{"id":49715,"date":"2021-11-08T09:25:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T15:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-uw-engineering.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=49715"},"modified":"2025-02-18T16:57:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T22:57:28","slug":"neuroengineering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/departments\/biomedical-engineering\/research\/neuroengineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Neuroengineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"acf-hero block_a3f937a7e07bd99c30b7d97e86190c4b position-relative alignfull track-hero alignfull mb-5   sticky-top\" >\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"hero-container d-flex bg-pattern-secondary hero-spacing-medium has-navigation\" >\r\n        <div class=\"container-xxl  d-flex flex-column flex-lg-row justify-content-center justify-content-lg-between align-items-start align-items-lg-center\">\r\n                            <div class=\"hero-heading text-white text-left\">\r\n                    <h1 class=\"text-white fw-bold m-0 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Research at UW\u2013Madison is primarily focused on interfacing with the nervous system in one of two ways:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Neuroimaging, or developing novel noninvasive imaging methods for studying or diagnosing neurological injury and disease.<\/li>\n<li >Neural interface, or developing implantable technology and materials for neuroprosthetic and rehabilitation applications or basic neuroscience studies.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>                                                                                            <\/div>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                                <\/div>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                                                                                \r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Core faculty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/bme\/Faculty\/Ashton_Randolph\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Randolph Ashton<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/bme\/Faculty\/Block_Walter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Walter Block<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/bme\/Faculty\/Hai_Aviad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aviad Hai<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/bme\/Faculty\/Ludwig_Kip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kip Ludwig<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/bme\/Faculty\/Meyerand_Elizabeth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beth Meyerand<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/bme\/Faculty\/Williams_Justin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Justin Williams<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty affiliates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/bme\/Faculty\/Felton_Elizabeth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elizabeth Felton<\/a> (neurology)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neuro.wisc.edu\/staff\/jackson-meyer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meyer Jackson<\/a> (neuroscience)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/bme\/Faculty\/Field_Aaron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aaron Field<\/a> (radiology)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/bme\/Faculty\/Gillick_Bernadette\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bernadette Gillick<\/a> (Waisman Center)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/bme\/Faculty\/Prabhakaran_Vivek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vivek Prabhakaran<\/a> (radiology)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neuro.wisc.edu\/staff\/rosenberg-ari\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ari Rosenberg<\/a> (neuroscience)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/che\/Faculty\/Shusta_Eric\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eric Shusta<\/a> (chemical and biological engineering)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/bme\/Faculty\/Yu_John-paul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John\u2013Paul Yu<\/a> (radiology)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Centers, Consortia and Institutes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forwardbio.wisc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Forward BIO Institute<\/strong><\/a><br>The Forward BIO Institute catalyzes innovation in biomanufacturing research, entrepreneurship, and workforce development. It acts as a \u201ccatapult\u201d that pushes groundbreaking technologies into the private sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The institute engages with research institutions throughout the Midwest and supports innovations in workforce development, transformative research and development, and public-private partnerships in the emerging area of biomanufacturing: the advanced manufacturing of therapeutic medical devices, cells, tissues, or pharmaceuticals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wid.wisc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID)<\/strong><\/a><br>The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery was created in 2010 to explore new ways of generating innovation in science and engineering. Since opening in 2010, the institute has been awarded and administered more than $22 million in grant funding from a variety of foundations and agencies to continue pursuing research collaborations with the Morgridge Institute for Research, the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison, the State of Wisconsin, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwhealth.org\/locations\/wisconsin-institutes-for-medical-research-227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research (WIMR)<\/strong><\/a><br>The Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research has embraced a new way of doing science since its opening in 2008. In this new model, traditional research silos become obsolete as basic, translational, and clinical scientists\u2014in cancer, imaging, neuroscience, surgery, and cardiovascular and regenerative medicine\u2014work together to move discoveries quickly from bench to bedside and into the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to its three interdisciplinary research towers, WIMR neighbors the UW Health Sciences Learning Center, the UW Schools of Pharmacy and Nursing, and the UW Hospital and Clinics and American Family Children\u2019s Hospital\u2014making it well-positioned for easy interactions between WIMR scientists, their health sciences colleagues, practicing clinicians, and the patients whose lives they hope to improve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/witne.engr.wisc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Wisconsin Institute for Translational Neuroengineering (WITNe)<\/strong><\/a><br>The Wisconsin Institute for Translational Neuroengineering (WITNe) brings together multidisciplinary laboratories using novel and existing technologies to better understand and improve neurological disorders and clinical neuromodulation therapies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty Core faculty Faculty affiliates Centers, Consortia and Institutes Forward BIO InstituteThe Forward BIO Institute catalyzes innovation in biomanufacturing research, entrepreneurship, and workforce development. 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