Faculty

The Pediatric Sleep Medicine Conference would like to thank our faculty for sharing their expertise.

Faculty can find resources for compiling and submitting their presentations in our Speaker Toolkit.

Elizabeth Adams, PhD
Olufunke Afolabi-Brown, MD
Anuja Bandyopadhyay, MD
Sarah Burkhart, PhD, MPH
Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH
Alicia Chung, EdD
Christopher Cielo, DO
Penny Corkum, PhD, RPsych
Lauren Covington, PhD, MSN, RN
Valerie Crabtree, PhD, DBSM
Lisa Cromer, PhD
Maria Flores Gallegos, BS
Dominic Gault, MD
Brian Gillis, PhD, LMFT
Madeline Grigg-Damberger, MD
Ben Hinnant, PhD
Chandra Jackson, PhD, MS
Jamon Jex, BS
Michal Kahn, PhD
Roberta Leu, MD
Jessica Levenson, PhD

Andrew Ligsay, MD
Beth Malow, MD, MS
Olivia Martin-Pinon, PhD
Kiran Maski, MD, MPH
Jordana McMurray, RN, PhD
Lisa Meltzer, PhD, DBSM
Jodi Mindell, PhD
Faith Orchard, PhD, CPsych
Judith Owens, MD, MPH
Iris Perez, MD
Graham Reid, PhD
Althea Robinson Shelton, MD, MPH
Nicole Russo-Ponsaran, PhD
Shambhavi Thakur, MS
Darcy Thompson, MD, MPH
Delainey Wescott, PhD
Ariel Williamson, PhD, DBSM
Manisha Witmans, MD
Melissa Xanthopolous, PhD, MS
Eric Zhou, PhD

Program Committee

Jared Saletin, PhD | Co-Chair
Alpert Medical School of Brown University & Bradley Hospital

Althea Robinson Shelton, MD, MPH | Co-Chair
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Valerie Crabtree, PhD, DBSM | Co-Chair
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Candice Alfano, PhD
Stony Brook University

Christopher Cielo, DO
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Dominic Gault, MD
Prisma Health Children’s Hospital

Michael Gradisar, PhD, M.Psych
Sleep Cycle

Lauren Hale, PhD
Stony Brook Medicine

Brandon Jones, MD, MS
University of Pennsylvania

Michal Kahn, PhD
Tel Aviv University

Kiran Maski, MD, MPH
Harvard Medical School

Jordana McMurray, RN, PhD
University of Toronto

Lisa Meltzer, PhD, DBSM
National Jewish Health

Jodi Mindell, PhD
Saint Joseph’s University

Judith Owens, MD, MPH
Harvard Medical School

Emily Singer, MD
Norton Children’s Hospital

Melanie Stearns, PhD
University of South Florida

Delainey Wescott, PhD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Ariel Williamson, PhD, DBSM
University of Oregon

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November 5 – November 8, 2025

Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

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