Several leaders in the field of sleep medicine and a national transportation executive were selected as recipients of the 2017 American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) awards, which will be presented Monday, June 5, during the plenary session of SLEEP 2017.
“I congratulate each of the 2017 award recipients, whose dedication and commitment to excellence have made a significant impact on the field of sleep medicine in the areas of administration, academic research, public policy, and education,” says AASM president Ronald D. Chervin, MD, MS. “Their contributions to the sleep field have supported the mission of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine to improve sleep health and promote high quality, patient-centered care.”
The 2017 AASM award recipients, who were selected by the AASM board of directors, are:
David F. Dinges, PhD
David F. Dinges, PhD
Nathaniel Kleitman Distinguished Service Award for dedication to the sleep field and significant contributions in the areas of administration, public relations, and government affairs
Dinges is a tenured professor of psychology in psychiatry, and he serves as chief of the Division of Sleep and Chronobiology and vice chair for faculty affairs and professional development in the Department of Psychiatry at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia. His laboratory has produced an extensive body of federally funded research on the acute, chronic, and cumulative adverse effects of inadequate sleep on human physiological and neurobehavioral functions.
Read more about Dinges on our website.
Susan Redline, MD, MPH
Susan Redline, MD, MPH
William C. Dement Academic Achievement Award for exceptional initiative and progress in the areas of sleep education and academic research
Redline is the Peter C. Farrell Professor of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School and directs a Program in Sleep Medicine Epidemiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Her research focuses on understanding the risk factors and outcomes of sleep disorders across populations, the role of sleep interventions in improving health, and use of web-based resources to enable exchange and analysis of sleep data.
Read Sleep Review’s May 2017 cover story on Redline, as well as our January 2011 cover story on her.
Anne Ferro
Anne Ferro
Mark O. Hatfield Public Policy or Advocacy Award for developing public policy that positively affects the healthy sleep of all Americans
Anne Ferro was named president and CEO of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) in 2014 after serving five years as administrator of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Under her leadership, FMCSA implemented key measures, such as limiting the risk of tired truck drivers behind the wheel and prohibiting commercial drivers from texting or talking on hand-held mobile devices while driving.
Michael H. Silber, MBChB, FAASM
Michael H. Silber, MBChB, FAASM
Excellence in Education Award for outstanding contributions in the teaching of sleep medicine
Silber is professor of neurology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, dean of the Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences, and a past co-director of the Mayo Center for Sleep Medicine in Rochester, Minn. He served as program director of the Mayo Fellowship in Sleep Medicine for 14 years, educating 60 fellows. Silber has served as president of the AASM, president of the American Board of Sleep Medicine, and chair of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship Directors Council.
