Members
Principal Investigator
Matija Milosevic, PhD
Director of Neuromotor Rehabilitation - The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
Assistant Professor - Department of Neurological Surgery & Biomedical Engineering
University of Miami
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Trainees
Zachary Boogaart
MD/PhD Student
University of Miami
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Research Interests:
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Rizaldi Ahmad Fadli
PhD Student
University of Miami
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Research Interests:
Brain-controlled FES; Statistical signal processing; neuroplasticity.
Akiko Yuasa, PT, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Miami
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Research Interests:
Corticospinal and spinal control of muscles; neuromodulation; remote effect; neuromotor recovery.​
Ali Hussain
MD/PhD Student
University of Miami
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Research Interests:
Neuromodulation, spinal stimulation, neurorehabiliation.
Lauren Bickel
BS/DO Medicine Dual Admit
Neuroscience Undergraduate
Nova Southeastern University
Staff
Adolfo M. Henriquez, MEd
Clinical Research Coordinator
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis​
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Research Interests:
Neuromodulation, TMS and DBS, movement disorders, cognitive disorders
Cristina S. Thurston, PT, DPT
Research Physical Therapist
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis​
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Research Interests:
Neurologic Clinical Specialist.
Patricia Graham, MS, CCRC
Regulatory Analyst
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
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Interests:
Regulatory compliance.
Alumni
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Dr. Nevena Musikic - PhD, Postdoc (2024 - 2025) - Current position: Scientist at Neurotech
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Dr. Clara S. Ford - Undergraduate Neuroscience student (2024 - 2025) - Current position: MD
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Dr. Atsushi Sasaki - MSc, PhD, Postdoc (2017 - 2024) - Current position: Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo
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Dr. Roberto M. de Freitas - PhD (2019 - 2022) - Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow at RNEL University of Pittsburgh.
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Shota Tsugaya - Undergraduate thesis student (2021 - 2022) - Current position: MEng candidate at Osaka University.
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Kaito Sada - Undergraduate thesis student (2021 - 2022) - Current position: MEng candidate at Osaka University.
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Yoshiyuki Suzuki - Masters (2019 - 2021) - Current position: industry.
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Naoki Hayami - MEng (2019 - 2021) - Current position: industry.
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Yuki Yamanouchi - Undergraduate thesis student (2020 - 2021) & MEng (2011 - 2023) - Current position: industry.
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Ryo Aoyama - Undergraduate thesis student (2020 - 2021) & MEng (2011 - 2023) - Current position: industry.
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Heather Williams - Mitacs-JSPS Summer Program (2019) - Visting student from University of Alberta NCLB Lab.
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Dr. Akiko Yamaguchi (Yuasa) - PhD (2017 - 2020) - Current position: Assistant Professor at Fujita Health University.
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Fumiya Tanaka - Undergraduate thesis student (2019 - 2020) - Current position: industry.
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Koshi Shibagaki - Undergraduate thesis student (2019 - 2020) & MEng (2019 - 2021) - Current position: industry.
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