RESEARCH & DISCOVERY
UNC School of Medicine Departments of Allied Health Sciences and Neurology Announce 2019 Sleep Innovative Research Grant Recipients The Departments of Allied Health Sciences (DAHS) Office of Research and Scholarship and Neurology have announced awardees of the 2019-2020 Sleep Innovative Research Grants (SIRG). The SIRG program launched in 2018 thanks to the generosity of the Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation; the program leads an effort to build an internationally recognized program of research in sleep science at UNC-Chapel Hill. This year’s awardees are:
Continuing through 2021, the competitive award process will offer three grants annually to UNC-CH investigators. For each round of funding, research teams will be funded up to a maximum of $10,000 for their one-year projects. This is an initiative alongside the Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science (NDSS) program, the Department of Neurology and the University’s Office of Research Development. The NDSS program is a joint initiative between the DAHS and UNCCharlotte, directed by Mary Ellen Wells, PhD.
Paul Geiger, a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Women’s Mood Disorders through UNC Department of Psychiatry Research project: “Relationships Among Estradiol Variability, Endocrine Circadian Rhythms, and Sleep Problems in the Menopause Transition”
Michael Sidorov, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology Research project: “Quantifying Sleep Spindles from Overnight EEGs as an Angelman Syndrome Biomarker”
Marcia Van Riper, with the UNC School of Nursing, PhD Research project: “Family Management of Sleep Problems in Children with Down Syndrome”
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Mary Ellen Wells
