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Program Overview
Saturday May 9, 2026, Amelia Island, Florida (Held in conjunction with SRBR 2026)
A Flagship SRBR Course in Translational Circadian Science
This intensive one-day course brings together global leaders in circadian biology, clinical medicine, and translational research to define what Circadian Medicine looks like in practice. Through foundational sessions, discipline- based clinical tracks, an interactive working lunch, and a trainee-inclusive plenary, the program examines how circadian principles can be integrated into diagnosis, risk stratification, prevention, and treatment across healthcare.
Faculty expertise spans core circadian mechanisms, sleep and circadian physiology, lifestyle timing (light, eating, exercise), shift work and occupational health, wearable and real-world phenotyping tools, and clinical implementation across cardiovascular medicine, neurology and psychiatry, oncology, pulmonary and critical care, endocrinology, metabolism, women’s health, and hypertension. Sessions emphasize biological foundations and real-world clinical translation, including chronotherapy, scheduling strategies, and healthcare system adoption.
Circadian Medicine Day 2026 will play a foundational role in establishing Circadian Medicine as a recognized discipline, informing clinical practice, improving patient outcomes, and advancing global health. As a flagship SRBR initiative, this course is designed to help shape the international agenda for Circadian Medicine over the coming decade. From fundamental mechanisms to clinical implementation, regulatory guidance, and health policy. CME/CE accreditation pending.
Morning: Foundations & Horizontal Themes
Session 1: 8:00 – 8:30
Opening Session – Why Circadian Medicine Now?
Overview of circadian biology, core mechanisms, and the case for circadian timing as a routine part of clinical care.
- Speaker: 8:00-8:20: Tami A. Martino PhD
- Featured Commentary: 8:20-8:30: William Schwartz, MD, "On the Great Secret of Success" De Motu Cordis (1628)
Session 2: 8:30 – 8:55
Circadian-Informed Diagnosis, Phase Assessment, Risk Biomarkers
How timing shapes diagnostic thresholds and improves risk prediction.
Session Chair: Ron Anafi MD, PhD.
- Speaker: 8:3 5-8:55: Elizabeth B. Klerman MD, PhD.
Q & A: 8:55-9:05 Q&A led by Dr. Anafi
Session 3: 9:10 – 9:30
Sleep Disorders and Disruption Across the 24-hour Cycle
Integrating Circadian and Sleep Physiology in the Management of Insomnia, Sleep Apnea, And Related Conditions
Session Chair: Kai-Florian Storch PhD, Frank Scheer PhD
- Speaker: 9:10- 9:30: Charles A. Czeisler PhD, MD, FRCP
Q & A: 9:30-9:40 Q&A led by Kai-Florian Storch PhD, Frank Scheer PhD
Session 4: 9:50-10:30
Prevention/Lifestyle – LIGHT, EATING
Session Chairs: Mary Harrington PhD., Martin Ralph, PhD.
- Speaker 1: 9:50-10:10: Emily Manoogian PhD
Eating in Time: Circadian-Aligned Nutrition & Metabolic Health - Speaker 2: 10:10-10:30: Derk-Jan Dijk PhD, FRSB, FMedSci.
Novel Technologies for Sleep and Circadian Monitoring
Q & A: 10:30-10:40 for both talks, led by Dr. Harrington, Dr. Ralph
Session 5: 10:50 – 11:30
Shift, Nightshift & Social Jetlag: Translating Schedule Science into Healthier Work Patterns
Session Chairs: Ruifeng (Ray) Cao MD., Rae Silver PhD., Jeanne Duffy PhD.
- Speaker 1: 10:50 – 11:10: Diane B. Boivin MD, PhD.
Shift work in Police. - Speaker 2: 11:10-11:30: Nicole P. Bowles PhD.
Shift work in Firefighters.
Q & A: 11:30-11:40 Q&A for both talks on risk mitigation, scheduling strategies, and real-world implementation, led by Dr. Cao, Dr. Silver, Dr. Duffy
Session 6: 11:40 – 12:30
Moderated Conversation – Building a Roadmap for Circadian Medicine
A strategic conversation shaping clinical translation, regulatory guidance, and healthcare system adoption. Moderated discussion on diagnosis, risk stratification, lifestyle, and chronotherapy approaches (light, eating, sleep), and roadblocks to translation across healthcare systems.
