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FDA/CERSI Lecture Series: Neuroprosthetics and Brain Machine Interface: Innovation to Implementation, Johns Hopkins University CERSI
Date:
Thursday, February 9, 2017 - 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Location:
Online
Speaker: Nitish Thakor, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Speaker
Nitish Thakor, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Neurology
Co-Director, Neuroengineering Training Program
Johns Hopkins University
About the presentation
Dr. Thakor will discuss innovation and development of safe and effective devices in the context of the burgeoning field of neuroprosthetics and brain machine interfaces. These interfaces employ electrodes in the nervous system to allow paralyzed patients and amputees “thought control” of their robotics and prosthetics. Technological innovations in these interfaces involving gene transfer and optical activation are on the immediate horizon.
About the presenter
Dr. Thakor is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Neurology at Johns Hopkins University since 1983. He has also been the founding Director of Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology (SINAPSE) at the National University of Singapore since 2012. Dr. Thakor’s technical expertise is in the field of Neuroengineering, where he has pioneered many technologies from brain monitoring to prosthetic arms and neuroprosthesis.