The International Sleep Research Training Program has welcomed sleep research mentees from countries around the globe as well as mentors from some of the world’s most prestigious sleep research institutions.
While the formal ISRTP mentorship lasts one year, our community and network of early- and mid-career researchers persists. Many of our ISRTP mentees remain active and have participated in their own collaborations as well as other World Sleep Society programs like the World Sleep Congress, World Sleep Academy, International Sleep Medicine Guidelines, Healthier Sleep magazine, and more. Our network of ISRTP mentees are the sleep leaders of the future, and we’re excited to welcome more researchers as the program develops further.
Current Mentees
Abubaker Ibrahim, MD
Dr. Ibrahim has matched with Birgit Högl, MD, PhD of Innsbruck Medical University. Dr. Ibrahim completed his medical degree with honors at University of Szeged in Szeged, Hungary. Also a current PhD student at Innsbruck Medical University, Dr. Ibrahim’s research interests include the role of sleep in the development of neurodegenerative diseases.
Corrado Garbazza, MD
Dr. Garbazza has matched with Susan Redline, MD, MPH of Harvard Medical School. Dr. Garbazza has completed residencies in psychiatry and neurology in Switzerland. His research interests include the development of new diagnostics and therapeutics for circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders.
Mi Lu, MD
Mi Lu has matched with Thomas Penzel, PhD of Charité University Hospital Berlin. Mi Lu is a PhD candidate at Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, China. Her research interests include the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of sleep-disordered breathing, especially OSA-related cardiovascular diseases. During her time in Berlin, she plans to study portable monitoring devices for the diagnosis of OSA.
Yan Wang, MD
Dr. Wang has match with Thomas Penzel, PhD of Charité University Hospital Berlin. Dr. Wang completed her residency in otolaryngology at Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, the first affiliated hospital of Shandong First Medical University. Dr. Wang’s research interests include the diagnosis and treatment of OSA, particularly with hyperglossal nerve stimulation and drug-induced sleep endoscopy, which she plans to implement and promote in her home country of China.
Previous Mentees
2021
Mentee | Mentor | Mentor Site |
Kate Chan (China) | Allan Pack | University of Pennsylvania |
Jingjing Zhang (China) | Allan Pack | University of Pennsylvania |
Yin Huang (China) | Thomas Penzel | Charité University Hospital Berlin |
Youmeng Wang (China) | Thomas Penzel | Charité University Hospital Berlin |
Chun Ting Au (Hong Kong) | Danny Eckert | Flinders University |
Karl D. Mehta (India) | Joerg Steier & Guy Leschziner | Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust |
Chitra Veluthat (India) | Uma Devaraj | St. John’s Medical College Hospital |
Ruby Joseph (India) | Uma Devaraj | St. John’s Medical College Hospital |
Jenny Zitser (Israel) | Clete Kushida | Stanford University |
2020
Mentee | Mentor | Mentor Site |
Wenjing Jiang (China) | Clete Kushida | Stanford University |
Xi Zhang (China) | Clete Kushida | Stanford University |
Bingqian Zhu (China) | Simon Kyle | Oxford University |
Yuan Zhang (China) | Susan Redline | Harvard Medical School |
Hua Qin (China) | Thomas Penzel | Charité University Hospital Berlin |
Yun Shen (China) | Yanagisawa Masashi | University of Tsukuba |
Arezu Najafi (Iran) | Fang Han | Peking University People’s Hospital |
Andrey Golovatyuk (Russia) | Fang Han | Peking University People’s Hospital |
Soriul Kim (South Korea) | Allan Pack | University of Pennsylvania |
2019
Mentee | Mentor | Mentor Site |
Liyue Xu (China) | Allan Pack | University of Pennsylvania |
Wenjing Jiang (China) | Clete Kushida | Stanford University |
Leila Emami (Iran) | Brendon Yee | University of Sydney |
Hyeon Jin Kim (South Korea) | Susan Redline | Harvard Medical School |
Ximena Omlin (United Kingdom) | Simon Kyle | University of Oxford |