COMMITTEE ROSTER

NHLBI SLEEP DISORDERS RESEARCH ADVISORY BOARD

CHAIRPERSON

Parthasarathy, Sairam, M.D. (2014)
Medical Director
Center for Sleep Disorders
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85701

MEMBERS

Carnethon, Mercedes R., Ph.D., M.P.H. (2013)
Associate Professor
Department of Preventive Medicine
The Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois 60611

Flygare, Julie L., J.D. (2015)
Community Relations Liaison
Wake Up Narcolepsy, Inc.
Worcester, Massachusetts 01606

Jean-Louis, Girardin, Ph.D. (2015)
Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry
Department of Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York 11203

Kubin, Leszek K., Ph.D. (2014)
Research Professor of Physiology
Department of Animal Biology
School of Veterinary Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

Page, Kathy (2015)
Support Group Leader
Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation
Smithton, Missouri 65350

Sensenich, Ila Jeanne, J.D. (2015)
Magistrate Judge
United States Magistrate System
Bradford Woods, Pennsylvania 15015

Vena, Catherine, Ph.D., R.N. (2013)
Assistant Professor
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia 30322

Walia, Gagandeep, M.B.A. (2013)
Business Leader
Visa, Inc.
San Francisco, California 94128

EX OFFICIO MEMBERS

Balkin, Thomas, Ph.D.
Chief
Division of Neuropsychiatry
Department of Behavioral Biology
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910

Collins, Francis S., M.D., Ph.D.
Director
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland 20892

Greene, Robert W., M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Chief of Staff for Mental Health
Veterans Affairs North Texas Medical Center
Dallas, Texas 75116

Mitler, Merrill M., Ph.D.
Program Director
Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland 20892

Monjan, Andrew A., Ph.D.
Chief, Neurobiology of Aging Branch
Neuroscience and Neuropsychology of Aging Program
National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland 20892

Twery, Michael J., Ph.D.
Director, National Center on Sleep Disorders Research
Division of Lung Diseases
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland 20892

Willinger, Marian, Ph.D.
Health Scientist Administrator
Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland 20892

Executive Secretary

Twery, Michael J., Ph.D.
Director, National Center on Sleep Disorders Research
Division of Lung Diseases
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland 20892

Updated: November 2012