Members
Belal Abuimara
Working in:
- Non-invasive brain stimulation
- Invasive brain or spinal stimulation
- Peripheral stimulation
- Neurofeedback
I am a master’s student in Physical Therapy, deeply passionate about understanding pain in all its forms and causes. My interest has led me to study the mechanisms of traumatic and chronic pain, particularly lower back pain, which significantly affects daily life. I focus on applying Pain Neuroscience Education to empower patients, reduce disability, and decrease fear of movement. My goal is to integrate scientific knowledge with clinical practice to improve patient outcomes and promote evidence-based rehabilitation.
Amal Alqarra
Working in:
- Computational and dynamical brain models
- Non-invasive brain stimulation
- Invasive brain or spinal stimulation
- Peripheral stimulation
My main research area focuses on physical therapy, specifically on evaluating and developing interventions to improve functional mobility, reduce pain, and enhance quality of life for patients with musculoskeletal and neurological disorders. I am particularly interested in evidence-based rehabilitation strategies, patient-centered care, and the role of exercise therapy in recovery. My research aims to integrate clinical practice with scientific insights to optimize outcomes, empower patients, and contribute to the advancement of physiotherapy knowledge and techniques.
Mattan Pelah
Working in:
- Computational and dynamical brain models
- Bioelectronics and sensor systems
- Biomechanics
- Non-invasive brain stimulation
- Invasive brain or spinal stimulation
- Virtual reality
- Data science and biomarkers
I work in the Pain and Averse Learning lab under Prof. Ben Seymour on computational models for the neurological mechanisms of tonic pain, and modulating these mechanisms via neurostimulation (primarily non-invasive, eg. TUS and TMS) for clinical use.
Kengo Shibata
Working in:
- Digital Health
- Non-invasive brain stimulation
- Invasive brain or spinal stimulation
- Neurofeedback
- Data science and biomarkers
Neurodegeneration and digital biomarkers
Dr. Casey Rosso
Working in:
- Invasive brain or spinal stimulation
I am a United States Army sponsored DPhil/PhD student at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences studying cognition in the deep brain.
My Research is supervised by Professors Tipu Aziz and Alexander Green from the Oxford Functional Neurosurgery Group at John Radcliffe Hospital.
I am very interested in understanding the organisational mapping of sub cortical pain network circuits, and the corresponding cortical functional connectivity hubs e.g. the Salience Network’s dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex (dACC) and Anterior Insular Cortex (aINS) which are consistently co-activated in experimental pain and rsfMRI.
Understanding this network underpinnings allows for a more optimal deep brain stimulation target location selection and precise depth electrode placement with favourable outcome prediction in neuromodulation of neuropathic pain suffered by thalamic stroke patients in the United Kingdom.
Pruthvi Mehta
Working in:
- Computational and dynamical brain models
- Invasive brain or spinal stimulation
- Neurofeedback
- Data science and biomarkers
My main interest is in neurophysics and computational neurology. I have a background (PhD) in particle physics, but am looking to pivot to neuroscience. I have used computational neurology tools such as BRIAN (used to simulate spiking neural networks), and have used Python and Tensorflow as part of my machine learning projects and PhD research. I would love to contribute in any way to chronic pain research, and it is a topic close to my heart as I suffered from chronic pain throughout my PhD and continue to do so.
Georgios Zilidis
Working in:
- Invasive brain or spinal stimulation
- Peripheral stimulation
Pain associated with metastatic spinal diseases.
Catherine Moran
Working in:
- Non-invasive brain stimulation
- Invasive brain or spinal stimulation
- Neurofeedback
My main research area is chronic pain and interplay with CPTSD.
Physiological presentations in relation to Trauma.
Non- pharmaceutical interventions.
Sudipta Chowdhury
Working in:
- Computational and dynamical brain models
- Bioelectronics and sensor systems
- Prosthetics and robotics
- Biomechanics
- Pumps and infusion devices
- Digital Health
- Non-invasive brain stimulation
- Invasive brain or spinal stimulation
- Peripheral stimulation
- Neurofeedback
- Invasive recording systems
- Virtual reality
- Data science and biomarkers
- Optogenetic systems
- Other
Current student – I am still exploring my interests in health and med tech