Course Faculty

Module 1

Abigail Snyder-Keller, Ph.D. Course Faculty Research Scientist Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH Address: 120 New Scotland Ave. Albany, NY 12208 Lecture Topic: Overview of Brain Anatomy abigail.snyder-keller@health.ny.gov Wadsworth Biography	C.J. Heckman, Ph.D. Course Faculty Professor of Physiology/Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences Northwestern University Address: Ward Building Room 5-334 303 E Chicago Avenue Chicago IL 60611 Lecture Topic: Spinal Cord Structure and Function c-heckman@northwestern.edu
Jonathan Wolpaw, M.D. NCAN Faculty Director & Research Physician National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH Lecture Topic: Introduction: What are Adaptive Neurotechnologies? jonathan.wolpaw@health.ny.gov	Lee E. Miller, Ph.D. Course Faculty Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience Departments of Physiology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Biomedical Engineering Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Address: 303 East Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL 60611 Lecture Topic: Sensorimotor Function in the Brain lm@northwestern.edu Feinberg School of Medicine Biography
Russ Ferland, Ph.D. Course Faculty Associate Professor & Vice Chair Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics Department of Neurology at Albany Medical College Address: 47 New Scotland Ave., MC136 Albany, NY 12208 Lecture Topic: Functional Specialization of Cortex ferlanr@mail.amc.edu Albany Medical Center Biography

Module 2

Aysegul Gunduz, Ph.D. Course Faculty Assistant Professor University of Florida J. Caryton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering Address: 1275 Center Drive, BMS J286 Gainesville, FL 32611 Lecture Topics: Metabolic and Other Indirect Measures of Brain Activity, Recording Within the Brain agunduz@bme.ufl.edu Brain Mapping Laboratory	Daniel W. Moran, Ph.D. Course Faculty Professor of Biomedical Engineering Washington University Address: Campus Box 1097 One Brookings Drive Saint Louis, MO 63130 Lecture Topic: Electric and Magnetic Activity dmoran@biomed.wustl.edu
Dennis McFarland, Ph.D. NCAN Faculty Team Research & Development 2 Leader & Research Scientist National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH Address: 120 New Scotland Ave., Room 2085 Albany, NY 12208 Lecture Topic: Recording from Outside the Brain dennis.mcfarland@health.ny.gov	Disha Gupta, B.E.(hons), M.Sc., Ph.D. Course Faculty Brain Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University Early Brain Injury and Recovery, Burke Medical Research Institute Address: Burke Medical Research Institute Early Brain Injury and Recovery Program Burke House Room 202, 785 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605 Lecture Topic: Stimulating Outside the Brain disha.gupta@nyulangone.org Burke Medical Research Institute Biography
Peter Brunner, Ph.D. Course Faculty Assistant Professor Albany Medical College Center for Medical Science Lecture Topic: Stimulating Within the Brain peter.brunner@health.ny.gov

Module 3

Dean J. Krusienski, Ph.D.

Course Faculty
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Graduate Program Director, Biomedical Engineering
Old Dominion University

Address:
231 Kaufman Hall
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529

Lecture Topic: Feature Extraction

dkrusien@odu.edu

Aspen Lab at Old Dominion University

Dennis McFarland, Ph.D.

NCAN Faculty
Team Research & Development 2 Leader & Research Scientist
National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies
Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH

Address:
120 New Scotland Ave., Room 2085
Albany, NY 12208

Lecture Topic: Feature Translation

dennis.mcfarland@health.ny.gov

Module 4

Jeremy Hill, Ph.D.

Course Faculty
Lecture Topic: Hardware and Software

See Dr. Hill's NCAN faculty page for more details.

jeremy.hill@neurotechcenter.org

Module 5

Dennis McFarland, Ph.D. NCAN Faculty Team Research & Development 2 Leader & Research Scientist National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH Address: 120 New Scotland Ave., Room 2085 Albany, NY 12208 Lecture Topic: ANs that Replace Function dennis.mcfarland@health.ny.gov	Gerwin Schalk, Ph.D. NCAN Faculty Deputy Director & Research Scientist National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH Lecture Topic: Principles and Classes of Adaptive Neurotechnologies gerwin.schalk@health.ny.gov
Jonathan Wolpaw, M.D. NCAN Faculty Director & Research Physician National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH Address: 120 New Scotland Avenue, Room 2085 Albany, NY 12208 Lecture Topics: Activity-Dependent Plasticity in the CNS, ANs that Improve Function jonathan.wolpaw@health.ny.gov	Peter Brunner, Ph.D. Course Faculty Assistant Professor Albany Medical College Center for Medical Sciences Lecture Topic: ANs that Restore Funciton peter.brunner@health.ny.gov
Theresa Vaughan, B.A. NCAN Faculty Research Scientist National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH Address: 120 New Scotland Avenue, Room 2085 Albany, NY 12208 Lecture Topic: ANs that Enhance Function theresa.vaughan@health.ny.gov

