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Dr. Malow’s
clinical, educational, and research programs
focus on the impact of treating sleep disorders on
neurological disease. Her own research has emphasized
the interface of sleep and epilepsy, and more recently,
sleep, autism, and related disorders of neurodevelopment.
Through collaborations and mentorship, Dr. Malow is also
involved in the study of sleep as relates to diabetes,
pulmonary disease, and stroke, as well as aspects of sleep
medicine related to genetics and circadian biology. In
addition to conducting her own NIH and foundation-funded
patient-oriented research, Dr. Malow has taken an active
role in facilitating patient-oriented research through her
involvement as Associate Director of the
Vanderbilt Clinical Research Center and Director of the
Vanderbilt Sleep Center, as well as her participation on
research committees of the American Academy of Sleep
Medicine (AASM)
and the American Academy of Neurology (AAN).
Dr. Malow’s
administrative achievements include establishing and
directing (1) An expanding
sleep disorders division; (2) A multidisciplinary sleep
center accredited by the AASM, which includes neurology,
pulmonary, and pediatric sleep clinics as well as a 10-bed
hotel based laboratory; and (3) An
ACGME-accredited fellowship program in sleep medicine.
She also serves as the co-principal investigator for
Vanderbilt’s Autism Treatment Network (ATN) site, one of
15 regional autism centers across North America funded to
develop standards of medical care for children with autism,
and co-leads the ATN Sleep Subcommittee.
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