Research and Innovation

Epilepsy patients undergoing surgery provide valuable tactile sensation feedback

The team at the University of Washington’s Center for Neurotechnology is working out how best to engineer stimulation to the brain to restore tactile sensations that allow people to perform useful tasks.

How a game-changing transplant could treat dying organs

Dr. Melanie Walker and Dr. Michael Levitt Image

Scientists and doctors including Dr. Melanie Walker and Dr. Michael Levitt are exploring the use mitochondria infusions to jump-start the cellular processes required to heal damaged hearts, brains, and maybe even other organs in a way that drugs haven’t been able to.

Kate Carroll, MD selected to receive NIH R-25 Grant to study depression associated with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

Congratulations to Dr. Carroll whose proposal “The role of CRHR1 genotype and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction in depression after aneurysm rupture” was selected to receive an NIH R-25 award totaling $95,139, beginning July 1, 2022.

Christine Mac Donald, PhD is first woman appointed as Vice Chair of Research at the UW School of Medicine

In October 2021, the Department of Neurological Surgery appointed Dr.

Maggie McGrath, MD selected to receive the Richard H. Adler Attorney at Law & Adler Giersch Law Firm Endowed Fund for Traumatic Brain Injury Research Award

Congratulations to Dr. McGrath whose proposal “Utility of routine surveillance head computed tomography (within 24 hours) after initiating therapeutic anticoagulation in patients with intracranial hemorrhage” was selected to receive the $7500 award.

Andrew Ko, MD part of study to determine if tiny electrical implants are an effective way to treat rheumatoid arthritis

A large trial is currently underway testing an implant that is hoped to treat rheumatoid arthritis by delivering short bursts of electrical stimulation to the vagus nerve.

Christine Mac Donald, PhD to serve as Seattle PI for $10 million NIH funded grant to study concussions in schoolkids.

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has awarded a $10 million grant to the Four Corners Youth Consortium, a group researching concussions in children.

Christine Mac Donald, PhD to lead Neuroimaging Core of $56 million NIH grant to expand Alzheimer’s research

Portrait of Dr. Christine Mac Donald for News Feature

The National Institute of Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, is awarding a grant expected to total $55.6 million to the Adult Changes in Thought study (ACT), led by the University of Washington, Kaiser Permanente Washington and the University of California San Diego.

Guilherme Barros, MD wins the Robert J. Dempsey, MD, Cerebrovascular Resident Research Award

Congratulations to Dr. Barros whose proposal, “Modeling effect of hemodynamic changes on endothelial transcriptional profile of cerebral aneurysms after endovascular flow diversion treatment,” was selected to receive the $15,000 Robert J. Dempsey, MD Cerebrovascular Resident Research Award.

Rajeev Sen, MD receives the SNIS Young Investigator Research Grant

Congratulations to Dr. Sen, whose proposal “Using single cell RNA sequencing to delineate the cellular and subcellular mechanisms behind intracranial aneurysm formation and progression” was selected to receive the $25000 SNIS Young Investigator Research Grant.

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