal Women from the SWAN Study 
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:
Anna Pockrass: Can we use Apple Watches to Collect Actigraphy Data in Children?
Karolina Rusin: Irregular Sleep Impairs Verbal and Memory Abilities in Early Childhood
Jessica Love: Validation of the Hypersomnia Severity Index in Hypersomnolence Disorder 
Riya Mirchandaney: The Rhythms in the Blues: Modeling and Modulating Diurnal Positive Affect Rhythms
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

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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