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Why should I consider volunteering for a research study?
It is simple! A research study could not proceed without research volunteers. Although you may not receive direct benefits from study participation, we will gather invaluable information about how your brain is organized and functions. This information may be compared between individuals in...
Dr. Simonyan has been named an Associate Editor of the Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders
Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders focuses on scientific investigations into the diagnosis, evaluation and management of patients with involuntary movement disorders. The journal reviews, illustrates and emphasizes clinical phenomenology as an indispensable tool for diagnosis and application of...
Artificial Intelligence Program Predicts Dystonia Patients' Response to Botox with Nearly 100% Accuracy
NeurologyToday An artificial intelligence program called DystoniaBoTXNet identified regions of the brain that served as a biomarker of treatment efficacy and distinguished which patients would benefit from botulinum toxin injections. Read the full article here
New NIH R01 funding received
We are exctied to receive a new NIH grant ( NIDCD/NIH R01DC019353) to develop and test the first brain-computer interface (BCI) for rehabilitation of laryngeal dystonia. We will start inviting patients to participate in this study soon!
Harvard Otolaryngology Fall 2021 issue
Dr. Simonyan's research is highlighted in the Fall 2021 issue of Harvard Otolaryngology Logging in to DystoniaNet: A new deep-learning platform has cracked the code to diagnosing dystonia. “Dystonia has frustrated clinicians and researchers for decades. Without an objective measure of diagnosing the...
Neural Control of Speech Production
As a long-standing research direction, we continue our studies on normal motor control during complex learned behaviors, such as speech production. We use multi-modal neuroimaging and neural modeling in order to elucidate the organization of functional and structural brain networks underlying the...
FUNDING
Make a Gift and Join us in moving the understanding of laryngeal dystonia, voice tremor, and related movement disorders forward! Uninterrupted, continuous funding has been vital to the progress of our research program. We have relied not only on federal funding agencies (NIH, DoD) but also on...
Alumni
Postdoctoral Fellows Giovanni Battistella, PhD (2014-2017) Ehsan Tadayon, MD (2016) Gregory Putzel, PhD (2014-2015) Diana Kirke, MBBS (2014-2015) Pichet Termsarasab, MD (2014-2015) Stefan Fuertinger, PhD (2013-2016) Ritesh A. Ramdhani, MD (2012-2014) Arash Fazl, MD, PhD (2011-2012) Manjula...