Ongoing Research
Sponsor: VCU’s Value and Efficiency Teaching and Research (VETAR) awards
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled proof of concept study to assess the safety and efficacy of Elezanumab in acute traumatic cervical spinal cord injury.
PI: Kathryn Holloway, M.D.
Supporting Agency: Virginia Center on Aging – Alzheimer's and Related Diseases Research Award Fund (ADRAF)
Project Summary: The project objective is to assess the effect of duration and timing of NBM stimulation within the sleep/wake cycle on the restoration of learning ability, neurogenesis, and cholinergic cell survival in demented rats.
Clinical
Analyzing the epilepsy surgery database
Basic Science
Post-traumatic epilepsy
Multidisciplinary
Safety of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in a patient with an implanted DBS system through the development of unique brain phantoms with accurate electromagnetic properties
Detection of a unique EEG signal indicative of efficacious DBS
Unique EEG signatures in corticography and evoked potentials in DBS
CranialCloud: a cloud-based architecture to support trans-institutional collaborative efforts in neurodegenerative disorders and epilepsy
Clinical
- Analyzing the effect of lead location on DBS efficacy
- Stereotactic efficacy and technique development
- VCU Medical Center and VA DBS database analysis
Basic Science
DBS for dementia: Evaluation of stimulation of the nucleus basalis of Meynert in rodent models of dementia
Research Faculty & Staff
James "Pat" McAllister, Ph.D.
Vice Chair of Research
Maria Garcia Bonilla, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Research
Kirill Shumilov Bartenev, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Mary Heustess Bridgman, M.S.
Clinical Research Coordinator
Amy Erickson, R.N.
Research Coordinator
Zaahin Huq
Clinical Research Coordinator
Mally Jones, R.N.
Clinical Research Coordinator
Andrea Lewis
Research Program Coordinator