The recognition underscores his global influence in sleep science, health equity and mentorship. In addition to teaching, Jean-Louis directs the Center on Translational Sleep and Circadian Sciences and the Sleep Research Society’s Program to Increase Diversity in Behavioral Medicine & Sleep Disorders Research (PRIDE). Girardin Jean-Louis, PhD (center) at SLEEP 2025 with researchers from the Center for Translational Sleep and Circadian Sciences. In 1996, he earned his doctoral degree in psychology, sleep medicine and neurocognition from the City University of New York. He received the Sleep Research Society’s Mary A. Carskadon Outstanding Educator Award in 2021, followed by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leadership Award in 2022.