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Sleep Science and Sleep Disorders
								
																									Funding for research on sleep and the circadian biology of sleep disorders, including how the body regulates breathing during sleep, how sleep deficiencies affect the whole body, and what biomarkers can help assess sleep health.
			
								Program Officers
					
      Marishka Brown, Ph.D.
				
            Director, National Center on Sleep Disorders Research
      
				
            marishka.brown@nih.gov
              Lawrence Baizer, Ph.D.
				
            Neurobiology of Sleep
      
				
            lawrence.baizer@nih.gov
              Aaron D. Laposky, Ph.D.
				
            Chronobiology and Ventilatory Control
      
				
            laposkya@nhlbi.nih.gov
      
				
            301-827-7837
              Alfonso Alfini, Ph.D.
				
            Sleep Disorders Medicine
      
				
            alfonso.alfini@nih.gov
              Shilpy Dixit, Ph.D.
				
            Prevention and Sleep Health
      
				
            shilpy.dixit@nih.gov
              National Center Sleep on Disorders Research
				
				
            ncsdr@nih.gov
      
				
            301-435-0199
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				RFA-HL-22-013
       | Released 
            September 30, 2021
                                                    	
	HEAL initiative: Pharmacotherapies to Reverse Opioid Overdose Induced Respiratory Depression Without Central Opioid Withdrawal (Target Validation and Candidate Therapeutic Development) (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
	

                Expires 
            December 04, 2021
              PAR-20-164
       | Released 
            April 03, 2020
                                                    	
	Mechanisms and Consequences of Sleep Disparities in the U.S. (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
	

                Expires 
            July 15, 2022
              NOT-HL-21-029
       | Released 
            August 30, 2021
                                                    	
	Notice of Correction to Expiration Date for NOT-HL-21-024 Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Bold New Bioengineering Research for Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders and Diseases (Reissue)
	

                Expires 
            January 01, 2027
  
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