Dr Mignot is an authority on sleep research and medicine, and is mostly known for his work on narcolepsy.
13 Facts About Emmanuel Mignot
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Emmanuel Mignot is the Craig Reynolds Professor of Sleep Medicine at Stanford Medical School, Stanford University.
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Dr Emmanuel Mignot completed his Science Doctorate in Molecular Pharmacology at the Universite Pierre and Marie Curie and went to medical school at Necker-Enfants Malades, Universite Rene Descartes, with subspecialisation in Psychiatry.
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Dr Emmanuel Mignot is a former student of Ecole Normale Superieure.
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Emmanuel Mignot was appointed assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University in 1993, professor in 2001 and director of the Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine in 2011, succeeding William C Dement.
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The autoimmune destruction of hypocretin neurons in the hypothalamus was later shown by Han and Emmanuel Mignot to be at least partially precipitated by influenza A infections, notably the H1N1 2009 pandemic strain, complementing findings made in Northern Europe following the H1N1 Pandemrix vaccination campaign.
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Dr Emmanuel Mignot identified genetic factors predisposing to human narcolepsy, such as human leukocyte antigen HLA DQB1*06:02 and other genes and isolated the gene causing the methylopathy Autosomal Dominant Cerebelar Ataxia, Deafness and Narcolepsy, DNMT1.
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Dr Emmanuel Mignot has received numerous research grants and honors, including National Sleep Foundation and National Institute of Health Research Awards, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and McKnight Neuroscience awards, the Narcolepsy Network professional service award, the Drs.
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Emmanuel Mignot is an elected member of the Association of American Physicians and of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Emmanuel Mignot is the co-author of more than 200 original scientific publications, and he serves on the editorial board of scientific journals in the field of sleep and biology research.
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Dr Emmanuel Mignot is an active member of several professional and governmental organizations.
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Emmanuel Mignot has been past president of the Sleep Research society, chair the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research Advisory board of the National institutes of Health and chair of the Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Institute of Mental Health.
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Dr Emmanuel Mignot has written many published works in the field of sleep medicine.