Dr. SungHo Lee received a NIDA Phase I SBIR award with Actuated Medical Inc. This award is granted via the NIH HEAL Initiative, with Dr. Lee being the subcontract PI at UNC. The project aims to evaluate a novel ultrasonic vibration system for electrode implantation during deep brain stimulation (DBS). The success of which will make DBS surgical procedure quicker, more reliable, and safer for the treatment of addiction. Dr. Lee’s team will couple this novel vibration system with a MR-compatible, polymer-based flexible microelectrode array developed by Dr. Lee and his collaborators, and perform a series of in vivo assessment on insertion reliability, accuracy, and tissue damage in rats using multiparametric MRI and histology. Congratulations Dr. Lee!
11 months ago
Eran Dayan, PhD, Awarded Grant for Work with Parkinson’s Disease
Congratulations to Dr. Eran Dayan on receiving an RO2 grant from (NICHD) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. They are providing funding ($404,276) for his project “Targeted Motor Learning to Improve Gait for Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease.” Over the 2-year lifespan (05/01/2023 – 04/30/2025) of this project, Dayan will serve …
11 months ago
Dr. Hong Yuan awarded S10 Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Hong Yuan, Director of the BRIC Small Animal Imaging facility, on her awarded S10 Grant for her project entitled, “Preclinical Vevo-F2 ultrasound imaging system for Small Animal Imaging core facility.” This $490K grant funds the installation of a preclinical ultrasound imaging system in BRIC’s Small Animal Imaging core facility. The new system …
1 year ago
Autism Research Center Awards $25K Pilot Grants to Three Interdisciplinary Research Projects
The Autism Research Center awarded three $25,000 pilot grants to several UNC School of Medicine faculty members on three interdisciplinary research projects, including one titled Developing brain-wide CSF flow imaging for infants at likelihood for autism, to BRIC faculty member and director of the Small Animal MRI facility Dr. Ian Shih in collaboration with Drs. …