Moderator: Steven Shea, PhD.
Panel:
- John B. Hogenesch PhD.
- Michael Sole MD.
- Phyllis Zee MD, PhD.
- Joseph T. Bass MD, PhD.
- Francis Levi MD, PhD.
- Steffen-Sebastian Bolz MD, PhD.
- Shantha Rajaratnam, PhD.
Session 7: 12:30 – 1:20
Working Lunch: Translational Roundtables
LINK to sign up: Working Lunch Table topics
Session Chairs: Tami A. Martino, PhD., Lorrie Kirshenbaum, PhD.
Small group discussions led by faculty co-chairs focused on concrete opportunities to embed circadian principles into care pathways and trials. Last 15 minutes will be used to report discussions back to the room for general knowledge intake.
1) Exercise as a Core Component of Circadian Medicine in Humans
Table Chairs: Karyn Esser PhD., Graham McGinnis PhD.
2) Circadian Clock Modulators as Novel Human Therapeutics
Table Chairs: Tom Burris PhD., Andrew C Liu PhD., Kirstin Eckel-Mahan, PhD,
3) Establishing Clinical Fellowships and Clinics in Circadian Medicine
Table Chairs: Elizabeth B. Klerman MD, PhD, Mary Harrington PhD, Charles Czeisler MD, PhD
4) Circadian Medicine in Clinical Oncology, Chronomedicine & Chronotoxicity
Table Chairs: Francis Levi MD, PhD., Petra Haberzetti PhD.
5) Mental Health and Multi-Organ Desynchrony
Table Chairs: Martin Ralph, PhD., Rae Silver PhD., Laura Fonken, Constance Smith-Hicks MD
6) Tools to Investigate Circadian Rhythms: Wearable technology and real-world circadian phenotyping
Table Chairs: Alexandra Wharton., Brian Altman, PhD., Susan Malone PhD, RN., Jingyi Qian PhD
7) Bench to Bedside: Cardiovascular Therapeutics, Industry Innovation, Biotech, and Circadian Medicine
Table Chairs: Steffen-Sebastian Bolz MD, PhD, Martin Young DPhil, Joe Takahashi PhD, Brian Delisle PhD, David Pollock PhD
8) Circadian Phenotyping, Metabolism, and Precision Medicine
Table Chairs: Ron Anafi MD, PhD, Ruifeng Cao MD PhD, Katja Lamia PhD
9) Shiftwork
Table Chairs: Jeanne Duffy MBA, PhD, Ilia Karatsoreos PhD
Early Afternoon: Parallel Vertical Themes – Implementing Circadian Medicine in Clinical Areas
Session 8A: 1:30 – 2:40
Cardiovascular Medicine
The leading cause of death worldwide, and profoundly circadian. Circadian regulation of blood pressure, arrhythmias, infarction, heart failure, implications for timing therapies.
Session Chairs: Brian Delisle PhD., Jingyi Qian, PhD., Martin Young, DPhil
- Speaker 1: 1:30-1:45: Saurabh Thosar PhD, MS, OTR
Circadian Regulation of Cardiovascular Function in Human Medicine - Speaker 2: 1:50-2:05: Dayna Johnson PhD, MPH, MSW, MS, FAHA
Sleep and Circadian Influences on Cardiometabolic Health in Humans - Speaker 3: 2:10-2:25: Tobias Eckle MD.
Circadian Control of Cardioprotection in Humans
Q & A: 2:25-2:40 Q&A for all 3 talks led by Dr. Delisle, Dr. Qian, Dr. Young on real world implementation of circadian medicine in clinical cardiology, including from these talks, also arrhythmia’s, CPAP and heart disease.
Session 8B: 1:30 – 2:40
Neurology, Mood Disorders & Psychiatry
Where circadian biology meets cognition, mood, neurodegeneration. Circadian-sleep interactions; light and rhythm-based interventions.
Session Chairs: Ilia Karatsoreous PhD, Constance Smith-Hicks MD, PhD
- Speaker 1: 1:30-1:45: Jonathan Emens MD, FAASM, DFAPA
Circadian Regulation of Mood: Implications for Mood Disorders - Speaker 2: 1:50-2:05: Erik Musiek MD, PhD
Circadian Clock Dysregulation in Alzheimer’s Disease: Mechanisms and Clinical Implications - Speaker 3: 2:10-2:25: Phyllis Zee MD, PhD
Circadian Disruption, Neurodegeneration, and Cognitive Function in Brain Health
Q & A: 2:25-2:40 Q&A for all 3 talks led by Dr. Karatsoreous, Dr. Smith-Hicks on real world implementation of circadian medicine.
