Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine Committees

2021 - 2022

Accreditation Committee

The mandate of the Accreditation Committee is to solicit new applications and carry out the accreditation procedures with the goal of increasing BSM training programs. The committee is responsible for monitoring these procedures and making recommendations for changes in the accreditation procedures and standards to the Board of Directors as needed. The committee will recommend to the Board of Directors accreditation status for these educational programs.

Committee Members:

Lauren Anker, PsyD, DBSM (2017-2021)
Chair
Hines VA Hospital
Hines, IL 60141

Natalia David, PsyD, DBSM (2021 – 2024)
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Division of Consultation Liaison Psychology
Behavioral Sleep Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern
Dallas, TX 75390

Cristina Garcia, PhD (2021 – 2024)
Behavioral Sleep Medicine Clinic, EPI Center, Whole Health Clinic
Banner-University Medical Center
Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85711

Melanie Leggett, PhD, DBSM, RPSGT (2020 – 2024)
VA Medical Center
Durham, NC 27713

Gordon Giddings MD, MBA, FCFP, PSGov, CCPE, DBSM (2022 – 2025)
College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta
Edmonton AB

Board Liaison:

Stacey Simon, PhD, DBSM
Secretary-Treasurer (2021- 2024)
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO 80045-7106

Executive Director:

Kathryn Hansen BS CPC CPMA REEGT
kathryn@behavioralsleep.org

Outreach and Public Education Committee

The Public Education Committee is responsible for developing sleep–related education for the public with developing useful and timely behavioral sleep information for the public and may include activities such as press releases, interviews, and publications. The committee also identifies opportunities for the SBSM to engage with other organizations in activities to support the sleep field.

Committee Members:

Sarah Silverman, PsyD (2018-2022)
Co-Chair (2019 – 2023)
Orlando Sleep Medicine Center
3849 Oakwater Circle, Orlando, FL 32806

Susanna Barry, PsyD (2020 – 2024)
Zan Barry, PsyD
Medford, MA 02155

Michael DeSantis, PhD, DBSM (2020 – 2024)
Positive Sleep Journeys PLLC
P O Box 46492
Eden Prairie, MN 55344

Ana Fins, PhD (2021 – 2024)
Nova Southeastern University
12620 NW 23rd St
Pines, FL 33028

Edward Haraburda, PhD, DBSM (2021 – 2024)
Psychological Sleep Services
Dublin, OH

Catherine Loomis, PhD, CBSM
(2019 – 2023)
Restorative Sleep, LLC
201 N. Mayfair Rd. Suite 505
Milwaukee, WI 53226

Yishan Xu, PhD, DBSM
(2019 – 2023)
Mind and Body Garden Psychology, Inc
885 N San Antonio Rd., Suite O
Los Altos, CA 94022

Shantha Gowda, PsyD, DBSM (2019-2023)
Think Sleep
2181 Greenwich St
San Francisco, CA 94123

Board Liaison:

Sarah Honaker, PhD, DBSM (2020-2024)
Indiana University School of Medicine
410 W 10th St Suite 2000
Indianapolis, IN 46202

Executive Director:

Kathryn Hansen BS CPC CPMA REEGT
kathryn@behavioralsleep.org

Education Committee

The mandate of the Education Committee is to develop and oversee educational programs of the SBSM. This includes developing and implementing programs for students of the society.

Committee Members:

Skye Ochsner Margolies, PhD, DBSM (2020 – 2023)
Chair
UNC School of Medicine
2807 Winningham Rd
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

Haley Byers, PhD, DBSM, (2021 – 2024)
Kaiser Permanente
4215 Cheltingham Lane
Smyrna, GA 30082

Jose Colon, MD, MPH (2018 – 2022)
20551 Torre del Lago St
Estero, FL 33928

Earl Chuck Crew, PhD, (2019 – 2023)
Michael E DeBakey VAMC
2002 Holcomb Blvd
Houston, TX 77030

Ashley Curtis, PhD (2020 – 2023)
Associate Professor
University of Missouri Department of Psychiatry
Columbia, MO

