INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE

Chair

MIGNONNE CHAN, PH.D.

Chairperson, Global Strength Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science & History, Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey, USA (1990/09 – 1991/06)
Associate-in-Research, Harvard Business School, USA

Co-Chair

GINO YU, Ph.D

Director, Digital Entertainment and Game Development, Hong Kong
Associate Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Co-Chair

Dr. MURALI MAHADEVAN, MBCHB, FRACS

Clinical Director / Surgeon, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
Senior Lecturer, the Department of Surgery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Operator, Ascot and Mercy hospitals, Auckland, New Zealand

PUBLIC ADVOCACY COMMITTEE

Chair

Rita Carter

Medical writer, contributing to, among others, the Independent, New Scientist, Daily Mail and Telegraph.
Twice awarded the Medical Journalists' Association prize for outstanding contribution to medical journalism.

Co-Chair

EMILIA HSIEH, M.S.

INTERNATIONAL CHANNEL, PUBLIC TELEVISION SERVICE TAIWAN

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Co-Chair

JOSE HABA-RUBIO, M.D.

Neurologist, somnologist, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, European Sleep Research Society, Lausanne, Switzerland
Neurologist, Center for Investigation and Research in Sleep, Lausanne UniversityHospital, Lausanne, Switzerland

Co-Chair

CHIH-TING TIM LIN, PH.D.

Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

Principal Investigator

YAO-JEN LIANG D.V.M, PH.D

Associate Dean, College of Science and Engineering, Fu-Jen University, Taipei, Taiwan
Director of Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Engineering, Fu-Jen University, Taipei, Taiwan
Professor , Department & Institute of Life Science, Fu-Jen University, Taipei, Taiwan

INDUSTRIALIZATION COMMITTEE

ADVISORY BOARD

JOSDAVID WHITE, M.D

Member, Association of American Physicians
Board of Directors, Sleep Research Society
Chief Medical Officer, Apnicure Inc.
Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Part time Professor of Medicine, Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Ad hoc Reviewer SLEEP, Chest, New Enland Journal of Medicine Journal of Applied Physiology PLOS One

Chair

GOW-JIUMN HUANG, PH.D.

Fellow, Institute for Information Industry, Taipei, Taiwan

Co-chair

XIANGYU WANG, PH.D.

Professor, Woodside Chair, Faculty of Humanities,
School of Built Environment, Department of Construction Management, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

Education Committee

Co-chair

Sharon A. Keenan, R EEG T, R PSG T, Ph.D., D, ABSM

Founder, director and one of the principal lecturers at The School of Sleep Medicine, Inc. Palo Alto CA, California, USA.

Co-Chair

Hsin-Chien Lee, M.D., M.P.H.

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Chair, Sleep Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Specialist in Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine

Co-chair

SUNG-WAN KIM, M.D., PH.D.

Kyung Hee University
Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

GLOBAL REGULATION & POLICY COMMITTEE

Co-chair

KENNETH P. WRIGHT JR., PH.D.

Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Director, Administrative research Center (ARC), Sleep and Cronobiology Labortatory, Boulder, CO, USA

Co-Chair

Patrick J. Strollo, Jr. MD

Professor ,Medicine and Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburg, USA
Medical Director, UPMC Sleep Medicine Center , Montefiore University Hospital, Pittsburg, USA

Co-chair

Prof. Dr. iur. Ulrich M. Gassner, Mag. rer. publ., M. Jur. (Oxon.)

Founding director, research centers for medical product law “FORSCHUNGSSTELLE FÜR MEDIZINPRODUKTERECHT (FMPR)” and e-health law “E-Health-Recht” (FEHR), Augsburg University, Augsburg, Germany

Student Committee

The International Sleep Science and Technology Association (ISSTA) has established the ISSTA Student Committee to provide students with opportunities to engage in sleep medicine and related interdisciplinary fields. The committee is open to students from medicine, dentistry, engineering, public health, computer science, economics, social sciences, and other disciplines, reflecting the growing role of collaboration in advancing sleep health.

The Student Committee aims to support education, research, and international exchange through seminars, conferences, journal clubs, research projects, and leadership activities. Students are encouraged to explore topics including sleep medicine, sleep technology, medical artificial intelligence, digital health, public health, health economics, and policy, while working with peers and faculty from different academic backgrounds.

By connecting students with ISSTA’s international initiatives and collaborative network, the committee provides early exposure to interdisciplinary research and emerging healthcare technologies. It also offers a platform for students to develop academic, research, and leadership skills while contributing to the future development of sleep medicine and sleep health.

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE

PUBLIC ADVOCACY COMMITTEE

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

INDUSTRIALIZATION COMMITTEE

Education Committee

GLOBAL REGULATION & POLICY COMMITTEE

Student Committee

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