Training Exercises

Amir Eftekhar, Ph.D. NCAN Faculty National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH Address: 120 New Scotland Ave, Room 2085 Albany, NY 12208 Lecture Topic: Training Exercise 3: Neuroplasticity and Neurorehabilitation	Dennis McFarland, Ph.D. NCAN Faculty Team Research & Development 2 Leader & Research Scientist National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH Address: 120 New Scotland Ave, Room 2085 Albany, NY 12208 Lecture Topic: Training Exercise 3: Neuroplasticity and Neurorehabilitation
Griffin Milsap, B.S.EE. Course Faculty Ph.D. Candidate Department of Biomedical Engineering Johns Hopkins University Address: Meyer 2-161 600 N. Wolfe St. Baltimore, MD 21287 Lecture Topic: Training Exercise 2: BCI2000 griffin.milsap@gmail.com Crone Lab	Jonathan Carp, Ph.D. NCAN Faculty Research Scientist National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Address: 120 New Scotland Ave, Room 2085 Albany, NY 12208 Lecture Topic: Training Exercise 1: ECoG in Basic Research carp@neurotechcenter.org
Lynn McCane, M.S. NCAN Faculty Research Scientist National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH Address: 120 New Scotland Ave, Room 2085 Albany, NY 12208 Lecture Topic: Training Exercise 3: Neuroplasticity and Neurorehabilitation lynn.mccane@health.ny.gov	Peter Brunner, Ph.D. Course Faculty Assistant Professor Albany Medical College Center for Medical Sciences Address: 150 New Scotland Ave, Albany, NY 12208 Lecture Topic: Training Exercise 2: Application of BCI2000 peter.brunner@health.ny.gov
Theresa Vaughan, B.A. NCAN Faculty Research Scientist National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH Address: 120 New Scotland Ave, Room 2085 Albany, NY 12208 Lecture Topic: Training Exercise 2: Application of BCI2000 theresa.vaughan@health.ny.gov	Xiang Yang Chen, Ph.D. NCAN Faculty Team Research & Development 1 Leader & Research Scientist National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH Lecture Topic: Training Exercise 3: Neuroplasticity and Neurorehabilitation

Module 6

Anthony Ritaccio, M.D., FAAN, FANA Course Faculty J. Spencer Standish Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Director Epilepsy and Human Brain Mapping Program, Director Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory, Vice Chairman Department of Neurology, Albany Medical College Lecture Topic: Seizure Disorders RitaccA@mail.amc.edu	Donald S. Higgins, Jr., M.D. Course Faculty National Program Director for Neurology Office of Specialty Care Services (10P4E) Veterans Health Administration Address: 810 Vermont Ave, NW Washington, DC 20420 Lecture Topic: Degenerative Disorders Donald.Higgins@va.gov Office of Specialty Care Services
Jeffrey Fudin, M.D. Course Faculty Lecture Topic: Chronic Pain Jeffrey.Fudin2@va.gov	Jennifer Semel-Concepcion, M.D. Course Faculty Lecture Topic: Developmental Disorders jennifer.semel@gmail.com Jennifer.Semel@chsli.org Semel website
Loretta S. Malta, Ph.D. Course Faculty Licensed Psychologist Capital Psychological Associates Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry (Volunteer Faculty) Weill Medical College of Cornell & Albany Medical College Address: Capital Psychological Associates 1365 Washington Ave., Suite 102A Albany, NY 12206 Lecture Topic: Psychiatric/Behavioral Disorders lsmaltaphd@gmail.com Capital Psychological Associates Biography, Psychology Today Biography, LinkedIn	Richard Segal, PT, Ph.D., FAPTA Course Faculty Professor and Chair Department of Health Professions College of Health Professions Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) PI TIGRR Grant writing Workshop Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Allied Health Sciences UNC at Chapel Hill Education Director National Center of Neuromodulation for Rehab (NM4R) Address: 151B Rutledge Avenue B339 MSC 962 Charleston, SC 29425 Lecture Topics: Traumatic Disorders, Current Neurorehabilitation segal@musc.edu Training in Grantsmanship for Rehabilitation Research, National Center for Neuromodulation Rehab

