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Meet the 2023 Jack & Julie Narcolepsy Scholarship Recipients

As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Jack & Julie Narcolepsy Scholarship, Project Sleep is honored to introduce the 35 recipients of the 2023 award. This is our largest group of scholarship recipients to date, each of whom will receive $1,000 toward their college education. In 10 years, the scholarship program has now awarded…
Beverly Lang; a woman with short dark hair and light blue eyes wearing a blue v-neck shirt.

Welcoming Beverly Lang to Project Sleep’s Board of Directors!

In June 2023, Beverly Lang joined the Board of Directors of Project Sleep, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of sleep health, sleep equity, and sleep conditions.  Beverly is a highly skilled and accomplished Sr. Partner Development Manager with Intuit. With over twenty years of experience in sales, leadership, and relationship management, she markets…

Sleeping While Queer: LGBTQ+ Perspectives on Sleep Health + Sleep Disorders

June is Pride Month! Project Sleep is proud to highlight LGBTQ+ sleep health and insights from LGBTQ+ members of our community throughout the month of June. See Full SeriesWhat does LGBTQ+ identity have to do with sleep? More than you might think! Experiences shared by many LGBTQ+ people can affect sleep health and sleep disorders…

Project Sleep in IndiaNAPolis: SLEEP 2023

SLEEP 2023 and Hypersomnia Foundation’s 2023 #BeyondSleepy Conference From June 2-7, 2023, Project Sleep was in Indianapolis, IN for two separate conferences! From June 2-4, Project Sleep attended the Hypersomnia Foundation’s 2023 #BeyondSleepy Conference. This conference brought together people with idiopathic hypersomnia, narcolepsy, and Kleine-Levin Syndrome and their supporters. Project Sleep also attended and shared…
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Sleep Disorders Featured on NPR

NPR Show 1A Highlights Sleep Disorders: Narcolepsy and Sleep Apnea 1A, a program produced by WAMU and distributed by NPR, recently aired a segment titled “In Good Health: Living with Sleep Disorders.” Project Sleep’s President & CEO Julie Flygare and Project Sleep Expert Advisory Board member Dr. Kali Cyrus joined host Jenn White to share…

The Project Sleep Podcast: Narcolepsy, Immunology & Neurology

Sleep Insights Series Ep. 9 – Narcolepsy, Immunology & Neurology with Dr. Emmanuel Mignot What are the connections between upper airway infections like the flu, our immune systems, and our brains? We’re honored to speak with the 2023 Breakthrough Prize winner and Director of the Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, Dr. Emmanuel Mignot. Together,…
Podcast: Shifting Cultural Perceptions of Sleep with Dr. Grandner

The Project Sleep Podcast: Shifting Cultural Perceptions of Sleep

Sleep Insights Series Ep. 8 – Shifting Cultural Perceptions of Sleep with Dr. Michael Grandner Sleep is often seen as this boring thing that doesn’t get us anywhere. In this podcast, we speak with sleep expert, Dr. Michael Grandner about re-shaping cultural perceptions of sleep, seeing sleep as an investment in our future. We also…
Rachel Aubry, a person with chin-length dyed blue hair, wearing an off-the-shoulder top and jewelry.

Rachel Aubry: 2023 National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month! Project Sleep is proud to highlight poets and poetry from our community throughout the month of April. Curated by Ana Lara. See Full SeriesRachel Aubry is a 21-year-old artist, poet, and overall creative person. She received her narcolepsy diagnosis during her junior year of high school. Symptoms Rachel experiences include…
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Staci H: 2023 National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month! Project Sleep is proud to highlight poets and poetry from our community throughout the month of April. Curated by Ana Lara. See Full SeriesMeet the Poet:   Staci H is a 16-year-old part-time high school student and part-time college student living with type 2 narcolepsy without cataplexy. She was diagnosed…
Rising Voices sleep apnea advocate, Gary Knight. A bald man with unframed glasses wearing a steel blue 1/4 zip sweater.

Sleep Apnea Story Sharing: Meet Gary

Our Rising Voices Story Sharing Series continued with sleep apnea advocate Gary Knight! Gary shared his story of living with undiagnosed sleep apnea for 15 years, and how finally being diagnosed and treated helped him change his life and empower others to do the same. Emma Cooksey, creator of the Sleep Apnea Stories podcast and member of…