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Sleep societies announce 2024 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leadership Award recipient

Award recognizes the work of University of Arizona sleep researcher Michael Grandner

Grant and Award Announcement

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF SLEEP MEDICINE

DARIEN, IL – Clinical psychologist Michael A. Grandner is the recipient of the 2024 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leadership Award from the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, a joint initiative of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society.

The award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to sleep medicine or sleep and circadian science through their work to increase the diversity, equity and inclusion of sleep medicine providers, or to develop educational programs, research, or clinical work aimed at reducing disparities. The award presentation will occur Monday, June 3, during the plenary session of the SLEEP 2024 annual meeting of the APSS in Houston.

“Receiving this award is an incredible and humbling honor, and I hope to continue to live up to what it represents,” said Grandner, who has a doctorate in clinical psychology. “I have dedicated my career to not only studying how sleep health matters in terms of health and health disparities, but also doing what I can to recruit, encourage, support, and cultivate a broad diversity of voices to our field. Not only does it make us more inclusive, but it brings perspectives, questions and insights that make our science better.”

Grandner is director of the sleep and health research program at the University of Arizona and director of the behavioral sleep medicine clinic at the Banner-University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona. His work focuses on translational sleep research and behavioral sleep medicine, including studies of sleep as a domain of health behavior and the development and implementation of behavioral interventions for insufficient sleep and sleep disorders.

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About the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, LLC
The APSS is a joint venture of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society. The APSS organizes the SLEEP annual meeting each June (sleepmeeting.org).

About the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Established in 1975, the AASM advances sleep care and enhances sleep health to improve lives. The AASM has a combined membership of 12,000 accredited sleep centers and individuals, including physicians, scientists and other health care professionals who care for patients with sleep disorders. As the leader in the sleep field, the AASM sets standards and promotes excellence in sleep medicine health care, education and research (aasm.org).

About the Sleep Research Society
The SRS is a professional membership society that advances sleep and circadian science. The SRS provides forums for the exchange of information, establishes and maintains standards of reporting and classifies data in the field of sleep research, and collaborates with other organizations to foster scientific investigation on sleep and its disorders. The SRS also publishes the peer-reviewed, scientific journals Sleep and Sleep Advances (sleepresearchsociety.org).