Carole L. Marcus, MBBCh, received the William C. Dement Academic Achievement Award from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). Marcus was presented with the award at SLEEP 2015.

Marcus has been a member of the AASM since 2008. She is the director of the Sleep Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where she holds the Distinguished Endowed Chair in Pediatrics; and is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania.

Established in 1994, the William C. Dement Academic Achievement Award recognizes members of the sleep field who have displayed exceptional initiative and progress in the areas of sleep education and academic research.