About the Center for Sleep Research
A major focus of the laboratory is understanding the hypocretin/orexin system and its role in opioid addiction and narcolepsy, in work supported by NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse).
We study the control and disorders of REM sleep. We also study sleep in animals to identify the evolutionary determinants and functions of sleep.
Work in this laboratory is supported by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Director: Jerome M. Siegel
UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles), Department of Psychiatry,
Neurobiology Research,
VA GLAHS (Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System),
North Hills, California 91343,
U.S.A.
Bibliography: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/jerome.siegel.1/bibliography/public/
Professional Positions
| 1984-present | Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Member Brain Research Institute, UCLA School of Medicine |
| 1993-1999 | Chair, Program Committee, APSS (Association of Professional Sleep Societies) |
| 1984-1989 | Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA, School of Medicine |
| 1980-present | Chief, Neurobiology Research, Sepulveda VAMC (Veterans Affairs Medical Center) |
| 1978-1984 | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA, School of Medicine |
Awards and Other Professional Activities
| 2013 | Narcolepsy Researcher of the Year, The Narcolepsy Network (the main US patient group) |
| 2011 | William S. Middleton Award; for Outstanding Achievement in Biomedical Research, (the national award of the VA for research excellence) |
| 1999-2006 | Jacob Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award, NINDS (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) |
| 2005 | Dement Award, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, for clinical research |
| 1994-2004 | M.E.R.I.T. Award, NHLBI (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) |
| 2002 | Distinguished Scientist Award, Sleep Research Society |
| 2001 | Special Award for Research Leading to the Discovery of the Cause of Human Narcolepsy, Sleep Research Society |
| 1992-1995 | President-Elect, President, Past-President Sleep Research Society |
| 1980 | V.A. Clinical Investigator Award |
