Biography

DAUVILLIERS Yves, MD, PhD
Born Jan 29th 1970, Paris, France, married, two children

Professional address : Sleep and Wake Disorders Centre, Department of Neurology, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, 80 Avenue Augustin Fliche, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France
Tel: +33 4 67 33 72 77 Fax: +33 4 67 33 72 85
E-mail: ydauvilliers@yahoo.fr y-dauviliers@chu-montpellier.fr
N° Conseil de l’ordre des Médecins : 34/10354 / N° RPPS : 10003245817

Scholarship
Specialist in Neurology, Montpellier University, 1995
Medical thesis, “Genetic and familial aspects of narcolepsy”, Montpellier, 2000
PhD in Neurosciences “Neurobiology and Genetics of Narcolepsy”, Montpellier, 2004
Professor of Neurology-Physiology, 2007

Professional experience
Director of the Sleep Disorders Centre, Department of Neurology, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, Montpellier
Coordinator of the National Reference Network for Orphan Diseases: Narcolepsy and Rare Hypersomnias
Coordinator of Team:Sleep pathologies, INSERM U1061 Neuropsychiatry: Clinical and Epidemiological Research
Member of the Clinical Research Department, University Hospital, Montpellier
Coordinator of Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire Neuroscience « NEUROCLIN»
Member of governance of Brainteam (Filière nationale de Soins) and of the COEN of Montpellier
Member of the Scientific board of the Medical University of Montpellier

Member of Societies and board
Member of European Sleep Research Society (ESRS) and American Academy of Sleep Medecine (AASM)
Member of the scientific committee of French Sleep Medical and Research Society (SFRMS)
Member Cochair of the Centre of Excellence in neurodegeneration, Montpellier
Coordinator Axis Central Hypersomnia - GDR Sleep
Vice-President of EU Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group
Editor in Chief of Frontiers in Neurology Section Chronobiology and Sleep
Member of the Editorial Board for Sleep Medecine and SLEEP.

Main domain of research
Sleep and Neurology
Narcolepsy and other central hypersomnias
Parasomnia and restless legs syndrome

Major grants
1 ERA-Net (Narcomics 2018), 4 ANR (Narcogene, ImmunitySleep, NarConX, NarcoT1), 4 PHRC, 1 FIU, several grants from fondations or private companies (FRC, Apard, AFE, UCB, JAZZ…)

Expert
Involvement in many clinical trials in sleep disorders: > 20 RCT
Participation in European Commission: European Brain council and E-rare
Grant evaluation: PHRC and ANR reviewing
Institutional committees: Experts for Afssaps and ONIAM (H1N1 vaccination issues)
Participation to national (for patients, general public, researchers, clinicians and students) and international (EU) training programs each year (EUNN and Narcolepsy MasterClass) on narcolepsy, RLS
Co-organization of the 7th International Narcolepsy Symposium, Boston-US, September 2018
Key interaction with Patient’s Association in France (ANC:president scientific committee, KLS, RLS)/ UK
Large public outreach: Radio-TV (Europe1, France-inter, TF1, France2-3), Journal articles (Figaro, Le Monde, Recherche)
Oral communication
Invited conferences in international congress US-Canada (3-4 per year, Harvard-Stanford), in EU (4 per year)
Consulting
Consulting for big pharma (UCB, Jazz, Idorsia, Takeda, Bioprojet) and start-ups (Theranexus)
1 patent (EU patent “Method for in vitro diagnosis of a neurological disorder”: 1000192566 )

Quantified production
H-index: 51, Author or coauthor of more than 320 papers published in international and national peer-reviewed journals (including Lancet, Lancet Neurol, Science, Nature Genetic), several book chapters, and also editor of three French book related to sleep medicine.

Five relevant publications
Dauvilliers Y, Beziat S, Pesenti C, Lopez R, Barateau L, Carlander B, Luca G, Tafti M, Morin CM, Billiard M, Jaussent I. Measurement of narcolepsy symptoms: The Narcolepsy Severity Scale. Neurology. 2017 Apr 4;88(14):1358-1365.
Dauvilliers Y, et al. Cataplexy-clinical aspects, pathophysiology and management strategy. Nat Rev Neurol. 2014;10:386-95
Thorpy MJ, Shapiro C, Mayer G, Corser BC, Emsellem H, Plazzi G, Chen D, Carter LP, Wang H, Lu Y, Black J, Dauvilliers Y. A Randomized Study of Solriamfetol for Excessive Sleepiness in Narcolepsy. Ann Neurol. 2019 Jan 29.
Evangelista E, Lopez R, Barateau L, Chenini S, Bosco A, Jaussent I, Dauvilliers Y. Alternative diagnostic criteria for idiopathic hypersomnia: A 32-hour protocol. Ann Neurol. 2018 Jan 11.
Bosco A, Lopez R, Barateau L, Chenini S, Pesenti C, Dauvilliers Y. Effect of psychostimulants on blood pressure profile and endothelial function in narcolepsy. Neurology. 2018 Jan 10