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Current Involvements

• BCI-FES Phase 2 Clinical Trial
  • Sponsor: National Institutes of Health award 5R01HD095457-03
  • PI: An H. Do, MD; Zoran Nenadic, DSc; David J. Reinkensmeyer, PhD; Steven C. Cramer, MD
  • Areas: Stroke Rehabilitation
  • Hypothesis: Electrical co-stimulation of stroke-affected muscles during attempted dorsiflexion (as detected by BCI) improves post-stroke outcome
  • My role: I
    • wrote and execute the BCI treatment protocol;
    • provide real-time technical support during assessment and treatment;
    • improve and debug BCI embedded and GUI software;
    • set up all computers, fax machine, etc. used in the study;
    • implemented and maintain electronic data storage and regulatory compliance;
    • assist in the development of EMG-EEG-robotic assessment platform;
    • manage inventory/sterilization of EEG caps, wireless EMG sensors, and wireless motion capture system;
    • transport medical records and charts;
    • transport patients to and from assessment and treatment.
• ECoG-based Implantable BCI
  • Sponsor: National Science Foundation awards 1446908 and 1646275
  • PI: Payam Heydari, PhD; An H. Do, MD; Zoran Nenadic, DSc; Charles Y. Liu, MD, PhD
  • Areas: Brain Implant, Lower Extremity Walking Prosthesis
  • Description: Developing an implantable BCI as a long-term prosthesis for individuals with spinal cord injury or other related illness to restore the ability to walk overground
  • My role: I
    • analyze and interpret ECoG signals, particularly movement-related high-gamma modulations for BCI decoding;
    • developed the embedded system hardware for the unidirectional BCI;
    • provide technical assistance for the forked bi-directional BCI (lead developer: Won Joon Sohn, PhD) with built-in sensory stimulation;
    • provide expertise in signal characteristics for the microchip development (NCIC);
    • faciliate technical integration between microchip development (NCIC) and clinical research, e.g. developing microcontroller communication prtocols.
• Miscellaneous
  • CBMSPC Safety-On-Site Representative: Ensures compliance of occupational health and safety regulations for the laboratory.
  • CBMSPC Internal Network Administrator: Facilitates data availability for authorized lab members, collaborators, and the public.
  • CBMSPC Public Software Repository Maintainer: Maintains the lab Git repository.

Past Involvements

• EEG-based BCI for Walking in Virtual Reality and in Robotic Orthosis
  • Sponsors:
    • Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Fund of California (RR 08-258 and RR 10-281)
    • Long Beach Veterans Affairs Southern California Institute for Research and Education (SCIRE) Small Projects Grant
    • Long Beach Veterans Affairs Advanced Research Fellowship Grant
    • American Brain Foundation
    • National Institutes of Health (Grant UL1TR000153)
    • National Science Foundation (Award: 1160200)
  • PI: Luis A. Chui, MD; An H. Do, MD; Zoran Nenadic, DSc
  • FA: Po T. Wang, Christine E. King
• EEG-based BCI for Robotic Hand Orthosis
  • Sponsor: UCI Summer Undergraduate Research Program
  • PI: David J. Reinkensmeyer, PhD; An H. Do, MD; Shunji Moromugi, PhD; Zoran Nenadic, DSc
  • FA: Christine E. King
• BCI-FES Phase 0 and 1 Clinical Trials
  • Sponsors:
    • National Science Foundation award 1160200
    • Spinal Cord Injury Fund
    • American Academy of Neurology American Brain Foundation
    • National Center for Research Resources
    • National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NIH UL1TR000153)
    • UCI Medical Science Training Program
    • NIH K24 HD074722
  • PI: An H. Do, MD; Zoran Nenadic, DSc; Steven C. Cramer, MD
  • FA: Colin M. McCrimmon
• BCI-assisted Rehabilitation for Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Sponsor: National Institutes of Health award R01-NS094748-01
  • PI: Marc W. Slutzky, MD, PhD; An H. Do, MD
  • FA: Mukta P. Vaidya, Robert D. Flint, Yongcheng Li