Our research employs engineering approaches to understand and control neural function. We work on fundamental questions and applied development in electrical stimulation of the nervous system to restore function to individuals with neurological impairment or injury.
Current projects include:
• understanding the mechanisms of and developing advanced approaches to deep brain stimulation to treat movement disorders,
• developing novel approaches to peripheral nerve electrical stimulation for restoration of bladder function,
• understanding the mechanisms of and developing advanced approaches to spinal cord stimulation to treat chronic pain,
• understanding and controlling the cellular effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation, and
• design of novel electrodes and waveforms for selective stimulation of the nervous system.
Education and Training
- Boston University, B.S. 1989
- Case Western Reserve University, M.S. 1992
- Case Western Reserve University, Ph.D. 1995
Associated Faculty Labs
Selected Grants and Awards
- Duke KURe Program
- Medical Scientist Training Program
- Modeling Activation and Block of Autonomic Nerves for Analysis and Design
- Bioelectronic rescue of cognitive impairment after surgery
- Temporal Patterns of Deep Brain Stimulation
- Scalar Closed-Loop STN/GPi DBS Based on Evoked and Spontaneous Potentials
- Closed-Loop Neural Sensing and Stimulation System for Small Animals
- Targeted electrical stimulation of the urethra to treat urgency urinary incontinence
- Rational Design of TMS for Neuromodulation
- Biomimetic somatosensory feedback through intracortical microstimulation
- Functional dissection of therapeutic deep brain stimulation circuitry
- Nerve Stimulation for Restoration of Bladder Function
- Functional mapping of efferent gut neuroepithelial circuits
- Computational modeling of peripheral nerve stimulation
- Recording Evoked Potentials for Closed-Loop DBS
- Neural Prosthetic Control of Continence and Micturition
- SNr DBS for the treatment of gait and postural disturbances in Parkinsons disease
- Stimulation mediated sensory enhancement of the urethral afferents
- Novel High Density Interconnects for Flexible Neural Prosthesis
- Optimal Electrode Geometries for Efficient and Selective Deep Brain Stimulation
- Effects of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Neurons in Behaving Primates
- Evaluation of Carbon Nanotube Electrodes for Neural Stimulation
- Characterization of Evoked Potentials During Deep Brain Stimulation
- Realistic Human Perception of Spatio-Temporal Thalamic Microstimulation
- Time Course of Parkinson's Symptoms in Response to Deep Brain Stimulation
- Low Impedance Electrodes for Neural Stimulation
- Biomimetic Stimulation of the Sacral DRG to Control Continence and Micturition
- Career Development in the Mechanisms of Deep Brain Stimulation
- Neural Prosthetic Control of Continence and Micturition
- In Situ Polymerized Interfaces for Peripheral Nerve Recording and Stimulation
- Non-Regular Stimulation Patterns for Deep Brain Stimulation
- Selective Electrical Stimulation of Thalamic Neurons (supplement)
- Neural Signal Acquisition System
- Neural Prosthetic Control of Continence and Micturition
Department Affiliation
- Department of Biomedical Engineering