The SRS Podcast

SRS Podcast (#32): 2023 Small Research Grant Award Winners (Part 1)

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

SRS Podcast (#31): Brief Sleep Disruption Alters Synaptic Stuctures of Somatostatin-Expressing Interneurons - w/ Drs. Sara Aton and Heinrich Gompf

Manuscript Link:  Brief sleep disruption alters synaptic structures among hippocampal and neocortical somatostatin-expressing interneurons
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SRS Podcast (#30): Age- and Sex-Bias from Slow Wave Sleep Scoring Criteria - w/ Drs. Shaun Davidson & Monika Haack

Manuscript: Davidson et al., 2025. Is it time to revisit the scoring of slow wave (N3) sleep?
 
Editorial: Haack, 2025. The long-lasting impact of male-based research on female physiology - also true for slow wave sleep  

SRS Podcast (#29): Time-Restricted Eating and Objectively Measured Sleep - Dr. Daisy Duan

Manuscript: Effects of time-restricted eating on actigraphy-derived sleep parameters: post hoc analysis of a randomized, isocaloric feeding studyGuest: Dr. Daisy Duan, MD

SRS Podcast (#28): 2025 APSS SLEEP Conference Trainee Merit Award Winners

Guest Interviews:
Brook Shafer, PhD: Lower Sleep Regularity Is Associated with Faster Time to Clinical Event in Adults with Heart Failure
Steven Carlson, MS: Delayed or Displaced: The Role of Circadian Timing in Bedtime Procrastination
Benjamin Menarchek, MS: The Sleep-Dependent Regulation of the E/I Ratio Emerges During the Critical Period of the Primary Visual Cortex
Allison Ikeda, MD, MS: Significant and Sustained Improvements in Symptoms of Nocturnal Obstruction and Related Events (SNORE-25) Instruments Scores After Sleep Surgery
Sujasha Gupta, PhD: Hypoxia Affects Glymphatic Efficiency: Assessing Glymphatic Disruptions in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
 
Complete list of the 2025 Sleep Research Society Trainee Member Award Winners: https://sleepresearchsociety.org/srs-announces-trainee-merit-award-recipients-for-sleep-2025/

SRS Podcast (#27): Early Life Adversity, Accelerated Epigenetic Aging, and Sleep - Dr. Justin Parent

Link To Manuscript Article: Childhood adversity and adolescent epigenetic age acceleration: the role of adolescent sleep health

SRS Podcast (#26): Sleep, Perivascular Spaces, and Parkinson's Disease - Lena Meinhold, Dr. Ruth O'Gorman Tuura, & Dr. Simon Schreiner

Link to Manuscript Article: T2 MRI visible perivascular spaces in Parkinson’s disease: clinical significance and association with polysomnography measured sleep

SRS Podcast (#25): Welcoming The New Editor-in-Chief of Sleep Advances - Dr. Sean Drummond

SRS Podcast (#24): Weekend Catchup Sleep, Cardiovascular Disease Incidence, and Mortality - Drs. Jean-Philippe Chaput and Chenlu Gao

Link to Manuscript Article: Device-measured weekend catch-up sleep, mortality, and cardiovascular disease incidence in adults
 

SRS Podcast (#23): Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and Student Athlete Performance and Wellbeing - Drs. Roxanne Prichard, Ketema Paul, and Jamie Zeitzer