On September 29, 2005, at the fourth annual Sleep and Health Benefit Dinner, the Division of Sleep Medicine announced the news of its Sleep and Health Education Program, to be developed in partnership with WGBH Educational Foundation. The 2005 Annual Prize in Sleep Medicine was awarded in celebration of the lives and works of J. Allan Hobson, MD.
Harvard Medical School Dean of Resource Development, Mr. Jeffrey Newton gave the welcome address, and Clifford B. Saper, MD, PhD, as keynote speaker, presented a compelling argument for the importance of sleep.
Support for the 2005 Sleep and Health Benefit Dinner was generously provided by the following individuals and organizations:
| Underwriters | Cephalon, Inc Pfizer, Inc |
Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America |
| Benefactors | Respironics, Inc | Sanofi-Aventis, Inc |
| Patrons | Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc George H. Kidder, Esq Hypnion, Inc |
Jordan's Furniture Sealy, Inc Sepracor, Inc Sleep Health Centers, LLC |
| Sponsors | Sue & Walter Cahners Nicholas Galakatos, PhD Dr. William Haughton |
Steven W. Lockley, PhD ResMed Foundation |
| Leaders | Blue Bell Mattress Comfortaire Corporation Charles A. Czeisler, PhD, MD Carla J. Kidd Nature's Rest Osram Sylvania, Inc |
Clifford B. Saper, MD, PhD Sleep Ave, LLC Jo M. Solet, PhD J. Woodrow Weiss, MD David P. White, MD Zeno Group |
| Faculty Gifts | Angela R. Foss Elizabeth B. Klerman, PhD, MD Christopher P. Landrigan, MD Janet Mullington, PhD |
Shantha W. Rajaratnam, PhD Joseph M. Ronda Robert E. Strecker, PhD John Winkelman, MD, PhD |
Images from the 2005 Sleep and Health Benefit Dinner:
