Neurotechnology Core

Optimization of current technology and development of next generation technology that can enhance the prevention, detection, etiology, assessment, treatment, and recovery from brain injury. Technologies may include imaging, biomarkers, preventive equipment, physiological measurements, and monitors.

	Researcher/Clinician Name	Title	Department	Specialties
	Jose Abisambra, PhD	Associate Professor, Assistant Dean of Diversity & Health Equity	Department of Neuroscience	Molecular mechanisms linking tau and ER dysfunction with neurodegeneration
	Prodip Bose, MD, PhD	Professor & Director	Department of Neurology	Spasticity after TBI/SCI
	Eduardo Candelario-Jalil, PhD	Associate Professor and Co-Coordinator Neuroscience Graduate Program	Department of Neuroscience	Advanced MRI and stroke, neuroinflammation, protective and preventive measures of cerebrovascular disorders
	Paramita Chakrabarty, PhD	Assistant Professor	Department of Neuroscience	Immunobiotherapies for Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies / synucleinopathies
	Vijayendran Chandran, PhD	Assistant Professor	Department of Pediatrics	Peripheral and central nervous system regeneration
	David Clark, ScD	Associate Professor	Department of Aging & Geriatric Research	Enhancing walking function in people with neurological impairments, Impact of age on functional outcomes post-injury
	Erica Dale, PhD	Assistant Professor	Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics	Spinal stimulation-induced phrenic motor plasticity; neurostimulation and functional recovery of breathing capacity after spinal injury
	Steven DeKosky, MD	Professor & Deputy Director of the McKnight Brain Institute	Department of Neurology	Alzheimer's disease and dementia associated with traumatic brain injury
	Sylvain Doré, PhD, FAHA	Professor and Director of Anesthesiology Research Programs	Department of Anesthesiology	Mechanisms limiting neuronal dysfunction associated with ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, traumatic brain injury, aging, and Alzheimer's disease
	Janak Gaire, PhD	Research Assistant Scientist	Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Mammalian regeneration and fibrosis; Biological response to biomedical implants, including neural implants
	Elisa Gonzalez-Rothi, DPT, PhD	Research Assistant Professor	Department of Physical Therapy	Respiratory plasticity induced by neurostimulation and intermittent hypoxia; spinal cord injury; sleep apnea & pathogenic intermittent hypoxia after SCI
	Jack Judy, PhD	Professor and Director of NIMET	Nanoscience Institute for Medical and Engineering Technology	Advanced neural-interface technology and systems, autonomic neuroengineering; neuroprosthetics
	Jada Lewis, PhD	Professor and Co-Deputy Director of the McKnight Brain Institute	Department of Neuroscience	Pathology of neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, frontotemporal dementia and ALS
	Andrew C Liu, PhD	Associate Professor	Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics	Circadian rhythms in mammals
	Gordon Mitchell, PhD	Preeminence Professor and Director of the UF BREATHE Center	Department of Physical Therapy	Intermittent hypoxia induced respiratory plasticity, therapeutic intermittent hypoxia in spinal injury and ALS
	Stephen E Nadeau, MD	Professor	Department of Neurology	Application of parallel distributed processing theory to understand the neural basis of cognitive function and its breakdown with brain injury, rehabilitation strategies
	Kevin Otto, PhD	Professor & Senior Associate Chair	Department of Biomedical Engineering	Neural interfaces, multi-channel implantable micro devices for neural stimulation, autonomic neuroengineering; neuroprosthetics; spinal/epidural stimulation
	Karim Oweiss, PhD	Professor	Department of Biomedical Engineering	Neuroengineering, cortical compensation for SCI; neural interface design to restore, augment or repair lost sensorimotor function
	José Principe, PhD	Distinguished Professor	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering	Neural networks, digital signal processing, brain machine interfaces
	Brent A Reynolds, PhD	Professor	Department of Neurosurgery	Neural stem cells, development of stem cell-specific assays
	Christine Schmidt, PhD	Professor	Department of Biomedical Engineering	Neuroregeneration after peripheral or spinal cord injury
	Shahab Vahdat, PhD	Assistant Professor	Department of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology	Imaging SCI and stroke in human and rodent models
	David Vaillancourt, PhD	Professor & Chair	Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology	Brain regulation of movement with focus on voluntary and involuntary motor disorders
	Kevin K Wang PhD	Research Professor	Department of Emergency Medicine	Tauopathies, cell-based tauopathy models, traumatic brain injury
	Lakeisha Williams, PhD	Associate Professor	Department of Biomedical Engineering	Traumatic brain injury, soft tissue mechanics, bio-inspired design & materials characterization
	Adam Woods, PhD	Associate Professor and Assistant Director of the Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory	Department of Clinical and Health Psychology	Cognitive function in aging humans, noninvasive brain stimulation and imaging
	Zhihui Yang, PhD	Research Assistant Professor	Department of Emergency Medicine	Tauopathies, traumatic brain injury