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Rising Voices speaker Kristyn Beecher standing behind the Project Sleep table and holding a ROCK the Block sign.

Rising Voices Speaker Kristyn Beecher ROCKS the Block!

Project Sleep Board Member and Rising Voices speaker Kristyn Beecher raised awareness of sleep health, sleep disorders, and sleep equity at the ROCK the Block Community Health & Resource Expo in Houston! Rock the Block is an event that strives to unite community members, organizations, and stakeholders to address the social determinants of health disproportionately affecting…

Awakening America: Congressional Briefing on Sleep and Public Health

Project Sleep cordially invites Members of Congress, staffers, and interested stakeholders to attend: “Awakening America: A Congressional Briefing on Sleep and Public Health” Tuesday, July 16th, 2024 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM (Eastern) Room 2075, Rayburn House Office Building On Tuesday, July 16th, 2024 at 12:00 noon ET, please join the sleep community for a…

Meet the 2024 Jack & Julie Narcolepsy Scholarship Recipients

Project Sleep is honored to introduce the 2024 Jack & Julie Narcolepsy Scholarship recipients. The 37 awardees represent our largest group yet, and will each receive $1,000 toward their college education. In 11 years, the scholarship program has now awarded a total of 228 scholarships to 228 students, totaling $228,000. “With the generosity and support of the…

LGBTQ+ Sleep Survey: Insights and Takeaways

LGBTQ+ Sleep Survey Results Are In! In June 2023, Project Sleep launched the LGBTQ+ Sleep Survey to ask: How are identity and sleep health intertwined for LGBTQIA+ members of our community? We wanted to hear first-hand how the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people impact their sleep, to help inform our sleep advocacy and awareness campaigns and…

Project Sleep at APSS SLEEP Meeting 2024

Over June 1-5, 2024, Project Sleep attended SLEEP 2024 in Houston, TX. SLEEP 2024 was the 38th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, LLC (APSS). The annual SLEEP meeting is dedicated to clinical sleep medicine, sleep and circadian research, and sleep health. Project Sleep had the opportunity to share our work and research…
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Donor Spotlight: Meet Jacob Zeiher

In 2014, Jacob Zeiher became one of the first recipients of the Jack & Julie Narcolepsy Scholarship, established by Project Sleep. Reflecting on his journey, Jacob emphasizes the importance of “paying it forward” to empower others through similar opportunities. Jacob’s journey with narcolepsy began in his early school years when his father, a practicing physician,…
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SLEEP 2024 Poster Presentation: Diagnostic Patterns in Hypersomnolence

New data from Project Sleep’s Narcolepsy and IH Social Support Survey will be presented in a late-breaking abstract poster at SLEEP 2024, June 1-5 in Houston, TX. The study, “Evolving Diagnostic Patterns in Central Disorders of Hypersomnolence: Has Time to Diagnosis Gotten Shorter Over The Last Decades?” examines diagnostic patterns in hypersomnolence (i.e., narcolepsy and…

New Narcolepsy Community Reads

For people living with sleep disorders like narcolepsy, stigma and isolation are common experiences. Low awareness and misconceptions of sleep disorders are often the root issue of these experiences. At Project Sleep, we strive to raise awareness and dismantle misconceptions. One powerful way to understand the lived experiences of those with narcolepsy is through the…

35 Members of Congress Sign Letter for Sleep Research and Awareness

On May 1, 2024, a group of 35 U.S. Representatives co-signed a Congressional letter in support of prioritizing sleep medical research and public awareness at a national level. This letter notes the troubling lack of coordinated sleep activities in public health and urges the CDC to modernize sleep public health. Starting on Thursday, April 11,…

Action Alert: Ask Your Representative to Support Sleep Awareness and Research

Take Action for Sleep This year, an official Congressional Sign On Letter will be sent to the Appropriations Committee asking them to prioritize support for sleep and sleep disorders public health, awareness, and research. To be effective, we need your Members of the U.S. House of Representatives to “sign on.” The more House Representatives sign…