NC NM4R 2025 Symposium: Tracing the Neurobehavioral Effects of Neuromodulation

Save the Date: Tracing the Neurobehavioral Effects of Neuromodulation. March 13th, 2025 Join us for a 1-day online and in-person symposium discussing cutting-edge, multimodal research that contributes to the understanding of how modulating the nervous system affects neurobehavioral processing. This event will highlight the need for future developments and pathways to sustainable funding with experts from research, industry, and funding agencies.

Held March 13, 2025, via Zoom

This one-day online symposium discussedcutting-edge, multimodal research that contributes to the understanding of how modulating the nervous system affects neurobehavioral processing. The event will highlighted the need for future developments and pathways to sustainable funding with experts from research, industry, and funding agencies.

Speakers

  • Andrew Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Medical University of South Carolina
  • Michael D. Fox, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
  • Mark S. George, M.D., Distinguished University Professor of Psychiatry, Radiology and Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina
  • Eitan Schechtman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences, UC Irvine
  • Bettina Schwab, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Brain Stimulation, University of Twente, NL
  • Inês Violante, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, and Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Engineering at the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London
  • Christoph Zrenner, M.D., Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

Presentations

Welcome, Introduction–10 years of NC NM4R decorative graphic

Steve Kautz, Ph.D., and Rick Segal, PT, Ph.D.
Department of Health Sciences and Research, College of Health Professions, MUSC

Intelligent Brain Stimulation Has Arrived–New Ways to Close the Loop and Combine Methods decorative graphic

Mark S. George, M.D.
Distinguished University Professor of Psychiatry, Radiology and Neuroscience, MUSC
Layton McCurdy Endowed Chair
Director, Brain Stimulation Division
Editor-in-Chief, Brain Stimulation: Basic, Translational and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation

Temporal Interference Stimulation to Shape Memory and Sleep-Dependent Consolidation decorative graphic

Inês Violante, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer in Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey
Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Engineering at the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College, London

Manipulating Human Sleep to Improve Memory and Mental Health decorative graphic

Eitan Schechtman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences, UC Irvine

Closed-Loop Brain Stimulation: Personalized Neurorehabilitation with Real-Time EEG-synchronized TMS, VR and Robotic Systems decorative graphic

Christoph Zrenner, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Cross-Appointments at the Institute for Biomedical Engineering and the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto
Neurologist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Head of Neurophysiology, Temerty Centre for Therapeutic Brain Intervention, Toronto, Canada

Mapping the Neurobehavioral Effects of Neuromodulation onto Brain Circuits decorative graphic

Michael D. Fox, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School
Raymond D. Adams Distinguished Chair of Neurology
Kaye Family Research Director of Psychiatric Brain Stimulation

Neuromodulation by Weak Electrical Fields decorative graphic

Bettina Schwab, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Brain Stimulation, University of Twente, NL 

Integrative Analysis of Multimodal Imaging and Mobile Health Phenotypes decorative graphic

Andrew Chen, Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health Sciences, MUSC

Neuromodulation for Rehabilitation–The Funding Perspective decorative graphic

Timothy J. Brindle, Ph.D.
Scientific Program Manager, Musculoskeletal Health & Function, Rehabilitation Research Development and Translation, US Department of Veteran's Affairs