Graz – Professor Liborio Parrino, president of the Italian Association of Sleep Medicine (AIMS) and Director of the Center for Sleep Medicine in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Parma, is one of the new members of the Executive Board of the Assembly of National Sleep Societies (ANSS). The confirmation was announced during the annual meeting held in Graz, the capital of the Province of Styria, in Austria. Alongside Parrino, who is responsible for coordinating all ANSS activities, Erna Sif Arnardóttir (Iceland) and Johan Verbraecken (Belgium) were also welcomed to the Executive Board. This is an important recognition for the University of Parma and its Sleep Medicine Center. Italy was also awarded the gold medal for producing the largest amount of scientific publications at the European level. (9Colonne)