2019 Election Results

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

World Sleep Society
Allan O’Bryan, Executive Director
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WORLD SLEEP SOCIETY ANNOUNCES
NEWLY-ELECTED OFFICIALS

 ROCHESTER, MN – October 3, 2019—Elections for World Sleep Society Governing Council are held approximately every two (2) years in coordination with the biennial World Sleep Society Congress, the most recent taking place at World Sleep 2019 in Vancouver, Canada with an attendance of over 3,500 professionals in the field of sleep medicine and research. Current World Sleep Society members were invited to vote at the membership meeting, or in advance by ballot.

The Nominating Committee determined the names and eligibility of individuals placed on the ballot as candidates for Officers and Elected Council Members. Ballots consisted of all individuals designated by the nominating committee for each office or position. Candidate names for each office or position were listed alphabetically. The election was accomplished by a secret ballot of individual members in good standing, completed by the last day of the World Sleep 2019 Congress. Below are the results. Further details are available in World Sleep Society’s bylaws.

The following candidates have been elected, and are members of the Governing Council:

OFFICERS and Members of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
PRESIDENT
Birgit Högl (Austria)

PRESIDENT-ELECT
Phyllis C. Zee (USA)

SECRETARY
Fang Han (China)

TREASURER
Maree Barnes (Australia)

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT (ex-officio)
Charles Morin (Canada)

FIVE (5) ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS
MEMBER AT LARGE AFRICA
Lamia Afifi (Egypt)

MEMBERS AT LARGE ASIA or AUSTRALIA
Peter Eastwood (Australia)

MEMBER AT LARGE EUROPE
Isabelle Arnulf (France)

MEMBERS AT LARGE NORTH AMERICA
Shelly Weiss (Canada)

MEMBER AT LARGE SOUTH or CENTRAL AMERICA
Andrea Bacelar (Brazil)

FIVE (5) SOCIETIES’ COUNCIL DELEGATES
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)
Kelly Carden (USA)

Australasian Sleep Association (ASA)
Alan Young (Australia)

Canadian Sleep Society (CSS)
Célyne Bastien (Canada)

European Sleep and Research Society (ESRS)
Walter McNicholas (Ireland)

Sleep Research Society (SRS)
Andrew Krystal (USA)

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About World Sleep Society
World Sleep Society is an international association whose mission is to advance sleep health worldwide. World Sleep Society supports a variety of programs, such as World Sleep Day each March, and hosts the biennial scientific congress on sleep medicine with the aim to globally connect sleep professionals and researchers to advance current knowledge on sleep medicine and research. Follow the excitement on Twitter @_WorldSleep and facebook.com/WASMF.