Stanford Medicine Alumni Day 2023 - Sleep As A Predictor Of Health And Mortality

EMMANUEL MIGNOT, MD, PHD, FELLOW ’96
Dr. Mignot discovered the cause of the sleep disorder narcolepsy, an autoimmune disease affecting neurons secreting the wake-promoting substance orexin. This discovery is leading to pharmaceuticals for insomnia, hypersomnia, and narcolepsy. His lab uses state-of-the-art techniques to study sleep and sleep disorders. He also studies the role of the immune system in neurological and neurodegenerative disorders. Originally from Paris, he studied at the École Normale Supérieure and received his MD and PhD from Paris V and VI University. He joined Stanford in 1993 and became professor in 2001. Dr. Mignot has received numerous awards for his work, including a 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.

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Future Noble Prize Winner for me. Groundbreaking research, especially his dog studies on Narcolepsy.