Thanh Dang-Vu

Dr Dang-Vu is an Associate Professor (tenured) at Concordia U., where he holds a Research Chair in Sleep, Neuroimaging and Cognitive Health. He is also a neurologist, clinical faculty/researcher and the Associate Director for Clinical Research at the Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, affiliated with U. de Montréal. He is an Adjunct Professor in Neurology at McGill U. Dr Dang-Vu received his MD / PhD from U. of Liege, with postdoctoral training in sleep medicine at Harvard Medical School and U. de Montréal. He is a sleep researcher with expertise in EEG and neuroimaging of sleep, as well as a neurologist with expertise in sleep medicine. As a clinician-scientist, he has developed a line of research investigating the mechanisms and treatment interventions of sleep disorders using a multimodal approach (e.g., neuroimaging, EEG). Dr Dang-Vu is currently the PI of grants totaling $3,401,883. He has received 30 awards, including a CIHR New Investigator Award and Young Investigator Awards from the Canadian Sleep Society and the Sleep Research Society (US). He is the author of 70 peer-reviewed publications (H-index = 34), including high-impact journals (e.g., PNAS, Science, Curr. Biol., Neurology), and 27 book chapters. His research has been featured in Times, Wired and others (total of 48 media interviews).