SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2023
5.00pm-7.00pm Registration Open
5.00pm-7.00pm Welcome Reception, Networking & Refreshments
MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2023
7.00am-8.00am Registration, Arrival Tea & Coffee
8.00am-8.10am Welcome & Opening Remarks
8.10am-8.50am Colin Sullivan ~ Sleep and Breathing: A 50 Year Odyssey
Beneficial and Adverse Effects of PAP Chairs: Atul Malhotra & Anna Mullins
8.50am-9.05am Fernanda Almeida ~ Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, Mandibular Advancement Splints and Combination Therapy on Blood Pressure in Obstructive Sleep Apnea patients: A Multi-center Randomized Clinical Trial
9.05am-9.20am Giovani Farias Lima ~ Acute Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) on Weight in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
9.20am-9.35am Daniel Gottlieb ~ Impact of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Biomarkers of Inflammation in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: The RICCADSA Study
9.35am-9.50am Angela D'Rozario ~ Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy in Moderate to Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A High- density EEG Study
9.50am-10.10am Morning Tea
10.10am-10.55am Sushmita Pamidi ~ Sleep and Burnout
Upper Airway Muscle Physiology Chairs: Kristina Kairaitis & Shiro Isono
10.55am-11.10am Saki Taiji ~ Changes in the Suprahyoid Muscles’ Activity in Response to Increasing Concentrations of Sevoflurane in Spontaneously Breathing Mice
11.10am-11.25am Lauriane Juge ~ Complex and Counterintuitive Relationships between Genioglossus Neural Drive and Dilatory Tongue Movement during Inspiration during Wakefulness
11.25am-11.40am Ann Revill ~ Excitability of Inspiratory and Non-Inspiratory Hypoglossal Motoneurons is Increased by Muscarinic Modulation in Neonatal Mice
11.40am-11.55am Amy Jordan ~ Genioglossus Motor Control following the Return to Sleep after Brief Arousal
11.55am-12.10pm Alister Neill ~ Comparison of Standard CPAP Therapy and the Racer Airway Device for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: A Randomised Clinical Trial
12.10pm-1.10pm Lunch
1.10pm-1.55pm Gordon Mitchell ~ In the Translational Flywheel: Therapeutic Acute Intermittent Hypoxia and Spinal Cord Injury
Respiratory Physiology: Spinal Cord and Plasticity Chairs: Jane Butler & Seva Polotsky
1.55pm-2.10pm Billy Luu ~ Effect of Respiratory Muscle Training on the Perception of Inspiratory Resistive Loads in People with Chronic Tetraplegia
2.10pm-2.25pm Chiettha Prajnadewie ~ Voluntary Activation of the Inspiratory Muscles Determined by Spinal Root Magnetic Stimulation During Graded Respiratory Efforts
2.25pm-2.40pm Alexandria Marciante ~ Progressive Tauopathy Disrupts Breathing Pattern during Presumptive Sleep
2.40pm-2.55pm Mihaela Teodorescu ~ Four Weeks of Repetitive Acute Hypoxic Preconditioning Did Not Alleviate Allergen-Induced Airway Dysfunction in Rats
2.55pm-3.15pm Afternoon Tea
3.15pm-4.00pm Jeff Iliff ~ Evidence for Sleep-Active Glymphatic Dysfunction in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease
Aging and Dementia Chairs: Andrew Varga & Sharon Naismith
4.00pm-4.15pm Omonigho Michael Bubu ~ Using the NIA-AA Research Framework to stratify Cognitive Normal Older Adults with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
4.15pm-4.30pm Camilla Hoyos ~ Reducing Sleep Apnoea for the PrEvention of Dementia (REShAPED): The Protocol of a Multi-Site Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial
4.30pm-4.45pm Aaron Lam ~ Screening and Detecting Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in a Memory Clinic Setting: An Underdiagnosed At-Risk Population?
