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Our research laboratory focuses on innovating neuromodulation technologies to improve quality of life for people with neurological disorders. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is one such technology, which has helped numerous people living with Parkinson's disease, dystonia, and essential tremor reclaim control over their motor function. DBS therapy involves placing tiny electrodes in regions of the brain that exhibit pathological activity and then stimulating those regions with continuous pulses of energy. We focus on understanding how the brain responds and adapts to stimulation-based therapies from a combination of computational and experimental perspectives. These studies in turn provide us with a rationale to develop, evaluate, and translate new approaches for improving patient care.

 

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Recent News

August 7, 2022

New call for undergrad project added "Prototype joint kinematics tracking via wireless sensors"!

February 15, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Mojgan Goftari on successfully defending her PhD thesis, "Developing predictive models to optimize patient-specific deep brain stimulation therapy for Parkinson’s disease" Way to go, Dr. Goftari!

February 2, 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Alex Doyle on successfully defending her PhD thesis, "Investigating the effects of subthalamic nucleus stimulation on gait and pedunculopontine nucleus activity in a preclinical animal model of Parkinson’s disease" Way to go, Dr. Doyle!
 
August 20, 2021
Several of our graduate students are returning from their summer internships! Alex interned at Abbott, Mojgan interned at AstraZeneca, and Annie interned at Medtronic. Way to go and welcome back, team!
April 27, 2021
Annie Brinda authored a journal article entitled, "Longitudinal analysis of local field potentials recorded from directional deep brain stimulation lead implants in the subthalamic nucleus," accepted for publication in the Journal of Neural Engineering. Awesome job, Annie!
March 23, 2021
Cara Piazza received the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Congratulations, Cara!
February 22, 2021
Ed Bello successfully defended his thesis, "Characterization of the cortical electrophysiological effects of motor thalamic DBS." Great Job, Dr. Bello!

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