New Investigator Award recipients are selected among eligible presenters of oral and poster abstracts at World Sleep 2025.
Find the details of the award-winning oral abstracts below, and attend the presentations to show support for the next generation of leaders in sleep research. Award-winning poster presenters will be announced and recognized during each poster hall session. Browse the hall to meet them all!
New Investigator Awards for Oral and Poster Abstract Presentations
New Investigator Award recipients are selected among eligible presenters of oral and poster abstracts at
World Sleep 2025. Find the details of the award-winning oral abstracts below, and attend the presentations to
show support for the next generation of leaders in sleep research. Award-winning poster presenters
will be announced and recognized during each poster hall session. Browse the hall to meet them all!
Christianne Martins Correa da Silva (Brazil)
Precision medicine approach in Brazilian patients with primary hypersomnias using hypocretin and high-resolution HLA sequencing: insights from a multiethnic population.
Session: O-17 starting at 9:00am on Tuesday in Room 327
Annapoorna Ramasubramanya (United States)
Investigating differential rhythmicity in circadian biomarkers using skin perspiration wearables.
Session: O-19 starting at 9:00am on Tuesday in Room 329
Qiu-Ye Lan (China)
Association of Outdoor Artificial Light at Night with Sleep Duration and Social Jetlag Among Preschool-aged Children.
Session: O-19 starting at 9:00am on Tuesday in Room 329
Yi Hui Ou (Singapore)
Mandibular advancement device versus CPAP on cardiovascular health and quality of life in OSA ─ a pre specified 12 months follow up of outcome.
Session: O-19 starting at 9:00am on Tuesday in Room 329
Shi Tang (Hong Kong, SAR of China)
Distinct gut microbial, brain gene expression and clinical progression profiles in REM sleep behavior disorder biotypes.
Session: O-19 starting at 9:00am on Tuesday in Room 329
Irina Filchenko (Switzerland)
REM-sleep saw-tooth waves: cortical topography and associations with cognition.
Session: O-19 starting at 9:00am on Tuesday in Room 329
Benjamin K Tong (Australia)
A Pilot Study of Personalized Obstructive Sleep Apnea Therapy in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome.
Session: O-19 starting at 9:00am on Tuesday in Room 329
Suyi Xie (Hong Kong, SAR of China)
Associations Between Sleep Health and Gut Microbiota: A Metagenomic Analysis in a Community-Based Sample in Hong Kong.
Session: O-22 starting at 10:45am on Tuesday in Room 328
Mohammadreza Hajipour (United States)
Electroencephalographic response to respiratory events is associated with all-cause mortality in obstructive sleep apnea.
Session: O-23 starting at 10:45am on Tuesday in Room 329
Beatrice Orso (Italy)
[18F]FDG-PET as staging biomarker in the prodromal to overt neuronal alpha-synucleinopathy continuum.
Session: O-25 starting at 3:15pm on Tuesday in Room 327
Ningning Li (Hong Kong, SAR of China)
Progression of prodromal markers of alpha-synucleinopathy neurodegeneration in the first-degree relatives of patients with REM sleep behavior disorder: a 7-year prospective study.
Session: O-25 starting at 3:15pm on Tuesday in Room 327
Samantha Mombelli (Canada)
Altered sleep spindle morphology in idiopathic hypersomnia.
Session: O-27 starting at 3:15pm on Tuesday in Room 329
Simone Bruno (United States)
Optimizing timing and dose of melatonin administration: a randomized, double-blind controlled trial in healthy adults.
Session: O-27 starting at 3:15pm on Tuesday in Room 329
Rachel Ngan Yin Chan (Hong Kong)
Efficacy of a stepped care approach to deliver cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in the community: A pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial.
Session: O-31 starting at 9:00am on Wednesday in Room 329
Valeria Mammarella (Italy)
Pathophysiological subtypes of pediatric insomnia based on familiar and clinical features.
Session: O37 starting at 9:00am on Wednesday in Room 330
Chris Xie Chen (Hong Kong, SAR of China)
Correlates between sleep architecture and sleep reactivity to stress in the context of cumulative adversities: Is REM sleep continuity a potential protective factor for sleep reactivity?
Session: O-37 starting at 9:00am on Wednesday in Room 330
Shumpei Date (Japan)
Enhanced Phase-Amplitude Coupling Prior to Dream-Enactment Behaviors in isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorder: A Video Polysomnography Study.
Session: O-32 starting at 10:45am on Wednesday in Room 327
Yasmin Potts (Australia)
Locus coeruleus inhibition in tau transgenic mice to treat neuropsychiatric and sleep disturbances in Alzheimer’s disease.
Session: O-34 starting at 10:45am on Wednesday in Room 329
Awards
Christian Guilleminault Young Investigator Award
The Christian Guilleminault Young Investigator Awards are presented to encourage young investigators in the field of sleep, especially in developing portions of the world, to advance sleep medicine and research worldwide. Up to 2 awards of $1,000 will be offered to qualifying individuals.
2025 Christian Guilleminault Young Investigator Award Recipients
Huijie Yi (China)
The Effect of Telemedicine-Based CPAP Management on 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Randomized, Controlled, Non-Inferiority Trial
Session: O-05 starting at 10:45am on Monday in Room 327
Ming Yang (China)
Inflammatory Biomarkers and Symptom Severity: The Role of Cytokines in Pediatric OSA
Session: O-29 starting at 9:00am on Wednesday in Room 327
Wayne Hening Young Investigator Awards
Wayne Hening Young Investigator Awards are presented to young investigators in the RLS/PLMS field. Up to five awards of $1,000 will be offered to qualifying individuals.
2025 Wayne Hening Young Investigator Award Recipients
Yanyan Hou (China)
Clinical Characteristics, Polysomnography, and Iron Metabolism in Restless Legs Syndrome Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Comparative and Cluster Analysis Study.
Session: O-06 starting at 10:45am on Monday in Room 328
Katie L.J. Cederberg (United States)
Chronic Health Risk in Restless Legs Syndrome and its Association with Exercise.
Session: Poster #309 in poster abstract group 2 starting at 6:30pm on Monday