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Increasing awareness of sleep disorders in a safety net clinic: the role of volunteer medical students-a feasibility program

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Aparna Nutakki received the grant from Harmony Biosciences. Justin Fiala received the AASM grant establishing the free OSA clinic. Hrayr Attarian received the AASM grant establishing the free tele-CBT-I service. Emily Hendel is employed by Community Health. There are no other conflicts of interest to report.

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Dany Khaled participated in this project as part of the American University of Beirut’s MRVP-International Program.

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Kukulka, J., Nutakki, A., McCullough, L.M. et al. Increasing awareness of sleep disorders in a safety net clinic: the role of volunteer medical students-a feasibility program. Sleep Breath (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-024-03023-2

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