Colorado Sleep and Circadian Summer School
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7th Annual听University of Colorado
Sleep and Circadian Summer School
Aug 2-8, 2026
Supported by听NIH/NHLBI T32 鈥淭ransdisciplinary Training in Sleep and Circadian Rhythms鈥, NIH/NINDS R25 "Multi-Institutional Summer Undergraduate Research Program to Promote Sleep and Circadian Research Careers",听College of Arts and Sciences and the Vice Chancellor for Research, and听the听Department of Integrative Physiology at the University of Colorado Boulder
Organizing committee:听听 Keenan Kushner PhD, Andrea Lugo, Grissy Sime Mora, Gabriel Nah PhD, Maeve Sheehey, Prof. Ken Wright
The 7th听Annual Colorado Sleep and Circadian Summer School will be hybrid.听 Approximately 50 trainees will be selected to attend the summer school in person and have access to the full program. Some educational offerings will also be made available virtual.
The 7th Annual Colorado Sleep and Circadian Summer School is free (i.e., there is no registration fee).听 Trainees and/or their mentors are responsible for travel to and from Boulder as well as hotel and food.
The educational program will include morning lectures, afternoon workshops, networking sessions, and professional development sessions.
The educational program is provided by Colorado faculty and visiting faculty.
In Person Visiting Professors听
- Marie-Pierre St-Onge, PhD - Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- Jimmy Dooley, PhD - Purdue University
- Claudia Moreno, PhD - University of Sao Paulo
- Hao Duong, PhD - Morehouse School of Medicine
- Jason DeBruyne, PhD - Morehouse School of Medicine
Including educational and professional development sessions provided by some of the faculty from the Colorado T32 program
Summer School Program
All times are Mountain (MDT, UTC/GMT - 6 hours)
Sessions with a * will be provided in hybrid format via webinar
Sunday 2rd Aug 鈥 Registration and welcome 鈥 University of Colorado Boulder
| 1800 鈥 1930 | Registration for students, welcome and networking session University of Colorado Boulder Campus听 111 |
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Monday 3rd听Aug 鈥 University of Colorado Boulder
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| Morning session | Introductory lectures University of Colorado Boulder Campus听 100 |
0845鈥0900听 听 听 0900鈥1015听 听 | *Ken Wright, PhD听- Introduction to the summer school Plenary Claudia Moreno听PhD听鈥 Chronobiology and Work |
| 1015鈥1045听 听 | Coffee break |
1045鈥1200 听 | Plenary Jimmy Dooley PhD听- Sleep and development - how REM and NREM sleep change and evolve across early development |
| 1200鈥1230听 听 | Data blitz session 1 |
| 1230鈥1345 | Lunch |
| Afternoon session | University of Colorado Boulder Campus听 100 |
| 1345鈥1500 | Plenary Hao Anh Duong PhD - Circadian gene expression |
| 1500鈥1530听 听 | Coffee break |
| 1530鈥1630 | Ken听Wright听PhD鈥听Recommendations for healthy light exposure |
| 1615鈥1745 | Poster session 1 (In person only) 鈥 University of Colorado Boulder Campus听 111 |
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Tuesday 5th Aug 鈥 University of Colorado Boulder
Wednesday 6th Aug
| Afternoon session | Free afternoon - Hike/other activities |
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Friday Aug 8th
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Application for the in-person summer school is open and trainees will be admitted on a rolling basis. Please send a request for application to kenneth.wright@colorado.edu
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for the virtual (WEBINAR portions) summer school is now open.
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