Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board

David E. Bishop, LCSW (2028)
Sleep Equity Project
Oak Park, Illinois

Josiane Broussard, Ph.D. (2026)
Assistant Professor
Department of Health and Exercise Science
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado

Paula Desplats, Ph.D. (2027)
Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Pathology
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA

Jeffery Durmer, M.D., Ph.D. (2025)
Board of Directors, Restless Leg Syndrome Foundation

Erik Herzog, Ph.D. (2025)
Associate Director of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

Dayna A. Johnson, Ph.D. (2025)
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

Pat McBride, PhD. (2028)
Executive Director
Foundation for Airway Health
New York, New York

Shaun M. Purcell, Ph.D. (2025)
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Alberto Ramos, M.D. (2025)
Research Director of the Sleep Disorders Program 
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology 
Miller School of Medicine,  University of Miami, 
Miami, Florida

Alexandra Wharton (2025)
Member of the Board of Directors for the Circadian Sleep Disorders Network
Austin, Texas

Jayanta Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Gary H. Gibbons, M.D.
Director
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Marishka K. Brown, 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

Shelli A. Avenevoli, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Janet He, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Neuroscience 
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland 

Amanda Hunt, Ph.D.
Scientific Program Manager
Office of Research and Development
Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, DC

Shahla Jilani, M.D.
Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, D.C.
 

Karen C. Lee, M.D., M.P.H.
Program Director
Behavioral Pediatrics and Health Promotion
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Miroslaw Mackiewicz, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Neuroscience
National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Donald Shell, M.D., M.A.
Director
Disease Management and Population Health Policy & Oversight
Acting Director
Health Services Policy & Oversight
Defense Health Agency
Falls Church, Virginia

Marishka K. Brown, 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