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 | |
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![]() | 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 |