Lectures
Invited perspectives
Presentations can introduce a research program, a clinical question or a methodological approach and provide a basis for discussion.
Scientific dialogue
A forum for questions,
evidence and exchange.
Scientific symposia provide an opportunity to examine findings, discuss methods and bring investigators from different disciplines into conversation.
Purpose
Discussing the questions behind the findings.
A symposium allows participants to explore the assumptions, definitions and methods that shape research. It also connects clinical experience with population evidence and creates opportunities to consider new questions.
The Foundation supports this form of exchange as part of its educational mission. Sessions can involve established investigators, clinicians, trainees and early-career researchers.
Scientific formats
Focused discussion with educational value.
Thematic sessions
Questions across disciplines
Focused sessions connect sleep medicine, epidemiology, psychiatry, neurology and public health around a defined topic.
Methods and training
Learning through discussion
Workshops and research discussions can address clinical definitions, study design, measurement and the interpretation of results.
Topics
A broad clinical and population perspective.
Topics of interest include insomnia, hypersomnolence, narcolepsy-related symptoms, circadian patterns, sleep and mental health, aging, multimorbidity, functioning and longitudinal research methods.
Historical symposium material is available through the Stanford Journal of Sleep Epidemiology. Individual programs, dates and participation arrangements should be confirmed with the organizing institution.