Research Interests
Human neuroscience, inhibitory circuits, interneurons, cerebral cortex, cell transplantation, epilepsy, movement disorders.
Selected Grants
A Study of Inhibitory Interneurons (NRTX1001) for the Treatment of Drug-resistant Bilateral Temporal Lobe Focal Seizures
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Neurona Therapeutics, Inc · 2024 - 2039A First-in-human (FIH), Multicenter, Open Label, Single Arm, Dose Escalation Study of Inhibitory Interneurons (NRTX-1001) in Drug-Resistant Unilateral Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (MTLE)
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Neurona Therapeutics, Inc · 2022 - 2036Neurobiology Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029Neurocognitive mechanisms of control over cognitive stability and flexibility
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health · 2023 - 2028The overlap of speech production and verbal working memory
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2023 - 2028Exploring cortical inhibitory circuit design in the human brain
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2027A Wireless µECoG Prosthesis for Speech
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026Investigating the design of human cortical inhibitory circuits
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Whitehall Foundation, Inc. · 2024 - 2025NTE002 NRTX-1001
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Neurona Therapeutics, Inc · 2024 - 2025Next-Generation Wireless Intracranial Electrode Arrays for Post-traumatic Epilepsy
ResearchCollaborating Investigator · Awarded by United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity · 2021 - 2025NINDS Research Education Programs for Residents and Fellows in Neurosurgery
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2009 - 2025Advancing the therapeutic potential of inhibitory interneuron transplantation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund · 2020 - 2024Realistic Measurements of tDCS-Modulated Activity and Electric Fields in the Human Brain In Vivo
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2022Medical Scientist Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 2022Examining the therapeutic potential of interneuron transplantation in a human organotypic epilepsy model
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Albert Einstein College of Medicine · 2020 - 2021External Relationships
- Guidepoint
- NeuroPace
- NovoGlia
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