Committee Member
Service as a committee member is a one-year appointment with potential for reappointment for up to two additional terms. Service requires participation on monthly conference calls and collaborative involvement on projects that meet the committee mandate.
Mandate: The AASM Public Awareness Advisory Committee provides medical expertise/clinical insight and participates in public awareness activities to promote greater public recognition that sleep is essential to health.
Current Goals for 2021/2022:
- Provide medical expertise and clinical insight to inform the public awareness strategies developed by the AASM.
- Create presentations on new topics that can be used by AASM members to raise public awareness in their communities related to sleep health.
- Participate as needed in media interviews and social media initiatives — such as Twitter chats and Facebook Live broadcasts — and other public awareness events organized by the AASM, including activities related to annual designations such as World Sleep Day in March, Insomnia Awareness Night in June, Student Sleep Health Week in September, and Drowsy Driving Prevention Week in November.
- Help raise awareness that sleep is essential to health by submitting letters to the editor, editorials, or commentaries to local and national news publications.
- Develop a roster of AASM members who can serve as podcast speakers, identify their topics of expertise, create a target list of podcasts, and pitch episode ideas to these podcasts to secure speaking engagements that will raise sleep awareness among a wide audience of listeners.
- Identify and implement strategies to raise sleep awareness among other provider groups (e.g., primary care) and provide sleep-related resources for them in collaboration with the Education Committee.
- Review Sleep Education content as needed to ensure it is current and accurate while upholding principles of health literacy.
- Identify and partner with other organizations to amplify our reach.
- Review submissions for the High School Video Contest.
Please review the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Policy on Conflicts of Interest.
Committee, task force and panel members are required to disclose any relevant conflicts when appointed in order to determine the appropriate management of conflicts. Any new conflicts that arise during a member’s term must also be disclosed at that time.