4.45pm-5.00pm Julie Legault ~ Age- and Sex-Specific Associations between Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk and Cognitive Functioning in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A 3-Year Longitudinal Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
5.00pm-5.15pm Diedre Jansson ~ Circadian Dysregulation of the Choroid Plexus with Age and Amyloid Pathology
6.00pm-11.00pm Welcome Dinner, Maritime Room, Auckland Viaduct
TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2023
7.15am-8.00am Registration, Arrival Tea & Coffee
8.00am-8.45am David Rapoport ~ Extracting the Most from the Flow Signal in the PSG: Beyond the AHI
Non-PAP Treatment of OSA Chairs: Fernanda Almeida & Danny Eckert
8.45am-9.00am Kingman Strohl ~ The SUPRA Trial for the Treatment of OSA: Design and Interim AHI and Safety Endpoints
9.00am-9.15am Bharati Prasad ~ Dronabinol Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Effects on Sleep EEG
9.15am-9.30am Amal Osman ~ A Novel TASK Channel Antagonist Improves Pharyngeal Collapsibility in People with Severe OSA
9.30am-9.45am Thomas Altree ~ The Effects of Low-Dose Morphine on Sleep and Breathlessness in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial
9.45am-10.00am Julia Chapman ~ Tirzepatide for the Treatment of OSA: Rationale and Design of the SURMOUNT-OSA Phase 3 Trial
10.00am-10.20am Morning Tea
10.20am-11.05am Esra Tasali ~ Research Highlights on Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Glucose Metabolism
Epidemiology and OSA Outcomes Chairs: Amanda Piper & Pat Strollo
11.05am-11.20am Vsevolod Polotsky ~ Leptin Signaling in tThe Dorsomedial Hypothalamus Couples Metabolism and Breathing in Obesity
11.20am-11.35am Jag Sunderram ~ Cellular Mechanisms of Pulmonary dysfunction in an animal model of CIH
11.35am-11.50am Ding Zou ~ Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Excessive Daytime Sleepiness is an Independent Risk Factor for Mortality
11.50am-12.05pm Benjamin Tong ~ Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients: Prevalence and Influence on Vascular Function
12.05pm-12.20pm Camilla Hoyos ~ Cardio-Metabolic Health Effects of CPAP Treatment for Sleep Apnoea during Weight Loss: Arandomised Controlled Pilot Trial
12.20pm-1.20pm Lunch
1.20pm-1.30pm Omonigho (Michael) Bubu ~ Re-thinking Scientific Research through the Lens of Diversity
1.30pm-1.40pm Paris “AJ” Adkins-Jackson ~ The Structural Determinants of Preventing a Well-Body
1.40pm-1.50pm Elizabeth Rose Mayeda ~ Methodological Considerations for Health Equity Research
1.50pm-2.20pm Open Discussion - Omonigho (Michael) Bubu / Paris “AJ” Adkins-Jackson / Elizabeth Rose Mayeda
Understanding Sleep in Special Populations Chairs: Anna Hudson & Walter McNicholas
2.20pm-2.35pm Joshua Smocot ~ Maternal Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Pregnancy and Risk of Adverse Health Outcomes in Mothers and Children
2.35pm-2.50pm Anna Mullins ~ Cardiopulmonary Coupling in World Trade Center (WTC) Responders and a Sleep Clinic Population
2.50pm-3.05pm Nicole Grivell ~ Delivery of Insomnia Management by General Practice Nurses: A Qualitative Analysis of Patient Perspectives
3.30pm-11.00pm Ferry to Waiheke Island for Dinner
5.00pm-11.00pm Conference Dinner
5.00pm-11.00pm Conference Dinner
- Winery Tour and Dinner at Tantalus Winery on Waiheke Island, 30 min ferry ride from Auckland
- Guest tickets are $145 per person
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2023
7.30am-8.00am Registration, Arrival Tea & Coffee
8.00am-8.45am Anna Sigríður Islind ~ Co-design of a Digital Platform: Novel Insights from the Sleep Revolution
Infectious Disease and Novel Research Tools Chairs: Mihaela Teodorescu & Jag Sunderram
8.45am-9.00am Olivia McGuiness ~ Airway Colonization with Resistant Microbiota: Can a Non-Invasive Ventilator be a Source of Cross-Infection?
9.00am-9.15am Nicole Sheers ~ The Suitability of the Hypoxico Hyp123 Altitude Generator as a Low Oxygen Delivery Method for Therapeutic Acute Intermittent Hypoxia Research Trials
9.15am-9.30am Thomas Tolbert ~ Phenotyping Using Polysomnography
9.30am-9.45am Russell Ray ~ Automated Approaches to High-Throughput Respiratory Studies
9.45am-10.05am Morning Tea
10.05am-10.50am Julian Paton ~ Carotid Body: A Conductor of the Cardiorespiratory Orchestra
Respiratory Physiology: Breathing and Beyond Chairs: Amy Jordan & Jonathan Jun
10.50am-11.05am Laura Barnes ~ Intermittent Hypoxia Causes Excess Mortality in a Mouse Model of COVID-19
11.05am-11.20am Mayumi Hashida ~ Interaction Between Body Temperature Changes and Hypoxemia to the Generation of Sighs in Adult Mice Anesthetized with Sevoflurane
11.20am-11.35am Adam Martinac ~ The Effect of Yawning on Cerebrospinal Fluid and Blood Flow through the Neck
11.35am-11.50am Anna Hudson ~ Surface Electromyography to Quantify the Gradient of Neural Drive to the Human Parasternal Intercostal Muscles
11.50am-12.05pm Bastien Lechat ~ Wasted Effort: Quantification of Flow Limitation In Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
12.05pm-12.15pm R. John Kimoff ~ Closing Remarks
12.15pm-1.15pm Lunch
