Practice recommendations and guideline endorsements currently in development are listed below along with their respective task forces.
Stages of Completion
Preliminary
- Selection of Guideline or Topic
- Setting Up Task Force
Selecting and Evaluating Relevant Research Stage
- Literature Search
- Relevant Evidence
- Survey of Membership (when needed)
Recommendations/Caveats Stage
- Synthesis of data
- Recommendation/Caveats
- Manuscript Development
Review Process
- Task Force Review of Manuscript
- WSS Committee Review of Manuscript
- WSS Governing Board Review of Manuscript
Completed
- Publication
Hypersomnia Task Force
Endorsement of: “treatment of central disorders of hypersomnolence: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine clinical practice guideline” by World Sleep Society
Task Force Chair
Yves Dauvilliers (France)
Task Force Members
Sapna Erat (India)
Fang Han (China)
Elias Karroum (United States)
Geert Mayyer (Germany)
Soña Nevsimalova (Prague)
Margarita Reyes Zuniga (Mexico)
Michael Thorpy (United States)
Parasomnia Task Force
Endorsement of: “treatment of nightmare disorder in adults: An American Academy of Sleep Medicine position paper” by World Sleep Society
Task Force Chair
Federica Provini (Italy)
Task Force Members
Birgit Högl (Austria)
Alex Iranzo (Spain)
Jee-Young Lee (Korea)
Roneil Malkani (United States)
Garima Shukla (India)
Ambra Stefani (Austria)
Yun Kwok Wing (Hong Kong)
Pediatric Melatonin Task Force
Melatonin use in managing Insomnia in children with Autism and other Neurodevelopmental Disorders – By the International Pediatric Sleep Association (IPSA) and World Sleep Society (WSS).
Task Force Chair
Suresh Kotagal (United States)
Task Force Members
Sarah Blunden (Australia)
Carlos Bolaños (Colombia)
Oliviero Bruni (Italy)
Sam Cortese (United Kingdom)
Barbara Gnidovec Stražišar (Slovenia)
Osman Ipsiroglu (Canada)
Indra Narang (Canada)
Magda Lahorgue Nunes (Brazil)
Narong Simakajornboon (United States)
Lina Marcela Taverna Saldaña (Colombia)
Guanghai Wang (China)
School Start Time Task Force
School start times and adolescent sleep: Insights from sleep experts around the world
Task Force Chair
Judith Owens (United States)
Task Force Members
Saadoun Bin-Hasan (Kuwait)
Scott Coussens (Australia)
Michal Kahn (Israel)
Karen Spruyt (France)
Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders Task Force
Endorsement of “European Respiratory Society guideline on non-CPAP therapies for obstructive sleep apnoea” by World Sleep Society
Task Force Chair
Ofer Jacobowitz (United States)
Task Force Members
Lamia Afifi (Egypt)
Uri Alkan (Israel)
Clete Kushida (United States)
Thomas Penzel (Germany)
Dalva Poyares (Brazil)
Sleep Tracker Task Force
Purpose: to establish best practices in the selection, monitoring, and reporting of sleep and breathing during sleep by commercial sleep trackers
Task Force Chair
Clete Kushida (United States)
Task Force Members
Kelly Glazer Baron (United States)
Mathias Baumert (Australia)
Cathy Goldstein (United States)
Nicola Cellini (Italy)
Michael Chee (Singapore)
Anas (Syed) Imtiaz (United Kingdom)
Stanley Liu (United States)
Thomas Penzel (Germany)
Hannah Scott (Australia)
Scoping Review Members
Bingqian Zhu
Brian R Rodysill
Chitra Veluthat
Ibrahim Abubaker
Jenny Zitser-Koren
Jun Au
Kate Chan
Leila Emami
Lina Eltahir
Mi Lu
Nina Suresh
Nnamdi Orakpo
Pahnwat Tonya Taweesedt
Pien Fenneke Nicole Bosschieter
Samantha Wilairat
Uma Devaraj
Uma Krishnaswamy
Wenjing Wang
Yan Wang