Mid Afternoon: Parallel Vertical Themes – Implementing Circadian Medicine is Clinical Areas
Session 9A: 2:45 – 3:55
Pulmonary, ICU, Hypertension, Oncology
Patients with the greatest vulnerability to circadian disruption. Nighttime care, ventilary support, ICU delirium, and circadian/lighting protocols in high-acuity settings.
Session Chairs: David Pollock PhD., Laura Fonken PhD
- Speaker 1: 2:45-3:00: Francis Levi MD, PhD.
Circadian Medicine in Clinical Oncology - Speaker 2: 3:05-3:20: Andrew J. Bryant
The Air of Time: Circadian Rhythms in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine - Speaker 3: 3:20-3:35: Michelle Gumz, PhD, FAHA
Hypertension Chronotherapy in Humans
Q & A: 3:35-3:50 Q&A led by Dr. Pollock & Dr. Fonken for all 3 talks on real world implementation of circadian medicine.
Session 9B: 2:45 – 3:55
Endocrinology & Metabolism & Sex
Timing paradigms to improve diabetes and obesity outcomes. Clock control of glucose, lipids, and hormones; microbiome; implications for diabetes, obesity, and endocrine disorders
Session Chairs: Katja A. Lamia PhD, Kristen Eckel-Mahan PhD
- Speaker 1: 2:45-3:00: Joe Bass MD, PhD
Circadian Metabolic Medicine - Speaker 2: 3:05-3:20: Erik Herzog PhD
Circadian Medicine and Women’s Health - Speaker 3: 3:20-3:35: Amir Zarrinpar MD, PhD, AGAF
Timing, the Microbiome, and Metabolic Disease in Humans
Q & A: 3:35-4:00 Q&A led by Dr. Lamia & Dr. Eckel-Mahan for all 3 talks on real world implementation of circadian medicine.
4:00 – 6:00 Plenary Keynote Sessions – Move to Plenary Hall (faculty joined by ~250 trainees)
Session Chairs: Jennifer Evans, Ryan Logan, Tami Martino, Sophia Eikenberry
4:05 – 4:20 - Dr. Satchin Panda, PhD
Time Based Medicine: Bringing Circadian Timing into Clinical Practice & Trials
How aligning treatments and clinical trials with biological time improves therapeutic efficacy, safety, and patient outcomes.
4:25 – 4:40 – Dr. Shantha Rajaratnam, PhD
Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Occupational and Clinical Practice
Applying circadian principles to improve patient outcomes, workplace safety, and regulatory policy in real world settings
4:45 – 5:05 – Dr. Frank A.J.L. Scheer, PhD
The Distinguished SRBR Circadian Medicine Keynote
5:05-6:05 Extended Discussion: Dr. Michael Rosbash, PhD
What is Ready or Almost Ready for Prime Time and What is Not?
6:05 - Circadian Medicine Course Group Photo
Move to the SRBR Opening Reception following photos
Organizing Committee:
This course is organized by an international team of leaders in circadian biology and clinical translation:
Tami A. Martino
Director Centre for Cardiovascular Investigations
Career Investigator Heart & Stroke Foundation: Circadian Medicine & Heart Health
President Canadian Society for Chronobiology
Professor & Distinguished Chair in Molecular Cardiovascular Research
University of Guelph Canada
Email: tmartino@uoguelph.ca
Frank A.J.L. Scheer
Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Director Medical Chronobiology Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH)
Senior Neuroscientist Departments of Medicine and Neurology BWH
Mass General Brigham
Email: fscheer@mgb.org
Steven A Shea
Director & Professor
Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon
Email: sheast@ohsu.edu
Michelle L. Gumz
Professor
J.Robert and Mary Cade Professor of Physiology
Co-Director | Center for Integrative Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease
Department of Physiology and Aging
Email: Michelle.Gumz@medicine.ufl.edu
Registration for this course is $150 for each attendee not seeking additional CME credits, $300 for attendees seeking additional CME credits.