Allyson Gilles PhD (2018 – 2022)
Assistant Professor
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

Neal Morris, EdD, DBSM, ABPP (2018 – 2022)
4641 Montgomery Ave Ste 210
Bethesda, MD 20814

Andrew Tubbs, MD, PhD, (2019 – 2023)
University of Arizona
4406 E Kleindale Rd
Tucson, AZ 85712

Professor Katarzyba Wac, PhD (2021 – 2023)
Full Professor of Computer Science
Quality of Life Technologies & mQoL Living Lab Director
Geneva School of Economics and Management
Center for Informatics
University of Geneva
Switzerland

Student Member

Becca Ludwig, PT/R, PhD Candidate (2021 – 2022)
Student Member
Kansas University Medical Center
Overland Park, KS 66289

Board Liaison:

Suzie Bertisch, MD, MPH (2019-2022)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
38 Holbrook Street
Boston, MA 02130

Executive Director:

Kathryn Hansen BS CPC CPMA REEGT
kathryn@behavioralsleep.org

Membership Committee

The mandate of the Membership Committee is to make recommendations to the Board of Directors related to the building and maintenance of the SBSM membership. The committee develops materials used to attract new members and suggests programs to retain existing members.

Committee Members:

Fiona Barwick, PhD, DBSM (2019 – 2022)
Chair
Stanford Medicine - Sleep Medicine Center
450 Broadway St Pavilion C
Redwood City, CA 94063

Yelena Chernyak, PhD, DBSM (2019 – 2023)
Indiana University School of Medicine
355 W. 16th St. Suite 2800 Goodman Hall
IU Health Physicians
Indianapolis, IN 46202

Terre Grable, LPC (2019 –2023)
Sleep Medicine Associates
562 Natchez Bend
Nashville, TN 37221

William Hoekstra, PsyD LP CBSM (2018 – 2022)
Northfield, MN 55057

Vyga Kaufmann, PhD (2019 – 2023)
Summit Behavioral Sleep Medicine
2355 Canyon Blvd. #100
Boulder, CO 80302

Denise Rodriquez Esquivel, PhD, DBSM (2020 – 2024)
Banner Health University Medical Center South Campus
2800 E Ajo Way
Tucson, AZ 85731

Katrina Speed, PhD (2019 – 2023)
Canandaigua, NY 14424

Board Liaison:

S. Justin Thomas, PhD, DBSM (2019 – 2023)
The University of Alabama
Birmingham, AL

Executive Director:

Kathryn Hansen, BS CPC CPMA REEGT
kathryn@behavioralsleep.org

Clinical Practice Committee

The mandate of the Clinical Practice Committee is to ensure the interests and needs of BSM clinicians are clearly identified.

Committee Members:

Kristin Daley, PhD, DBSM (2019 -2023)
Chair
BASE Cognitive Behavioral
1515 Mockingbird Lane, Ste 580
Charlotte, NC 28209

Courtney Bolstad, BS (2020 – 2024)
Mississippi State
Mississippi, MI 39759

Haley Byers, PsyD, DBSM (2021 – 2024)
The Southeast Permanente Medical Group
Smyrna, GA 30082

Philip Cheng, PhD (2019 – 2023)
Henry Ford Health System
39450 West 12 Mile Road
Novi, MI 48377

Leisha Cuddihy, PhD, DBSM (2019-2023)
URMC
Rochester, NY

Adam Fishel Frose, PhD (2019 – 2023)
Health Psychology
158 S. Abalone Dr
Gilbert, AZ 85233

Michelle Jonelis, MD (2021 – 2024)
Redwood Pulmonary Medical Specialists
170 Alameda De Las Pulgas
Sequoia Hospital Ground Floor
Redwood City, CA 94062

Lauren Koep, PhD, (2019 - 2023)
South Texas Veterans Health Care System
San Antonio, TX 72801

