Lectures & Seminars
Sleep Grand Rounds
The Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine hosts a weekly research seminar program each academic year. The series features presentations on basic and clinical sleep research from Bay Area scientists as well as visiting researchers from around the world. Topics vary from epidemiology to Metagenomics. If you would like to present to our group, contact Dr. Chad Ruoff.
Time and Location*
Sleep Grand Rounds recently moved to Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), seminar room LKSC120 (unless otherwise noted) on the ground floor to allow for more seating and a more central location on the Stanford campus. Presentations are Friday’s at 12:00 PM and last approximately one hour. Here is a map to help locate LKSC.
Video Conference
When possible, a video of a talk can be accessed the day after the presentation on this website.
You will need a Stanford University SUNet ID to access the website.
Available presentations from 2011 can be viewed here.
Upcoming Schedule*
Friday, May 11, 2012 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Molecular Characterization of Human Sleep Variants
Ying-hui Fu, PhD, Professor, UCSF
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC120
Friday, May 18, 2012 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
New Insights into the Pathophysiology of Childhood OSAS
Carole Marcus, MBBCh,
Director, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Redwood City, Pavilion B Conference Room
**Thursday, May 24, 2012 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Central apneas, gaps, and controversies
Safwan Badr, MD
Professor of Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Program Director, Sleep Fellowship
Redwood City, Pavilion B Conference Room
Friday, June 1, 2012 from 11:00am – 12:00pm
Personalized Medicine Approaches to Managing OSA
Ron Grunstein, MD, PhD, Professor of Sleep Medicine and Head, Sleep and Circadian Research Group, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research at the University of Sydney, Australia; NHMRC Centre for Integrated Research and Understanding of Sleep (CIRUS) and the NHMRC Australasian Sleep Trials Network President, World Sleep Federation
Redwood City, Pavilion C Conference Room
*NOTE: Please check the website weekly as there may be changes (such as location , cancellation, etc.)
Grand Rounds - Previous Lectures from this Academic Year (2011 – 2012)
Friday, August 12, 2011 from 11:30pm – 12:30pm
Relative Importance of the Physiologic Traits Causing Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Andrew Wellman, MD, Associate Physician, Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Redwood City Pavilion B Conference Room
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Sleep and Adipose Tissue
Sanjay Patel, MD, MS, Associate Physician, Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC120
Friday, September 16, 2011 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Activation of Cortical Interneurons During Slow Wave Sleep: An Anatomical Link to Sleep Homeostasis?
Thomas Kilduff, PhD, Senior Director, Center for Neuroscience, Biosciences Division, SRI International
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC120
Friday, September 23, 2011 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Genetic Approaches to Study the Circadian and Homeostatic Control of Sleep
Amita Sehgal, PhD, Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC120
**Thursday, September 29, 2011 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Title TBA
David Dinges, PhD, Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Chief of the Division of Sleep and Chronobiology in the Department of Psychiatry, and Associate Director of the Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology in the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC101/102
Friday, September 30, 2011 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm LKSC room 130
Transplant Therapy in O/E3-null Mice, a Novel Narcolepsy Model
Alberto Kousuke De la Herrán Arita, PhD, División Neurociencias, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, UNAM
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC130
Friday, October 7, 2011 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Persistent Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children after T&A
Peter Koltai, MD, Professor, Stanford University
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC130
Friday, October 7, 2011 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Persistent Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children after T&A
Peter Koltai, MD, Professor, Stanford University
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC130
Friday, October 14, 2011 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Regulation of Wakefulness and Sleep by Orexin/Hypocretin
Tom Scammell, MD, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC130
Friday, October 21, 2011 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Roles for Endogenous Benzodiazepine Ligands in Regulating Sleep and Epilepsy
John Huguenard, PhD, Professor, Stanford University
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC130
**Thursday, October 27, 2011 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Controversies in Critical Care
Atul Malhotra, MD, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC120
Friday, October 28, 2011 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Sleep Disordered Breathing and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Older Men: New Results From the MrOS Sleep Study
Katie Stone, PhD, Senior Scientist, California Pacific Medical Research Institute
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC130
**Wednesday, November 2, 2011 from 1 - 2 PM
Updates on Behavioral Treatments for Insomnia
Charles Morin, PhD Professor of Psychology and Director of the Sleep Research Center at the Université Laval, Quebec City
Stanford Redwood City Outpatient Center, 2nd floor, Pavilion B Conference Room
Friday, November 4, 2011 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Cardiac MRI and Sleep Apnea: Comprehensive Diagnosis of the Myocardium?
Phillip C. Yang, MD, Assistant Professor, MCL, Stanford University
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC130
Friday, November 11, 2011 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Evidence Based Sleep Surgery
Robson Capasso, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC130
Friday, November 18, 2011 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Sleep and Autism: What Do We Know?
