Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Bass Fellow
Professor in Neurobiology
Professor in Neurosurgery
Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society
Campus mail:
Box 90281, Dept Biomedical Engineering, Durham, NC 27708-0281
Phone:
(919) 660-5276
Email address:
warren.grill@duke.edu
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
- Rational Design of TMS for Neuromodulation
- Duke Women's Reproductive Health Research Scholars
- NINDS Research Education Programs for Residents and Fellows in Neurosurgery
- MPS-TMS: Modular Pulse Synthesizer for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation with Fully Adjustable Pulse Shape and Sequence
- SC200190 - "Chronic Studies of Spinal Cord Stimulation for Restoration of Bladder Function"
- Neurobiology Training Program
- Predicting Urinary Continence Status with Sacral Neuromodulation and Botulinum Toxin Treatments
- Developing a comprehensive model for peripheral nerve stimulation of gastrointestinal function
- Underactive Bladder: Mechanisms and Recovery of Sensation and Function
- Temporal Patterns of Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Neural Electrodes with Enhanced Charge Injection and Reduced Interfacial Impedance Using Graphenated Carbon Nanotubes Coated With Atomic Layer-Deposited Platinum Nanoparticles
- Realistic Measurements of tDCS-Modulated Activity and Electric Fields in the Human Brain In Vivo
- Temporal Patterns of Deep Brain Stimulation
- Scalar Closed-Loop STN/GPi DBS Based on Evoked and Spontaneous Potentials
- Biomimetic somatosensory feedback through intracortical microstimulation
- Analysis and Design of µECoG Array Characteristics for Optimized Signal Acquisition
- Spinal Cord Stimulation for Restoration of Bladder Function
- Pudendal neuromodlation for incontinence and sphincter dyssynergia after spinal injury
- Rational Design of TMS for Neuromodulation
- Functional dissection of therapeutic deep brain stimulation circuitry
- Bioelectronic rescue of cognitive impairment after surgery
- Sacral Nerve Stimulation to Treat Detrusor Underactivity: Parameters & Pathways
- Pudendal Neuromodulation for urinary and fecal incontinance and sphincter dyssynergia
- IPA - Warren Grill
- Closed-Loop Neural Sensing and Stimulation System for Small Animals
- Targeted electrical stimulation of the urethra to treat urgency urinary incontinence
- Nerve Stimulation for Restoration of Bladder Function
- Basic predoctoral training in neuroscience
- 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
- Training in Fundamental &Translational Neuroscience
- 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