State Of The Art 2026: Sleep Medicine

The Monash Lung and Sleep Institute State of the Art Symposium: Friday July 31, 2026: Sleep Medicine

This year the Monash Lung and Sleep Institute theme for our State of the Art one day symposium is Sleep Medicine. This meeting will cover some of the new and important updates across both respiratory and non-respiratory sleep disorders. We have invited a selection of leading national leaders in the field, supporting our invited international speaker, Michael Perlis from the University of Pennsylvania.

Michael is a world leader in the assessment and management of insomnia and the relationship between insomnia and mental health disturbances.

MLSI State of the Art Conference: Sleep Medicine
Friday 31st July 2026
RACV Club, 501 Bourke St Melbourne

Registration opening soon – pricing TBA

Guest Speaker: A/P Michael Perlis

Michael’s research pertains to insomnia and Behavioral Sleep Medicine. His specific research interests include: Behavior, cognitive, and physiologic factors in Acute and Chronic insomnia; The anti-depressant effects of CBT-I; The potential of conditioning and partial reinforcement with placebos (Behavioral Pharmacotherapeutics) as a means to change how medical maintenance therapy is conducted; The relative efficacy of behavioral and pharmacologic treatments of insomnia. Dr. Perlis has published, as an author or co-author, more than 100 articles and chapters on sleep research related topics.