Upcoming Presentations
Washington University Department of Neurology. Grand Rounds. 3 January 2025.
Selected past presentations
Installation as Barbara Burton and Robert Morriss III Professor of Neurology, Washington University. 2023. Video Link.
Sleep and Neurodegeneration” SLEEP. 8 June 2022. Charlotte NC.
Columbia VP&S Department of Neurology Grand Rounds. 29 April 2022. New York, NY.
“Sleep and Alzheimer Disease Pathogenesis.” Gordon Research Conference Systems Neuroscience and Genetic Approaches to Study Sleep Regulation and Function. 17 March 2022. Lucca, Italy.
May 14, 2021. Association of University Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, President’s Panel. “The intersection of sleep and neurological diseases” San Francisco, CA.
“Chicken or Egg?: Sleep, clocks, and neurodegeneration.” Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Sleep Symposium. San Francisco, CA. January 15, 2020. Video link.
“Sleep, Circadian Rhythms and Alzheimer’s Disease.” American Neurological Association Annual meeting. Saint Louis, MO. October 13, 2019.
“Obstructive sleep apnea and Alzheimer Disease: Is amyloid the link between breathing and dementia?” World Association of Sleep Medicine, World Sleep Congress. Vancouver, Canada. September 24, 2019.
“Sleep regulation of amyloid-β”. Hope Center for Neurological Disorders Mini-series “Sleep and Disease”. December 3, 2018.
“Slow wave sleep regulation of amyloid-β”. American Neurological Association Annual meeting. Atlanta, GA. October 22, 2018.
“Sleep and Neurodegeneration: A State of the Art Review” in “Hot Topics in Sleep Neurology.” American Academy of Neurology Annual meeting, Los Angeles. April 26, 2018.
“REM Sleep Behavior Disorder” in “Sleep for the Practicing Neurologist II: Night Fighting: Sleep Related Hypermotor Epilepsy, Sleepwalking, and Dream Enactment.” American Academy of Neurology Annual meeting, Los Angeles. April 24, 2018.
Press
For media inquiries, please contact the Washington University Office of Medical Public Affairs
Television
“Study: Poor sleep could increase link to Alzheimer’s” by Erika Edwards. NBC National. July 10, 2017. Link
“Disrupted Sleep and Alzheimer’s” by Kevin Steincross. Fox2Now News. March 15, 2013. Link
Radio
“Scientists Discover A Link Between Lack Of Deep Sleep And Alzheimer’s Disease” by Jon Hamilton. National Public Radio. November 16, 2020. Link.
“Up all night? Researchers say less sleep could increase risk of Alzheimer’s” by Chad Davis. St Louis Public Radio. January 5, 2018. Link
“What we’re learning about the science of sleep” by Kerry Miller and Julia Franz. Minnesota Public Radio. November 28, 2017. Link
“How Does Sleep Affect Dementia?” by Chris Smith. The Naked Scientists / BBC. July 21, 2017. Link
“Another Study Supports Link Between Alzheimer’s And (Poor) Sleep” by Veronique LaCapra. St Louis Public Radio. March 13, 2013.