Research Interests
Neural engineering and neural prostheses and include design and testing of electrodes and stimulation techniques, the electrical properties of tissues and cells, and computational neuroscience with applications in restoration of bladder function, treatment of movement disorders with deep brain stimulation, and treatment of chronic pain.
Selected Grants
Neurobiology Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029Duke KURe Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2013 - 2028Optimized Electrical Block of Peripheral Nerves
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2027Duke Preparing Research Scholars in Biomedical Sciences- Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027Medical Scientist Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027Neurobiology Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029Duke KURe Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2013 - 2028Optimized Electrical Block of Peripheral Nerves
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2027Duke Preparing Research Scholars in Biomedical Sciences- Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027Medical Scientist Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027NeuroSimNIBS: Integrated electric field and neuronal response modeling for transcranial electric and magnetic stimulation
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health · 2022 - 2027An Integrated Biomarker Approach to Personalized, Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson Disease
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2023 - 2027Characterizing Evoked Potentials of Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2026Deep Brain Stimulation Evoked Potentials (SRA2)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Boston Scientific Corporation · 2021 - 2026Sacral Nerve Stimulation for Restoration of Bowel Function
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The Craig H. Neilsen Foundation · 2024 - 2026Neuromod Prize
Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2026SC200190 - "Chronic Studies of Spinal Cord Stimulation for Restoration of Bladder Function"
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity · 2021 - 2025Biology and Biophysics of the Cortical Response to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025Duke Women's Reproductive Health Research Scholars
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2020 - 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 - 2025MPS-TMS: Modular Pulse Synthesizer for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation with Fully Adjustable Pulse Shape and Sequence
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025Modeling of Epidural Cortical Stimulation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Motif Neurotech · 2024 - 2025A Rational Engineering Design Approach to Minimizing the Off-Target Effects of Baroreceptor Activation Therapy
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by University of Wisconsin - Madison · 2022 - 2025Quantifying SCS Responses in Diabetic Peropheral Neuropathy
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Boston Scientific Corporation · 2024 - 2025Modeling of Electrical Stimulation of the Human Tibial Nerve
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Coloplast Corp. · 2023 - 2025Localization of the Epileptogenic Zone to Improve Outcomes of Epilepsy Surgery
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Howard University · 2024 - 2025Control Of Colonic Motility
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Axonics, Inc. · 2023 - 2024Neural Electrodes with Enhanced Charge Injection and Reduced Interfacial Impedance Using Graphenated Carbon Nanotubes Coated With Atomic Layer-Deposited Platinum Nanoparticles
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2024Temporal Patterns of Spinal Cord Stimulation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2024Temporal Patterns of Deep Brain Stimulation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2024Engineering the neuronal response to electrical microstimulation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Florida · 2022 - 2024Computational Tools for Improving Stereo-EEG Implantation and Resection Surgery
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2024Developing a comprehensive model for peripheral nerve stimulation of gastrointestinal function
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Terasaki Institute · 2022 - 2024COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Alfred E Mann Foundation · 2022 - 2023Developing a comprehensive model for peripheral nerve stimulation of gastrointestinal function
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2023Underactive Bladder: Mechanisms and Recovery of Sensation and Function
ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2023Sacral Nerve Stimulation to Treat Detrusor Underactivity: Parameters & Pathways
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Medtronic, Inc. · 2019 - 2023Spinal Cord Stimulation for Restoration of Bladder Function
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Paralyzed Veterans of America · 2020 - 2023Scalar Closed-Loop STN/GPi DBS Based on Evoked and Spontaneous Potentials
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2023Realistic Measurements of tDCS-Modulated Activity and Electric Fields in the Human Brain In Vivo
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2022Biomimetic somatosensory feedback through intracortical microstimulation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Northwestern University · 2016 - 2022Analysis and Design of µECoG Array Characteristics for Optimized Signal Acquisition
FellowshipCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2022Pudendal neuromodlation for incontinence and sphincter dyssynergia after spinal injury
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Dignify Therapeutics, LLC · 2020 - 2021Rational Design of TMS for Neuromodulation
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2021Functional dissection of therapeutic deep brain stimulation circuitry
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2015 - 2021Bioelectronic rescue of cognitive impairment after surgery
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2021Predicting Urinary Continence Status with Sacral Neuromodulation and Botulinum Toxin Treatments
ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2020Pudendal Neuromodulation for urinary and fecal incontinance and sphincter dyssynergia
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Dignify Therapeutics, LLC · 2019 - 2020IPA - Warren Grill
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2019 - 2020Closed-Loop Neural Sensing and Stimulation System for Small Animals
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Micro-Leads, Inc. · 2017 - 2019Targeted electrical stimulation of the urethra to treat urgency urinary incontinence
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Urology Care Foundation · 2017 - 2019Nerve Stimulation for Restoration of Bladder Function
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Dignify Therapeutics, LLC · 2018 - 2019Basic predoctoral training in neuroscience
Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1992 - 2018Functional mapping of efferent gut neuroepithelial circuits
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018Computational modeling of peripheral nerve stimulation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by SPR Therapeutics, LLC · 2017 - 2017Recording Evoked Potentials for Closed-Loop DBS
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2017Neural Prosthetic Control of Continence and Micturition
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2017Training in Fundamental &Translational Neuroscience
Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2016SNr DBS for the treatment of gait and postural disturbances in Parkinsons disease
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2015Stimulation mediated sensory enhancement of the urethral afferents
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2015Novel High Density Interconnects for Flexible Neural Prosthesis
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Premitec, Inc. · 2011 - 2015Optimal Electrode Geometries for Efficient and Selective Deep Brain Stimulation
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2015Effects of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Neurons in Behaving Primates
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2014Evaluation of Carbon Nanotube Electrodes for Neural Stimulation
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2014Characterization of Evoked Potentials During Deep Brain Stimulation
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2013Realistic Human Perception of Spatio-Temporal Thalamic Microstimulation
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2013Time Course of Parkinson's Symptoms in Response to Deep Brain Stimulation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2012Low Impedance Electrodes for Neural Stimulation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2011Biomimetic Stimulation of the Sacral DRG to Control Continence and Micturition
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2010Career Development in the Mechanisms of Deep Brain Stimulation
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2010Neural Prosthetic Control of Continence and Micturition
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2009In Situ Polymerized Interfaces for Peripheral Nerve Recording and Stimulation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Academy of Sciences · 2007 - 2009Non-Regular Stimulation Patterns for Deep Brain Stimulation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2009Selective Electrical Stimulation of Thalamic Neurons (supplement)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2008Neural Signal Acquisition System
Institutional SupportCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 2006 - 2007Neural Prosthetic Control of Continence and Micturition
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2006External Relationships
- Axonics Neuromodulation, LLC
- Boomerang Medical
- Boston Scientific Corporation
- Cala Health, LLC
- Coloplast Corp
- Axonics Neuromodulation, LLC
- Boomerang Medical
- Boston Scientific Corporation
- Cala Health, LLC
- Coloplast Corp
- Deep Brain Innovations
- Diagnostic Biochips
- GLG Consultants
- GSK/Galvani
- Hatteras Investment Partners, LLC
- NDI Healthcare Fund, LLC
- Neilsen Foundation
- NeurotechX
- SPR Therapeutics
- SetPoint Medical, LLC
- Triangle Angel Partners, LLC
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