Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board

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

Josiane Broussard, Ph.D. (2026)
Associate 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, California

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

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

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

Shaun M. Purcell, Ph.D. (2025)
Professor of Psychiatry
Columbia University Irving Medical School
Research Scientist
New York State Psychiatric Institute
New York, New York

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

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
Acting Deputy Director
Division of Lung Diseases
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Yejun 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, D.C.

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

TBD
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

TBD
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

TBD
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, D.C.

Marishka K. Brown, Ph.D.
Director
National Center on Sleep Disorders Research
Acting Deputy Director
Division of Lung Diseases
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland