Rosemary Horne (Australia; current officer, Secretary), AM, PhD, DSc
Candidate for Secretary, International Pediatric Sleep Association
Education:
1973-1976 Bachelor of Science in Zoology and Physiology, Massey University, New Zealand
1977-1979 Master of Science in Zoology (Hons), Massey University, New Zealand
1983-1989 PhD (part-time), Monash University, Melbourne
1991-1999 Bachelor of Letters (part-time), University of Melbourne
2018 Doctor of Science, Physiological studies during sleep. Monash University
Current appointments:
2012 Professor
National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Leadership Fellow and Senior Principal Research Fellow,
Department of Paediatrics, Monash University
Research output: In my field of Paediatric Sleep Research, I lead Australia’s most published research group which is ranked third in
the world for publication output in the last 5 years (Scival). I have published over 200 original research manuscripts, 33 reviews and
14 book chapters, despite working part-time 1986-2003, whilst raising my 3 children (Google Scholar H-index 58, citations 11642).
Contribution to the field of research: My research has made major contributions to understanding the mechanisms which underpin
the risk factors for the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and the translation of this research into reducing SIDS risk through
education. My research on understanding the cardiovascular, behavioural and neurocognitive consequences of sleep disordered
breathing in children, which affects 35% of children, has directly changed clinical practice through increased awareness of the need
for and benefits of intervention. In 2014 I was awarded the Australasian Sleep Association Distinguished Achievement Award for my
contributions to paediatric sleep research and mentorship of early career researchers. I received the International Society for the
Study and Prevention of Perinatal and Infant Death Distinguished Researcher Award for outstanding contributions to SIDS Research
in 2018 and the Massey University, New Zealand Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award in 2019. In 2021 I was awarded an Order
of Australia (AM) for significant service to paediatric medicine, and to infant mortality prevention.
International standing: I have been secretary of IPSA since 2016 and a member of the 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2024 IPSA conference
committees and I chaired the 2020 virtual conference. My experience in leadership roles in paediatric sleep medicine/research
includes being the Chairperson of the Physiology working group of the International Society for the Study and Prevention of Infant
Death (ISPID) since 2008, Chair of the 2010 ISPID conference and a member of the ISPID conference committees in 2014, 2016, 2018
and 2020. I was an Executive Member and Treasurer for the World Sleep Society 2008-2012. I am a member of the European Sleep
Research Society (ESRS) and the Sleep Research Society (SRS) and am on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Sleep Research (since
2005), Sleep Medicine (since 2008) and Sleep (since 2012). Locally, I have been a member Australasian Sleep Association (ASA) since
1997, a member of the ASA Research Committee 2007-2019, Conference Committees 2009, 2010 and 2011 and Chair of the ASA
Paediatric Special Interest Group 2011-2015. I regularly attend and present at IPSA, ISPID, ESRS, ASA and APSS conferences.
Supervision and mentoring: I have supervised 20 PhD, 4 Masters and 50 Honours students to completion and I currently supervise 3
PhD students. I was the Postgraduate Coordinator for the Hudson Institute of Medical Research 2008-2015 and continue in this role
for the Department of Paediatrics (since 2005). I am a mentor for the Monash University and the Australasian Sleep Association
programmes.
Peer review involvement: I frequently review manuscripts (~ 50 per year) and national and international funding applications within
my discipline (~ 10 per year).
Narong Simakajornboon (USA; current member, BOD), MD, FCCP, FAASM
Candidate for Secretary/Treasurer, International Pediatric Sleep Association
Dr. Simakajornboon is a Professor of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is
the director of the Sleep Center and Sleep Medicine Fellowship Training Program at CCHMC and the University of Cincinnati. He
earned medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University in Thailand in 1992 before coming to the
United State. He completed pediatric residency at Children’s hospital of Michigan, followed by pediatric pulmonary and sleep
medicine fellowship at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is a member of the American Academy of
Sleep Medicine, the American Thoracic Society, the American College of Chest Physician, the Sleep Research Society, the Society for
pediatric Research and the American Pediatric Society.
He has been a sleep medicine program director over the period of 20 years and has trained many sleep medicine fellows and
international trainees from several countries. He has conducted research in advancing pediatric sleep medicine in the area of sleep
related movements disorder, infant apnea and developmental neurobiology of respiratory control and pediatric narcolepsy. He has
published numerous peer-reviewed articles, abstracts and book chapters in the field of sleep medicine. He currently serves as an
associate editor of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, Frontier in Neurology and Psychiatry, and Frontier in Sleep, and is on
editorial board of several journals. He previously served as a member of Steering committee of Childhood Sleep Disorders and
Development Section of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, a member of the Ethics and Conflict of Interest Committee of the
American Thoracic Society (ATS) and a member of the planning committee of Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology (SRN) assembly of
the ATS International conference and the Sleep Program Director Planning Committee of the ATS. He is on the board of directors of
the International Pediatric Sleep Association.