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Timothy Dunn

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering · 2021 - Present Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering
Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery · 2020 - Present Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · 2023 - Present Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering
Assistant Professor in Neurobiology · 2024 - Present Neurobiology, Basic Science Departments

In the News


Published March 25, 2025
A New Way to Understand Brains and Behavior
Published January 11, 2023
Going Big: A Cross-Continental Global Health Project Aims for Systemic Change
Published October 26, 2021
Welcome the Pratt School New Faculty

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Recent Publications


Trust Your Neighbors: Multimodal Patient Retrieval for TBI Prognosis.

Journal Article IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics · December 2025 Early and accurate triage of traumatic brain injury is critical for guiding treatment decisions that optimize patient outcomes. A major early clinical decision point occurs in the emergency department, where providers must decide whether to admit or discha ... Full text Cite

Delivery of Angiogenic Therapy from Flowable Hyaluronic Acid Porous Scaffolds Results in Functional Improvement without Anti-Inflammatory Agents.

Journal Article Advanced functional materials · July 2025 Ischemic stroke, a blockage in the vasculature of the brain that results in insufficient blood flow, is one of the world's leading causes of disability. The cascade of inflammation and cell death that occurs immediately following stroke drives vascular and ... Full text Cite

Mapping the landscape of social behavior.

Journal Article Cell · April 2025 Social interaction is integral to animal behavior. However, lacking tools to describe it in quantitative and rigorous ways has limited our understanding of its structure, underlying principles, and the neuropsychiatric disorders, like autism, that perturb ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


Neurobiology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2024 - 2029

Functional connectivity of a brain-scale neural circuit for motion perception

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2027

Development of brain-scale neural circuits underlying vertebrate visuomotor transformations

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Eye Institute · 2022 - 2027

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Education, Training & Certifications


Harvard University · 2015 Ph.D.