Sleep and Cognition: Current State of Research and Future Directions (Agenda)

Introduction

• Kara Hall, PhD, Program Director, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS), National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Todd Horowitz, PhD, Branch Chief, Basic Biobehavioral and Psychological Sciences Branch, National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Keynote Address

• Ken A. Paller, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Northwestern University

Measurement
Key constructs, current practices, and opportunities for both sleep and cognition.

Moderator: Janet He, PhD, Division of Neuroscience, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Speakers:

• Sara Aton, PhD, Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
• Daniel J. Buysse, MD, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• Richard C. Gershon, PhD, Professor of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
• Elyse Sussman, PhD, Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Methods
State of current practices and use of advanced methods and study designs.

Moderator: Rachel Sare, PhD, Program Officer, NIA

Speakers:

• Itzhak Fried, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles
• Francesca Marino, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Boston University School of Medicine
• Bryce A. Mander, PhD, Associate Professor, University of California, Irvine
• Michael J. Prerau, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Mechanisms
How do sleep and cognition interact?

Moderator: Amanda Acevedo, PhD, Program Director, Behavior Research Program, DCCPS, NCI

Speakers:

• Keith B. Hengen, PhD, Associate Professor of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis
• Maiken Nedergaard, MD, DMSc, Professor of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center
• Gina Poe, PhD, Professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles

Opening remarks

• Kara Hall, PhD, Program Director, Behavioral Research Program, DCCPS, NCI
• Todd Horowitz, PhD, Branch Chief, Basic Biobehavioral and Psychological Sciences Branch, NIA

Temporal Perspectives
Circadian influences, chronic sleep disorders, sleep across the lifespan

Moderator: Shailesh Kumar, PhD, Program Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Speakers: 

• Sara Mednick, PhD, Professor of Cognitive Science, University of California, Irvine
• Michael Scullin, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University
• Hans P. A. Van Dongen, PhD, Professor of Translational Medicine and Physiology, Washington State University
• Kenneth P. Wright Jr., PhD, Professor of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado Boulder

Subpopulation Perspectives & Research
Similarities and differences among populations and conditions, including disease perspective

Moderator: Kristi Hardy, PhD, Program Director, Division of Clinical Research, NINDS

Speakers: 

• Diane K. Ehlers, PhD, Research Faculty, Mayo Clinic
• Jared M. Saletin, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University
• Rebecca M. Spencer, PhD, Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Interventions
Strategies to address modifiable risk factors and future research directions

Moderator: Dana Schloesser, PhD, Program Director, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research 

Speakers:

• Ritika Chaturvedi, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Southern California
• Michael R. Irwin, MD, Cousins Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
• Ken A. Paller, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Northwestern University
• Aric A. Prather, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco

Cross-Day Cross-Panel Discussion

Moderators: 

• Kara Hall, PhD, Program Director, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS), National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Todd Horowitz, PhD, Branch Chief, Basic Biobehavioral and Psychological Sciences Branch, National Institute on Aging (NIA)