Module 7

Alison N. Cernich, Ph.D. Course Faculty ABPP-Cn, Director National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health Address: 6710B Rockledge Drive, MSC 7002 Bethesda, MD 20817 Lecture Topic: Government Funding Pathways alison.cernich@nih.gov National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR)	Ashley Edwards Course Faculty Director, Institutional Advancement Health Research, Inc. Address: 150 Broadway, Suite 500 Menands, NY 12204 Lecture Topic: Non-Profit Funding Pathways Ashley.Edwards@healthresearch.org
Brendan Allison, Ph.D. Course Faculty Visiting Scholar Cognitive Science Department University of California, San Diego Address: Mail Code 0515 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093 Lecture Topic: Adaptive Neurotechnologies for the General Population ballison@ucsd.edu MindBeagle Website	Clint Ballinger, Ph.D. Course Faculty CEO of SelfArray, Inc. Entrepreneur in Residence at IgniteU Address: 12 Davids Lane Burnt Hill, NY 12027 Lecture Topics: Principles of Commercial Development, Venture Capital/Commercial Funding cballinger@evidentthermo.com Clint Ballinger CV
Doug Weber Course Faculty Lecture Topic: Government Funding Pathways	Frances Richmond, Ph.D. Course Faculty Director International Center for Regulatory Science University of Southern California Address: 1540 Alcazar Street, Los Angeles, CA 90089 Lecture Topic: Clinical and Regulatory Considerations for Effective Translation fjr@usc.edu USC Biography, USC Reulgatory Science
Gerwin Schalk, Ph.D. NCAN Faculty Deputy Director & Research Scientist National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH Lecture Topic: Real-World Translation: Introduction; Formulating Complete Plan gerwin.schalk@health.ny.gov	Joseph J. Fins, M.D., M.A.C.P. Course Faculty The E. William Davis, Jr., M.D. Professor of Medical Ethics Chief, Division of Medical Ethics and Professor of Medicine Professor of Medical Ethics in Neurology and Medicine in Psychiatry Weill Cornell Medical College Director of Medical Ethics New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center Co-Director, CASBI Consortium for the Advanced Study of Brain Injury Weill Cornell and Rockefeller University Solomon Center Distinguished Scholar in Medicine, Bioethics and the Law Yale Law School Address: Division of Medical Ethics Weill Cornell Medical College 435 East 70th Street Suite 4-J New York, NY 10021 Lecture Topic: Ethics of Human Studies jjfins@med.cornell.edu Consortium for the Advanced Study of Brain Injury (CASBI)
Naomi Kleitman, Ph.D. Course Faculty Senior Vice President, Grants & Research Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Lecture Topic: Government Funding Pathways naomi@chnfoundation.org Craig H. Neilsen Foundation	Robert A. Heverly Course Faculty Associate Professor of Law Albany Law School Address: 80 New Scotland Ave. Albany, NY 12208 Lecture Topic: Legal Issues rheve@albanylaw.edu Albany Law Biography
Teige P. Sheehan, Ph.D. Course Faculty Patent Attorney, Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti, P.C. Address: 5 Columbia Cir. Albany, NY 12203 Lecture Topic: Intellectual Property tps@hrfmlaw.com Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C. Biography, LinkedIn

Module 8

Gerald E. Loeb, M.D. Course Faculty Professor of Biomedical Engineering University of Southern California Address: 1042 Downey Way Los Angeles, CA 90089 Lecture Topic: Introduction to Cochlear Prosthesis gloeb@usc.edu University of Southern California Biography	Hunter Peckham, Ph.D. Course Faculty Lecture Topic: Introduction to the Freehand
Joern Rickert, Ph.D. Course Faculty Lecture Topic: Introduction to Brain Interchange	Jonathan Wolpaw, M.D. NCAN Faculty Director & Research Physician National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH Address: 120 New Scotland Avenue, Room 2085 Albany, NY 12208 Lecture Topic: P300 Speller jonathan.wolpaw@health.ny.gov
Theresa Vaughan, B.A. NCAN Faculty Research Scientist National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH Address: 120 New Scotland Avenue, Room 2085 Albany, NY 12208 Lecture Topic: P300 Speller theresa.vaughan@health.ny.gov

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