Ulf Kallweit

Ulf Kallweit is Professor at the Endowed Chair for Narcolepsy and Hypersomnolence Research and Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology.

Daytime sleepiness and fatigue affect at least 10 to 25% of the population. They can occur as primary sleep disorders (e.g. narcolepsy, hypersomnia), in the context of neurological, internal and psychiatric illnesses or as a side effect of medication and drugs.

Hypersomnolence is used as an umbrella term for disorders that are associated with daytime sleepiness, an increased tendency to fall asleep, sleep attacks, an increased need for sleep and/or a waking disorder.

The professorship is funded by the Marga and Walter Boll Foundation, the Imhoff Foundation and the European Sleep Foundation.

Particular focus and specialisations:

• Narcolepsy and central hypersomnias (idiopathic hypersomnia; Kleine- Levin syndrome)
• Neurological sleep and wake medicine
• Environmental influences on narcolepsy and hypersomnias
• Inflammatory CNS diseases

An overview of the publications can be found at Google Scholar and Pubmed.

Doctoral students (Dr med.): Benedicte Finger, Claudia Mevers, Begüm Harmes, Frederike Tepel, Rana Rezaei, Merve Yildizli, Lea Lieberich, Hanna Cintosun

Dolores Borth, study coordinator (nurse; Certificate in Sleep Medicine)

Doctoral students for the Dr rer. medic: Hannah Brüseke, Jessica d'Heureuse
 

• Specialist in neurology
• Additional training in sleep medicine
• Additional qualification in traffic medicine

since 2023
Endowed professorship for narcolepsy and hypersomnolence research, Witten/Herdecke University

Complete CV available for download:

Curriculum vitae

In our courses, students deal with various topics, including

• Diseases with hypersomnolence of central origin, especially narcolepsy
• Sleep and wakefulness disorders
• Physiology of sleep and wakefulness
• Environmental influences on neurological (sleep) disorders

• Narcolepsy
• (Idiopathic) hypersomnia
• Kleine-Levin syndrome

Awards

• Research Award, Pfizer Foundation, Switzerland: Award in the category "Neuroscience and Diseases of the Nervous System" (2020)
• 2021: Fellow, European Academy of Neurology (EAN)
• 2021: 1st Prize Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Franco-Regli-Foundation (CH)
• 2019: Nakano Citation; CDC National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) (USA)
• 2018: Research Prize; Italian Narcolepsy Association (AIN) (IT)

Memberships and current functions

• European Academy of Neurology (EAN), Board Member, Chair Task Force "Environmental Influences in Neurology"
• German Society for Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine, deputy speaker of the Hypersomnia Working Group
• European Narcolepsy Network
• German Society for Neurology
• Publisher: Field Editor, Sleep Medicine and Sleep Medicine: X; Associate Editor: Sleep Epidemiology; Guest Editor: European Journal of Neurology 

Further teaching activities

• Degree programme - Master in Sleep Medicine (University of Bern, CH)

To the outpatient clinic for narcolepsy and hypersomnia