BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Pre-APSS Sleep Symposium X-WR-TIMEZONE:Pacific Time (US & Canada) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260715T170441Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53003555276127 DTSTART:20260609T153000Z DTEND:20260609T183000Z DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a special pre-APSS Sleep Symposium and the s econd annual UCSF Sleep Research Symposium on Tuesday\, June 9\, 2026\, fr om 8:30 - 11:30 am.\n\nThis event is hosted by Andrew Krystal\, MD\, and f eatures keynote speaker Professor Yun-Kwok Wing from the Chinese Universit y of Hong Kong\, followed by brief talks from leading UCSF faculty showcas ing recent advances in sleep and circadian research. This will be a wonder ful opportunity to hear from outstanding speakers\, engage in lively discu ssion\, and spark new collaborations within the sleep research community. In-person attendance is strongly encouraged!\n\nYun-Kwok Wing\, MBChB(Hons )\, FRCPsych(UK)\, MRCP(UK)\, FHKAM (Psych)\, FHKCPsych\nProfessor Wing is the Choh-Ming Li Professor of Psychiatry and Chairman of the Department o f Psychiatry\, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also the Directo r of the Li Chiu Kong Family Sleep Assessment Unit of The Chinese Universi ty of Hong Kong. His research integrates clinical psychiatry\, general med icine\, pediatrics\, public health\, neuropsychiatry\, and digital–AI ap proaches to better understand sleep-related and mental conditions and thei r impact on well-being. He and his team have established comprehensive epi demiological data on sleep pattern and disorders in Hong Kong across diffe rent age groups. A major focus of his work is insomnia and the prevention of associated mental disorders\, with recent studies targeting on app-base d CBT-I to prevent major depressive disorder in youth. His group has also contributed extensively to the understanding of REM sleep behavior disorde r\, highlighting familial aggregation\, staging pathology and microbiome d ysbiosis relevant to alpha-synucleinopathies.\n\nProfessor Wing is a past President of the Hong Kong Society of Sleep Medicine and a former Vice-Pre sident of the Asian Society of Sleep Medicine. Internationally\, he has se rved on the scientific and program committees of the World Association of Sleep Medicine and the World Sleep Society (2011–2015\; 2017\; 2019\; 20 22–2025) and is currently a co-chair of the World Sleep Society Program Committee for 2027. He organized and chaired the Gordon Research Conferenc e on Cognitive Dysfunction in Brain Diseases in Hong Kong in 2019. An acco mplished grant holder\, Professor Wing has secured 102 competitive grants totalling over HKD 260 million\, including 56 awards in the past five year s. He is the project coordinator of a Theme-based Research Scheme award (2 025/26) from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (HKD 76 million) ent itled “Sleep and Circadian Rhythm: Potential Window for Prevention of Me ntal Disorder in Adolescents\,” which unites local and international exp erts to assess\, monitor\, and prevent common mental disorders through an integrated digital platform focused on sleep and circadian health. He has received the Distinguished National Award for Sleep Medicine Scientific Te chnological Advance from the Chinese Medical Doctor Association (2010)\, t he Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Development of Sleep Medic ine and Sleep Research from the Chinese Sleep Research Society (2016)\, an d the Teacher of the Year Award from CUHK’s Faculty of Medicine.\n\nBrea kfast | 8:30 - 8:50 am\n\nWelcome and introductions | 8:50 - 8:55 am\, And rew Krystal\, MD\n"Sleep Window as Prevention of Depression and Neurodegen eration" (Keynote) | 8:55 - 9:50 am\, Yun-Kwok Wing\, MBChB(Hons)\, FRCPsy ch(UK)\, MRCP(UK)\, FHKAM (Psych)\, FHKCPsych\n"Sleep as a Modifiable Risk Factor for Dementia" | 9:50 - 10:05 am\, Kristine Yaffe\, MD\n"Genetics o f Natural Short Sleep: From Human Families to Mouse Models" | 10:05 - 10:2 0 am\, Ying-Hui Fu\, PhD\n\nCoffee break | 10:20 - 10:40 am\n\n"Using Huma n Genetics to Probe the Regulation of Human Circadian Function" | 10:40 - 10:55 am\, Louis Ptáček\, MD\n"Sleep and Immune Functioning: Implication s for Lung Transplant Recovery" | 10:55 - 11:10 am\, Aric Prather\, PhD\n" Bridge Clinic and Home: Sleep Technology and Digital Markers in the Era of AI" | 11:10 - 11:25 am\, Yue Leng\, PhD\n\nClosing remarks | 11:25 - 11:3 0 am\n\nZoom link: https://ucsf.zoom.us/j/92707824177?pwd=v8qkOnumBubWAZ2s 6HTCepMcG5vXTL.1\nMeeting ID: 927 0782 4177\nPassword: 850106 GEO:37.762817;-122.389293 LOCATION:UCSF Nancy Friend Pritzker Psychiatry Building\, 1412 SUMMARY:Pre-APSS Sleep Symposium URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ucsf.edu/event/Pre-APSS-Sleep-Symposium CATEGORIES:Research & Academia END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR