Understanding that when someone is suffering from a stroke, brain equals time, UF Health today unveiled its latest effort to speed treatment to patients. “We are so proud to launch Florida’s first mobile stroke treatment unit network,” said David R. Nelson, M.D., senior vice president for health affairs at UF and…
The National Ataxia Foundation (NAF) announces the recognition of the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Disease at UF Health as a NAF Ataxia Center of Excellence (CoE), making it the first CoE in the state of Florida and one of 15 nationwide. Matthew Burns, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of neurology, and …
Congratulations to Drs. David Vaillancourt and Melissa Armstrong on the publication of “Higher Order Gauge Equivariant CNNs on Riemannian Manifolds and Applications.” Description With the advent of group equivariant convolutions in deep networks literature, spherical CNNs with $\mathsf{SO}(3)$-equivariant layers have been developed to cope with data that are samples…
Congratulations to Dr. Steven DeKosky on the publication of “Primary outcomes from the augmenting cognitive training in older adults study (ACT): A tDCS and cognitive training randomized clinical trial,” which appears in the May 2023 edition of Brain Stimulation. Abstract Background: There is a need for effective interventions to stave…
Congratulations to Drs. Michael Okun, Kelly Foote and Aysegul Gunduz on the publication of “Future directions in psychiatric neurosurgery: Proceedings of the 2022 American society for stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery meeting on surgical neuromodulation for psychiatric disorders,” which was published in the May 2023 edition of Brain Stimulation. Abstract…
Congratulations to Dr Michael Okun, Adithya Gopinath, Phillip M. Mackie, Emily Miller, Leah T. Phan, Stephen Franks, Tabish…
Congratulations to Dr. David Vaillancourt on the publication of “Behavioral Classification of Sequential Neural Activity Using Time Varying Recurrent Neural Networks.” Abstract Shifts in data distribution across time can strongly affect early classification of time-series data. When decoding behavior from neural activity, early detection of behavior may help in…
Congratulations to Drs. Katharina Busl and Carolina Maciel on the publication of “Hibernation as a path to recovery—Is waiting worth the wait? When does improvement in neurologic function happen in survivors of cardiac arrest with an early poor exam?” This research was published in the May issue of Resuscitation. …
Congratulations to Dr. Irene Malaty on the publication of “Distinguishing functional from primary tics: a study of expert video assessments,” which was published in the May issue of The Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. Abstract Background Reliably applied criteria to differentiate functional from primary tics are lacking. In…
Congratulations Dr. Nikolaus McFarland on the publication of “Safety and efficacy of valbenazine for the treatment of chorea associated with Huntington’s disease (KINECT-HD): a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial,” which was published in the June 2023 issue of the Lancet. Summary Background Valbenazine is a highly selective…
