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AASM Membership Sections Newsletter Issue #1
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Narcolepsy
Samuel Dzodzomenyo, MD
Dayton Children’s Hospital
Urine Toxicology Screen in MSLT: The Correlation of
Positive Tetrahydrocannabinol, Drug Negative Patients
and Narcolepsy
Sleep Deprivation
Adrienne M. Tucker, PhD
University of Colorado, Boulder
Individual Differences in Lapses of Attention During
Sleep Deprivation are Stable Across the Biological
Night and Subsequent Biological Day
Sleep Related Breathing Disorders
Tarek Gharibeh, MD
Case Medical Center
Early Adherence Predicts Overall Eight-Week
Adherence in a Clinical Trial
Childhood Sleep Disorders and Development
Lauren C. Nisbet
Monash University
Nocturnal Dipping of Blood Pressure: Is it Preserved in
Preschool Children with Sleep Disordered Breathing?
Circadian Rhythms
Ron C. Anafi, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Assessing Circadian Phase in Human Subjects Using
Limited Peripheral Blood Measurements
Insomnia
Giora Pillar, MD, PhD
Carmel Medical Center and Technion
Objective Insomnia But Not Sleep State Misperception
is Associated with Overnight Deterioration of
Endothelial Function
Movement Disorders
Brian B. Koo, MD
Case Medical Center
Periodic Limb Movements During Sleep and Nocturnal
Cardiac Arrhythmia: Outcomes of Sleep Disorders in
Older Men (MrOS) Study
2012 Section Investigator Awards
The Membership Sections Committee (MSC) received 51 abstracts for consideration for the 2012 Section Inves-
tigator Awards. The intent of these awards is to honor the most outstanding abstract from a young investigator
within the membership of each section. The award consists of a certificate and honorarium, which will be present-
ed during the applicable SLEEP 2012 section meeting. The winners will also present their abstracts at their section
meetings.