About APSS Program Committee
The APSS Program Committee is a joint committee of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and the Sleep Research Society (SRS). The committee shapes the annual SLEEP meeting and its content – everything from cutting-edge science to engaging speakers to beneficial education opportunities.
Psychologist Reviewer
Service as the psychologist reviewer is a two-year appointment with potential for reappointment for up to one additional term. This position is required to attend all meetings of the Program Committee including a one-day meeting in September, a day-and-a-half meeting January and two conference calls in December. You must be a dual member of the AASM and SRS.
Service requires the psychologist reviewer to work with the Program Committee to select and organize the scientific and educational elements of the meeting in accordance with established principles of peer review, particularly those in the areas including behavioral sleep medicine and insomnia. This includes updates and discussions of scientific topics of interest to sleep clinicians and researchers, as well as topics of importance to the membership of either society related to the practice of sleep medicine and sleep research. The latter topics include, but are not limited to, such areas as the classification of sleep disorders, changes in sleep scoring, writing of research grants, and the business practices of sleep medicine. The APSS Board of Directors will review in a timely fashion the session proposals that have been submitted for the meeting. The Board of Directors will identify up to four proposals – two per society - related to the practice of sleep medicine and sleep research that they feel must be included in the program. The remainder of the educational and scientific components of the program will be the purview of the Program Committee keeping in mind the hot topics identified by the APSS Board of Directors.
Please review the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Policy on Conflicts of Interest.
Committee members are required to disclose any relevant conflicts when appointed to determine the appropriate management of conflicts. Any new conflicts that arise during a member’s term must also be disclosed at that time. Note, APSS has a separate conflict of interest policy.