Research Interests
Dr. Feng is a board-certified vascular neurologist as well as a physician-scientist. His research portfolios include developing imaging biomarker for post-stroke motor outcomes prediction, and use of non-invasive brain stimulation tools, such as, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), vagus nerve stimulation, low intensity focused ultrasound and transcranial light stimulation to enhance post-stroke recovery. His research has been actively funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH), the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) and other various sources. He is currently leading an NIH funded 8.9 million U01 12-center, phase II study called TRANSPORT 2 (TRANScranial direct current stimulation for POst-stroke motor Recovery – a phase II sTudy) – on the NINDS-funded stroke trial network.
Selected Grants
Eastern North Carolina and southern Virginia regIonal Stroke trIal cONsortium (ENVISION)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2028Characterizing the drive from corticoreticulospinal tract to walking-specific muscles in individuals post-stroke.
ResearchMentor · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2024 - 2027A PROSPECTIVE, MULTICOUNTRY STUDY TO ESTIMATE THE INCIDENCE OF AND PROVIDE A BEST PRACTICE MODEL FOR MONITORING THE DEVELOPMENT OF POST-STROKE SPASTICITY
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Ipsen Pharma SAS · 2024 - 2026Validation of Early Prognostic Data for Recovery Outcomes after Stroke for Future, Higher Yield Trials (VERIFY)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Cincinnati · 2021 - 2026Duke Testing Site for Stroke Preclinical Assessment Network
ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2023 - 2025TRANScranial direct current stimulation for POst-stroke motor Recover - a phase II sTudy (TRANSPORT 2)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025International Research Collaboration on Stroke Motor Recovery
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2024 - 2025Rose Lawn Study - CRE only
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Cincinnati · 2020 - 2024A Machine Learning Model for Preprocedural Prediction of Cardiovascular Events Including Stroke
ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2024 - 20243D Functional Photoacoustic Imaging of Human Brain with a Stretchable Ultrasound Matrix Array
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Pennsylvania State University · 2021 - 2024TRANScranial direct current stimulation for POst-stroke motor Recover - a phase II sTudy (TRANSPORT 2)
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Cincinnati · 2019 - 2024National Center of Neuromodulation for Rehabilitation ( NC NM4R)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Medical University of South Carolina · 2020 - 2024Virtual Activities of Living for Occupational Rehabilitation (VALOR)
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Barron Associates · 2022 - 2023Optimizing Parameters of Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound for Cortical Modulation in Stroke Patients
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2021 - 2023Realistic Measurements of tDCS-Modulated Activity and Electric Fields in the Human Brain In Vivo
ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2022External Relationships
- AHA ( American heart association)
- Burke Medical research institute
- NAMSA
- National Institutes of Health
- Precision Neuroscience Inc
- rehabilitation care consortium
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