VA and MetroHealth Investigator Nathan Makowski PhD Will Lead a New DoD Study Using the Open Source Medical Device Developed in Cleveland. A 2022-2025 investment in open source implantable technology by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is fueling new possibilities for patient care with a project being conducted at the Department of Veterans Affairs.…
Investigators used deep brain stimulation devices to record brain signal changes after 12 dynamic cycling sessions. It was the early 2000s when researchers first showed that exercise can help relieve the tremors that are common with Parkinson’s Disease. So far, researchers haven’t been able to explain how exercise helps. But they may be getting closer…
Award for Outstanding Achievement in Rehabilitation Research and Development is the Department of Veterans Affairs’ highest honor for rehabilitation investigators. The Cleveland FES Center congratulates Executive Director Robert Kirsch PhD, who on May 13 received the Paul B. Magnuson Award for Outstanding Achievement in Rehabilitation Research and Development. The award was presented to Dr. Kirsch…
Cleveland FES Center Principal Investigator Abidemi Bolu Ajiboye PhD recently won the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers. Ajiboye is one of close to 400 recipients of the prestigious PECASE award, including…
Two decades ago, as a post-doc at University of California-Irvine, FES Center investigator Kim Anderson, PhD, transformed the way researchers approached spinal cord injury (SCI) research. At that time, most SCI research focused on thoracic injuries and evaluating walking. But Anderson, who has a spinal cord injury herself, asserted that there were many other problems…
P. Hunter Peckham PhD, founder and inaugural executive director of the Cleveland FES Center, was awarded an honorary doctor of science degree from Clarkson University, Potsdam, N.Y., at the university’s spring commencement on May 11. Peckham, a Clarkson alumnus, was honored for his lifelong commitment to innovative rehabilitation research benefitting civilians and veterans with spinal…
Emery N. Brown, MD, PhD, the Edward Hood Taplin Professor of Medical Engineering and Computational Neuroscience at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will visit the FES Center and meet with Consortium members in mid-April, 2024. Professor Brown is also the Distinguished Speaker for the Center’s April Neural Prosthesis Seminar, set for 3pm on April 11 at…
Congratulations to Cleveland FES Center investigator Tina Vrabec, PhD. Vrabec is among seven Case Western Reserve University researchers named to the National Academy of Inventors’ 2024 class of Senior Members. Vrabec is also one of 124 emerging inventors selected by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) to its 2024 class of Senior Members. The honor…
Durand is Credited with Coining the Term ‘Neural Engineering’ The Cleveland FES Center congratulates principal investigator Dr. Dominique Durand, MD, PhD. Dr. Durand has received the 2024 North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) Engineering Innovator Award. Dr. Durand is professor of biomedical engineering and neurosciences and director of the Neural Engineering Center at Case Western Reserve…
New Textbook authored by FES Investigator, Aasef Shaikh, MD, PhD. Available here >>