Ruth O'Hara, PhD, Associate Professor, Stanford University, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC130
**Thursday, December 1, 2011 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm
On the Origins of the "Other" Primary Hypersomnias
David Rye, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurology, Emory University
Redwood City Pavilion B Conference Room
Friday, December 2, 2011 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Ian Campbell, PhD, Assoc Proj Scientist, UC Davis
Adolescent Changes in Sleep, Sleepiness, and Slow Wave EEG Activity
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC130
Friday, December 9, 2011 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Separating the Effects of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms on Learning and Memory
Craig Heller, PhD, Professor, Stanford University
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC130
Friday, December 16, 2011 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
The Homeostatic Sleep Response Mediated by Adenosine Under Glial Control
Robert Greene, MD, PhD, Professor, Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Sherry Knopf Crasilneck Chair in Psychiatry, in honor of Albert Knopf
**Medical Center, M114, Alway building, ground floor, on the Dean's courtyard**
Friday, January 6, 2012 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Sleep, Arousal, and Affect Regulation in Adolescence: Integrating Developmental Neuroscience, Clinical, & Policy Implications
Ronald Dahl, PhD, Professor, UC Berkeley
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC130
Friday, January 13, 2012 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
The Behavioral Role of Hypocretin
Jerry Siegel, PhD, Professor, UCLA
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC130
** Wednesday, January 18, 2012 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Sleep and Synaptic Homeostasis
Chiara Cirelli, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin
Redwood City Outpatient Center Conference Room, 2nd floor, Pavilion C
**Thursday, January 19, 2012 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm
A Simplified Method for Phenotyping Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Andrew Wellman, MD, Associate Physician, Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
**Medical Center, M114, Alway building, ground floor, on the Dean's courtyard**
Friday, January 20, 2012 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Narcolepsy Incidence and Flu Vaccinations in Scandinavia
Markku Partinen, MD, PhD
Director, Sleep Clinic and Research Laboratory, Vitalmed Research Center
Adjunct Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Helsinki
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC130
Friday, January 27, 2012 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Optogenetic Control of Sleep
Luis de Lecea, PhD, Associate Professor, Stanford University
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC130
Friday, February 10, 2012 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Talking to the Pacemaker During Sleep: Circadian Phase Shifting without Disturbing Sleep
Jamie Zeitzer, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC130
Friday, February 17, 2012 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Roles of Sleep Surgery
Ed Weaver, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Chief of Sleep Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC130
Friday, February 24, 2012 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Pharyngeal Airway and Airflow Characteristics in SDB: Why Could it be Important?
Nelson Powell, MD, DDS, California Sleep Institute, Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences/Sleep Medicine
** Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC 101/102
Friday, March 2, 2012 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Recent findings on the Neurobiology of Insomnia: Relationship to Major Depressive Disorder
John W. Winkelman, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC130
Friday, March 9, 2012 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Enhancing Transportation Safety with Sleep Science: Challenges and Opportunities
Mark Rosekind, PhD, Member, National Transportation Safety Board
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC130
Friday, March 16, 2012 from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Legal Aspects of Sleep Medicine Delivery
Dan Brown, JD Brown, Dresevic, Gustafson, Iwrey, Kalmowitz, and Pendleton, The Health Law Partners, LLC
Redwood City Pavilion B Conference Room
Friday, March 23, 2012 from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Pre-thalamic Sensory Inflow During REM Sleep Atonia
Peter Soja, Ph.D., Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
**Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC101
Friday, March 30, 2012 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Sleeping with One Eye Open: Understanding Hyperarousal in Sleep in PTSD
Thomas Neylan, PhD, Professor In Residence; Director of PTSD Research; Deputy Associate Chief of Staff for Research at VAMC
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC130
Friday, April 13, 2012 from 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Sleep Wakes Up the Blood: Effects of Sleep on Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Beyond
Asya Rolls, PhD,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford University
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC120
Friday, April 20, 2012 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
COMBINDED SLEEP AND CARDIOLOGY GRAND ROUNDS
Sleep Apnea in Heart Failure: A Mortal Co-morbidity
Shahrokh Javaheri, MD, Professor Emeritus, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Sleepcare Diagnostics
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC120
**Monday, April 23, 2012 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm
A Practical Approach to Treating RLS
Dr. Mark Buchfuhrer is the director of SomnoMedix/SleepMed Sleep Center in Cypress, CA. He is a consulting assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford School of Medicine
Redwood City Pavilion B Conference Room
Friday, April 27, 2012 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Alcohol, Sleep, and the Brain
Ian Colrain, PhD
Director, SRI International’s Human Sleep Research Laboratory
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Seminar Room LKSC120
Grand Rounds - Previous Academic Years
Below is a list of speakers and lecture titles for the previous academic years.
Sleep Grand Rounds 2010-11 (PDF)
Sleep Grand Rounds 2009-10 (PDF)
Sleep Grand Rounds 2008-09 (PDF)