Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board
SDRAB
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Gabriel G. Haddad, M.D. (2023)
Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Neurosciences
Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
Vice Dean, Children’s Academic Affairs
University of California, San Diego
Physician-in-Chief and Chief Scientific Officer
Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Si Baker-Goodin, Ed.D. (2023)
Sleep Health Advocate, Brains Need Sleep
Greenville, South Carolina
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
Ebony Lay (2024)
Patient advocate for Project Sleep
Kansas City, Kansas
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
Tom Scammell, M.D. (2024)
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical Faculty Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Esra Tasali, M.D. (2025)
Director of the Sleep Research Center in the Department of Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine in the Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of Chicago,
Chicago, Illinois
Alexandra Wharton (2024)
Member of the Board of Directors for the Circadian Sleep Disorders Network
Austin, Texas
Marishka Brown, Ph.D.
Director, National Center on Sleep Disorders Research in the Division of Lung Diseases
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Bethesda, Maryland
Lawrence Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Acting Director
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
Gary H. Gibbons, M.D.
Director
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Bethesda, MD
Joshua A. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda, MD
Janet He, Ph.D.
Program Director in the Division of Neuroscience
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
Karen C. Lee, M.D., M.P.H.
Program Director for Behavioral Pediatrics and Health Promotion
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development
Bethesda, MD
Miroslaw Mackiewicz, Ph. D.
Program Director in the Division of Neuroscience
National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
Assistant Secretary for Health
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.
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)
Donald Shell, M.D., M.A.
Acting Director, Health Services Policy and Oversight
Director, Disease Prevention
Disease Management and Population Health Policy & Oversight
Defense Health Headquarters
Falls Church, Virginia
Veteran's Affairs
Brian Palen, M.D.
Director of Sleep Medicine
Puget Sound Healthcare System
Seattle, Washington
Marishka Brown, Ph.D.
Director, National Center on Sleep Disorders Research in the Division of Lung Diseases
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Bethesda, MD