Beth Malow, MD, MS

Beth Malow, MD, MS is an Associate Professor of Neurology and Director of the Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Center and the Vanderbilt Sleep Research Core. She is also an Associate Director of Vanderbilt University’s General Clinical Research Center and Chief of the Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Division. Dr Malow received her MD degree at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. She completed residency training in Neurology at the Harvard-Longwood Program in Boston, Massachusetts, followed by fellowship training in epilepsy, EEG, and sleep medicine at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Malow is the Chair of the American Academy of Neurology’s Sleep Science Award and has organized the Sleep Disorders Scientific Program for the American Academy of Neurology’s Annual Meeting.

Dr Malow’s research interests are in the interface of sleep and neurological disorders, including epilepsy and autism. She served as principal investigator on a NIH/NINDS Multi-center Pilot Clinical Trial examining the effects of treating obstructive sleep apnea on seizure frequency, daytime sleepiness, and health-related quality of life in adults with epilepsy. In addition, she holds research funding from Autism Speaks/National Alliance for Autism Research to study the causes of sleep disturbances in autism spectrum disorders and their impact on daytime behavior.  Dr. Malow serves on the editorial board of Sleep, Sleep Medicine, Epilepsia, and Epilepsy Currents.  She is the author or co-author of over 50 scientific papers. Dr. Malow is a frequently invited speaker at national and international seminars and conferences focusing on sleep, autism, epilepsy, and neurological disorders.