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December 15, 2023 at 12pm: Sleep-disordered breathing and heart failure: A call for precision medicine

The seminar features Sharokh Javaheri, MD, of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Internationally recognized for his research on various sleep disorders including sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease, with emphasis on heart failure, opioids-associated sleep apnea, and complex sleep apnea.

Venue: BCC-101 of the Stem Cell Building conference room at the USC Health Sciences Campus.

Link to the recording

February 23, 2024 at 12:15pm: Sleep disturbance and chronic neurologic dysfunction

Features Donald Fogelberg, PhD, OTR/L, Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy at the University of Washington.

Venue: CHP 106 at the USC Health Sciences Campus.

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March 21, 2024 at 12pm: Cognitive benefits of sleep in spite of sleep loss in older adults

Features Rebecca Spencer, PhD, Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Director of Somneurolab.

Venue: GER-224 of the Gerontology Building at USC

April 3, 2024 from 4 – 6pm: Sleep Apnea: Pathogenesis and Cardiovascular Consequences

Features Jerome Dempsey, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Venue: Stauffer Conference Room A at CHLA

Provided materials: Control of Breathing and Rethinking O2, CO2, and breathing during wakefulness and sleep