I’m happy to announce that in collaboration with Drs. Wayne Goodman and Sameer Sheth of Baylor College of Medicine, the NIH has decided to fund our proposed study examining the use of deep brain stimulation to treat Bipolar Depression. More information will be coming soon, but in the meantime, the basics of the proposal are on NIH Reporter.
There is also an announcement of the project by the Baylor College of Medicine team here.
We are excited to announce that the FDA approved our Investigational Device Exemption application to make use of the CorTec Brain Interchange in a study seeking to enhance stroke rehabilitation through the use of neuroplasticity-inducing stimulation! Pending IRB approval, we will be seeking individuals with persistent upper limb disability following stroke to participate in this first-of-it’s-kind study with this new device. More information will be coming soon, and for more information check out CorTec’s press release here.
I’m happy to announce that our team is starting a new NIH-funded project investigating new methods for enhancing stroke rehabilitation outcomes. The project will be making use of the CorTec Brain Interchange system (more info here) to deliver stimulation to aid in functional recovery. I will be leading the engineering efforts by design and developing the integrated research system we will use in this protocol alongside my ECE PhD student Hanbin Cho. More information about the project has been posted on the UW Department of Neurological Surgery website.
In a new collaboration with Simon Little (UCSF) and Jack Gallant (UC Berkeley), we will be developing a system to integrate brain signal recordings, perform automatic video analysis, collect data from wearable sensors, and generate patient symptom reports for at-home deployment to remotely optimize embedded adaptive DBS systems. This project is supported by the Weill Neurohub Investigator Program.