Narcolepsy and the orexin system
Dr. Kallweit is Associate Professor of Neurology at the University Witten/Herdecke, Germany. He is head of the Center for Narcolepsy/ Hypersomnias and the division of clinical sleep and neuroimmunology at the institute of immunology. He was awarded with the Research Prize of the Italian Narcolepsy Association (AIN) in 2018, the Nakano Citation (CDC, USA) in 2019, the Research Prize in Neurosciences, Pfizer Foundation 2020 and the 1st Prize Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases by Franco-Regli-Foundation in 2021.
His main area of scientific interest and expertise focuses on the clinical aspects and the management of narcolepsy and hypersomnolence disorders. Prof. Kallweit is a member of several national and international scientific societies and has published in numerous peer-reviewed journals including Nature. In 2021, he has been appointed Field Editor at the Journal Sleep Medicine and is Associated Editor of the Journal Sleep Epidemiology.