Selected Presentations & Appearances
New Approaches to Understand and Correct Aberrant Brain Circuitry in Dystonia. b.
- Grand Rounds
· December 4, 2019
Invited Talk
Neurology Department,
Duke University
A Comparative Analysis of Writing Impairment in Focal Hand Dystonia
- Movement Disorders Research Meeting
· October 4, 2019
Invited Talk
Duke University School of Medicine
A Comparative Analysis of Writing Impairment in Focal Hand Dystonia
- North Carolina Neurostimulation Conference
· June 5, 2019
National Scientific Meeting
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, NC
Paths to Translation: Discovering Dystonia Mechanisms and New Therapeutic Opportunities
- Neurology Grand Rounds
· December 2017
Invited Talk
Duke University School of Medicine,
North Carolina
Role of Contact Polarity on Therapeutic Impedances at Two Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Targets
- The MDS 20th International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders
· June 2016
International Meeting or Conference
Berlin, Germany
Neuroserpin, a Proteolytic Brake, Limits Plasticity in Adult Visual Cortex
- 6th Annual Retreat
· April 2014
Invited Talk
Friedman Brain Institute,
New York
Neuroserpin Protects Parvalbumin Interneurons Against Perineuronal Net Degradation for Cortical Stability.
- 53rd Annual American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
· 2014
National Scientific Meeting
Pheonix, Arizona
Lynx1 Masks Proteolytic Cascade to Limit Adult Visual Cortical Plasticity
- Cells and Circuits Work in Progress Club
· October 2013
Invited Talk
Friedman Brain Institute,
New York
Mechanism Regulating Adult Brain Plasticity by Cholinergic Brake Lynx1
- 5th Annual Retreat
· April 2013
Invited Talk
Friedman Brain Institute,
New York
Mechanism Regulating Adult Brain Plasticity by Cholinergic Brake Lynx1
- Cells and Circuit Work in Progress Club
· March 2013
Invited Talk
Friedman Brain Institue,
Mechanism Regulating Adult Brain Plasticity by Cholinergic Brake Lynx1
- Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor-Based Therapeutics: Emerging Frontiers in Basic Research & Clinical Science
· 2013
National Scientific Meeting
San Diego, California
Mechanism Regulating Adult Brain Plasticity by a Cholinergic Brake Lynx1
- Annual Society for Neuroscience Conference
· 2013
National Scientific Meeting
San Diego, California
The role of tissue plasminogen activator in axonal regeneration of a mouse spinal cord injury model
- 2009 Women in Medicine Research Symposium
· 2009
Invited Talk
Stony Brook Medicine,
The role of tissue plasminogen activator in axonal regeneration of a mouse spinal cord injury model
- The American Society for Clinical Investigation/Association of American Physicians Joint Meeting
· 2009
National Scientific Meeting
Chicago, Illinois
Tissue plasminogen activator in axonal regeneration in a mouse spinal cord injury model
- Inaugural Symposium on Multiple Sclerosis Research
· 2008
Invited Talk
Stony Brook University,
The role of tissue plasminogen activator in axonal regeneration of a mouse spinal cord injury model
- Annual Society for Neuroscience Conference
· 2008
National Scientific Meeting
Washington DC
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
Invited Speaker - Parkinson's Disease Support Group
· May 2018
Event Participation
Movement Division at Duke University Medical Center
Movement Disorders Researcher - Parkinson’s Disease, Meet the Researcher
· March 2018
Community Outreach
Movement Division at Duke University Medical Center
Movement Disorder Clinician - Parkinson’s Disease 201
· February 2018
Community Outreach
Movement Division at Duke University Medical Center
Service to the Profession
Member
- Medical and Scientific Advisory Board
·
2023
- 2027
Other
Dystonia Medical Research Foundation,
Academic & Administrative Activities
Member of TMS Research Center Safety Advisory Board, Duke Brain Stimulation Center 2018-present
Clinical Activities
I specialize in treating patients with movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, tremors, dystonia, tics and cerebellar ataxia. I also apply botulinum toxin and deep brain stimulation for treating select movement disorders patients. My patients' questions and resilience inspires my research pursuits and drives me to advance therapies for diseases in Movement Disorders.