Ronald Szymusiak is a somnologist and professor of medicine and neurobiology at the
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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. He was the editor-in-chief of ''
SLEEP
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sleep medicine
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journal from 2015 to 2021.
In 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, and 2023, Szymusiak received a
Veterans Affairs
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Research Career Scientist Award.
He earnt a Ph.D. in biological psychology from the
University of Illinois
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in 1982. He studied neurobiology at UCLA after graduating.
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