We are proud to share that Delan Lui won the Dr. Ayyez and Shelena Lalji & Family student scholar award for repair and regenerative mechanism in ALS for “Project integrating artificial intelligence (AI) modules (language models and reinforcement learning) in Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) to restore efficient communications for ALS patients”
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Senior Scientist Seminar Series: Dean Claudia Lucchinetti
This installment of the Health Transformation Research Institute’s Senior Scientist Seminar Series features Claudia F. Lucchinetti, M.D. Lucchinetti is the dean of Dell Medical School. She is the senior vice president for medical affairs for The University of Texas at Austin and holds the Frank and Charmaine Denius Distinguished Dean’s… read more
New Grants awarded
A $3.5 million Department of Defense Clinical Trial Award is funding a study on trauma-informed parent-child functioning intervention for military veterans. Suzannah Creech is the primary investigator with Justin Benzer and Paul Rathouz as co-investigators. The Central Texas Veterans Health Care System is partnering with Dell Med on the study.… read more
Benjamin Umlauf: Putting Lifesaving Medicine in the Right Package
For many, the prospect of a coming delivery is exciting. But for Benjamin Umlauf, Ph.D., it’s not what’s in the package that holds his interest; it’s the how — the delivery method itself. And patients with brain conditions may soon benefit from his perspective. Umlauf, an assistant professor in Dell… read more
Senior Scientist Seminar Series: Of Mice & (Wo)Men
In this installment of the Health Transformation Research Institute’s Senior Scientist Seminar Series, Beth Lippard, Ph.D., presents “Of Mice and (Wo)Men: Bench to Bedside Tales From the Accidental Clinical Scientist.” Lippard is an assistant professor of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Dell Medical School and faculty of… read more
Lief Fenno: Bridging the Gap From Research to Remedy
Neuroscience research tools are incredibly powerful: Researchers can flip individual neurons on and off to observe effects at the molecular level. The problem? That’s not how psychiatric medications work, so discoveries aren’t readily transferable to useful solutions. If Lief Fenno, M.D., Ph.D., has his way, treatments for mental illness will… read more
New NIH RO1 Project: Smartphone-Based Solutions for Prospective Memory in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
We are excited to share the New RO1 that our Mulva Faculty Jared Benge was awarded. The project focusses on Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia. Difficulties with prospective memory, such as remembering to take medications, represent a signature decline in mild dementia, worsen quality of life and independence, and add… read more
Audrey Brumback Featured on NINDS Podcast
Pediatric neurologist Audrey Brumback, MD, PhD, was a featured guest on the September 8 episode of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke’s Building Up the Nerve podcast, designed to help neuroscience trainees navigate the life cycle of a grant application. In this episode, “Demystifying Clinician-Scientist Careers,” Brumback… read more