Jared Minkel, PhD (2018 - 2022)
Happify, Inc
Providence, RI 02904

Kate Lyn Walsh, PsyD, HSPP (2021 – 2024)
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pulmonology, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
Riley Hospital for Children

Board Liaison:

Sara Nowakowski, PhD, DBSM
President-Elect (2021 – 2022)
BCM Medical Center McNair Campus
7200 Cambridge St 8th Floor Ste 8A
Houston TX

Executive Director:

Kathryn Hansen BS CPC CPMA REEGT
kathryn@behavioralsleep.org

Scientific Programming Committee

The Scientific Program Committee is responsible for planning the SBSM annual Scientific Conference including recommending locations, developing guidelines for abstract submissions, inviting keynotes and other plenary session speakers, completing the program agenda, and recruiting educational sponsors and exhibitors.

Committee Members:

Eric Zhou, PhD (2019-2023)
Chair
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
450 Brookline Avenue, D-185
Boston, MA 02215

Luis Buenaver, PhD, DBSM (2018 – 2022)
Johns Hopkins University Medical School
5510 Nathan Shock Dr Suite 100
Baltimore, MD 21224

Daniel Simmons, PhD, DBSM (2019 – 2023)
Cincinnati Children’s
Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology
333 Burnet Ave MLC 3015
Cincinnati, OH 45229

Jennifer Mundt, MS, DBSM (2019 – 2023)
Northwestern University
76 North Saint Clair St
Chicago, IL 60611

Sarah Silverman, PsyD (2018 – 2022)
Liaison - Outreach and Public Education

Board Liaison:

Michael Nadorff, PhD (2019 – 2023)
140 Magruder Hall Suite 4
P O Box 6161
Mississippi State
Mississippi, MS 39762

Executive Director:

Kathryn Hansen BS CPC CPMA REEGT
kathryn@behavioralsleep.org

Science & Research Committee

Elevate the scientific profile of the SBSM, to encourage scientific activity among its membership, and to communicate scientific standards of behavioral sleep medicine to other organizations and to the public. This committee will advise the Board of Directors on matters related to science and will coordinate with other SBSM committees to advance a science agenda.

Committee Members:

Natasha Williams, EdD, MSW (2018-2022)
Co-Chair
227 East 30^th St Room 642
New York NY 10016

Allyson Gilles, PhD (2018 - 2022)
Education Committee Liaison
Assistant Professor
University of Utah
Salt Lake, UT

Heather Gunn, PhD (2019 - 2023)
The University of Alabama
#407 Gordon Palmer Hall
Box 870348
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401

Abbey Hughes, PhD (2018-2022)
Co-Chair
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
600 N Wolfe St Phipps Rm 174
Baltimore, MD 21287

Elisabeth James PhD, DBSM (2020 – 2024)
Sleep Medicine Service
Comprehensive Medical Practice
Toledo, OH 43623

Wai Sze Chan PhD, DBSM (2018-2022)
University of Hong Kong
The Jockey Club Bldg
Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong SAR, China

Neal Morris, EdD, DBSM, ABPP (2018 – 2022)
Education Committee Liaison
4641 Montgomery Ave Ste 210
Bethesda, MD 20814

Austin Robinson, PhD (2018 – 2022)
Auburn University
301 Wire Rd
Kinesiology Bldg
Auburn, AL 36849

Catherine Siengsukon, PT, PHD (2020 – 2024)
University of Kansas
3901 Rainbow Blvd Mailstop 2002
Kansas City, MO 66160

Melanie Stearns, MS (2019 – 2023)
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO

Ivan Vargas, PhD, DBSM (2021 – 2024)
Department of Psychological Science
310 Memorial Hall
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701

Chien-Ming Yang PhD, DBSM (2018-2022)
11F No 13, Lane 9, Sec 4, Muzha Rd
Wenshan District
Taiwan 116

Board Liaison:

Daniel Taylor, PhD, DBSM
Director at Large (2021 – 2024)
Board Liaison: Science and Research Committee
University of Arizona
1503 E University Blvd
Tucson, AZ 85721