On October 2, 2008, the Division held its seventh annual Sleep and Health Benefit Dinner at the Harvard Club in downtown Boston. We were pleased to welcome Lee Marshall Nadler, MD, Harvard Medical School Dean for Clinical and Translational Research, who gave welcoming remarks and spoke to us about the role of sleep research in the new Harvard Clinical Translational Science Center. Our Keynote Speaker for the evening, Robert W. McCarley, MD, Harvard Medical School Professor of Psychiatry, revealed "Why we get sleepy after being awake: On the trail of the brain elixir of sleep." The 2008 Annual Prize in Sleep Medicine was awarded in celebration of the lives and works of Alexander A. Borbély, MD and Richard E. Kronauer, PhD.
Support for the 2008 Sleep and Health Benefit Dinner was generously provided by the following individuals and organizations:
| Underwriter | Cephalon, Inc | |
| Benefactors | Eli Lilly and Company Farrell Family Foundation |
Phillips Respironics Sanofi-Aventis, Inc |
| Patrons | Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc Sepracor, Inc |
Sleep Health Centers, LLC Vanda Pharmaceuticals |
| Sponsors | Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Jordan's Furniture |
Select Comfort Corporation |
| Leaders | Axon Sleep Research Laboratories, Inc Charles A. Czeisler, PhD, MD William Dexter Kennedy, MD Christopher P. Landrigan, MD Maria I. Marmarinos, Catalyst Group |
Stuart F. Quan, MD Russell A. Sanna, PhD Clifford B. Saper, MD, PhD Eve Van Cauter, PhD Cheryl S. Weinstein, PhD David P. White, MD |
| Faculty Gifts | Daniel Aeschbach, PhD Orfeu M. Buxton, PhD Dennis A. Dean III Jeanne F. Duffy, MBA, PhD Jeffrey M. Ellenbogen, MD Patrick M. Fuller, PhD Liming Ling, PhD |
Janet Mullington, PhD Frank A.J.L. Scheer, PhD Steven A. Shea, PhD Jo M. Solet, PhD Robert E. Strecker, PhD John Winkelman, MD, PhD |
We would like to express our deepest appreciation for their support.
2008 Sleep and Health Benefit Dinner image gallery
