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Hezekiah Branch
Nov 12, 2024
Hezekiah Branch awarded at MIT Prize for Open Data
Hezekiah Branch, Data Scientist for the Brain Modulation Laboratory, was a recipient of the 2024 MIT Prize for Open Data. Hezekiah earned...
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Hezekiah Branch
Jul 19, 2024
Fairwell Caroline – good luck in California!
After 3 years in Boston, Caroline and her partner are relocating to San Francisco, CA where they are starting new positions as managing...
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Hezekiah Branch
Jun 2, 2024
Congratulations, Zach!
This summer, Zach will begin his graduate studies as an MD-PhD student at the UF MD-PhD Training Program. He has been involved in a wide...
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Hezekiah Branch
May 24, 2024
Brain Modulation Lab and Speech Neuroscience Lab [Boston University] publish review paper covering the brain basis of speech deficits in Parkinson’s disease
People with Parkinson’s disease often experience unwelcome changes in their voice and speech. For example, some patients speak at a low...
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Hezekiah Branch
Apr 10, 2024
Congratulations to Brain Modulation Lab’s new Co-Director, Dr. Alan Bush!
Dr. Alan Bush has been a pillar of the lab since we moved to Mass General Hospital in 2019. During these years, he has supported and...
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Hezekiah Branch
Apr 3, 2024
PhD student Latané Bullock is awarded NIH training grant
Latané, a 3rd-year Ph.D. student, applied for a National Institute of Health (NIH) F31 training grant last fall. As of today, he has...
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Hezekiah Branch
Feb 22, 2024
Mapping dysfunctional circuits in the frontal cortex using deep brain stimulation (DBS) published in Nature Neuroscience
In a massive collaborative effort involving 39 coauthors from 16 institutions, our collaborators demonstrate the use of deep brain...
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Hezekiah Branch
Feb 1, 2024
Hezekiah joins the Advanced Study Program at MIT
Hezekiah will be enrolling in the 18-credit 9.012 Cognitive Science core offered through the Brain and Cognitive Sciences program at MIT....
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Hezekiah Branch
Jan 17, 2024
Ali Tafreshi speaks at Massachusetts General Hospital/Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Trainee Symposium
Ali Tafreshi presented at the collaborative MGH/MEEI educational symposium, presenting preliminary data in the search for a reliable,...
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Hezekiah Branch
Dec 6, 2023
PhD candidate Yanming Zhu approved for his PhD thesis proposal
Yanming was approved for his PhD thesis proposal at his first Dissertation Advisory Committee meeting. Congratulations, Yanming!
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Hezekiah Branch
Nov 15, 2023
PhD student Latané Bullock presents his work at Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
This week Latané is presenting his project ‘Basal ganglia recordings and speech gain control’ at the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) in...
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Hezekiah Branch
Oct 17, 2023
PhD student Latané Bullock passes his qualifying exams
Latané passed his qualifying exams, making him a PhD candidate!
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Hezekiah Branch
Oct 9, 2023
Ali Tafreshi awarded Henry Hood Award for Outstanding Neurosurgical Research
Ali Tafreshi presented preliminary data and workflow for optimization of deep brain stimulation parameters based on a neural biomarker...
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Hezekiah Branch
Oct 5, 2023
Ali Tafreshi speaks at Geisinger Neuroscience Institute Grand Rounds
Ali Tafreshi from the Brain Modulation Lab was chosen as the speaker for the Geisinger Health System Neuroscience Institute Grand Rounds,...
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Hezekiah Branch
Jun 30, 2023
Brain Modulation Lab welcomes Ali Tafreshi, MD
Funded by a generous grant from the International Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Foundation, Ali R. Tafreshi, MD, PGY-4 neurosurgery...
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Hezekiah Branch
Jun 21, 2023
Vissani and Tafreshi receive the IOCDF Michael A. Jenike Young Investigator Award
Ali Tafreshi and Matteo Vissani have been officially awarded the IOCDF Michael A. Jenike Young Investigator Award sponsored by the...
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Hezekiah Branch
Jun 14, 2023
PhD candidate Yanming Zhu presents his work at the 9th Annual BRAIN Initiative Meeting
This week, Yanming presented his project ‘Characterization of the subthalamic nucleus activity during auditory processing’ at the 9th...
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Hezekiah Branch
Jun 8, 2023
R61 NINDS-NIH Award
Our project entitled “Electrographic Seizure Pattern Modulation Biomarkers in Responsive Neurostimulation for Epilepsy” was awarded by...
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Hezekiah Branch
Jun 4, 2023
Welcome Soumya Peri!
Soumya Peri is joining the Brain Modulation Lab as our newest Clinical Research Coordinator. Soumya graduated from Skidmore College in...
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Hezekiah Branch
May 18, 2023
Review article published in Neuromodulation: Biophysical Principles and Computational Modeling of Deep Brain Stimulation
Computational models are important in silico tools for elucidating these underlying principles and potentially for personalizing Deep...
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