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Paper Discussed: Hormonal contraceptives impair psychomotor vigilance task performance under sleep deprivation with stress induction in Sleep Advances

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Other studies mentioned: 

Hormonal contraceptives and women’s sleep health: A systematic review

Light and myopia: from epidemiological studies to neurobiological mechanisms

Guest Interviews:

Lindsey Mooney, PhD: Development of the Hippocampus in Preschool-Age Children in Relation to Daytime and Nighttime Sleep

Jasmine Niazi: Wakefulness, Wellness, & Worship: A Systematic Review of Ramadan’s Impact on Sleep and Health in Muslim Adolescents and Young Adults

Emma Tussey: Investigating Mechanisms in the Sleep-Alcohol Relationship: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Approach

Donghan Su: Later Circadian Timing of the Onset of Eating is Linked to Worse Inflammatory Bowel Disease Outcomes

Rachel Sanders, PhD: Associations Between 24-Hour Movement Behavior Guideline Adherence and Metabolic Syndrome in Postmenopausal Women from the SWAN Study 

Anaelle Charles, PhD: Perioperative Sleep Optimization: Effects on Neurocognitive Recovery and Surgical Outcomes in Older Adults (SLEEP-BOOST trial) 

 

Complete list of the 2026 Sleep Research Society Trainee Member Award Winners: https://sleepresearchsociety.org/srs-announces-trainee-merit-award-recipients-for-sleep-2026/

 

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Guest Interviews:

Anna Pockrass: Can we use Apple Watches to Collect Actigraphy Data in Children?

Karolina Rusin: Irregular Sleep Impairs Verbal and Memory Abilities in Early Childhood

Jessica Love: Validation of the Hypersomnia Severity Index in Hypersomnolence Disorder 

Riya Mirchandaney: The Rhythms in the Blues: Modeling and Modulating Diurnal Positive Affect Rhythms

Priscilla Amofa-Ho, PhD: Move, Breathe, Think: How Activity and Sleep-Disordered Breathing Shape Caregiver Well-Being 

 

Complete list of the 2026 Sleep Research Society Trainee Member Award Winners: https://sleepresearchsociety.org/srs-announces-trainee-merit-award-recipients-for-sleep-2026/

 

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