The Ojemann Laboratory group in the University of Washington Department of Neurosurgery
Dr. Grannan is a neurosurgeon at the University of Washington Medical Center and at the Epilepsy Center at Harborview Medical Center. He received dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Physics and Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Harvard Medical School and completed neurosurgery residency training at the Massachusetts General
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Courtnie Paschall completed her Ph.D. in Neural Engineering at the University of Washington in 2022. Her research seeks to better understand how the brain understands touch, integrates stimulation, and constructs a sense embodiment. Prior to joining the UW Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), Courtnie studied physics, neuroscience, and electrical engineering, served briefly as an officer
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Samantha Sun is a Ph.D. candidate in the Bioengineering department, and her research focus includes: decoding electrocorticography (ECoG) signals to detect behavioral biomarkers, and predicting neural response to direct electrical stimulation. Her work aims to create a closed-loop neural stimulation method to drive neural behavior towards a desired state or outcome.
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Jeffrey Herron earned his Bachelor’s of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of British Columbia in 2009. After three years working in the Microsoft Research Hardware Prototyping Lab, he returned to graduate school to pursue a PhD in Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington within the BioRobotics Lab. Following the completion of
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Jeff Ojemann is a neurosurgeon with a practice focusing on the surgical treatment of epilepsy in adults and children. He is Director of Epilepsy Surgery at the Harborview Medical Center and Seattle Children’s Hospital at the University of Washington. He received his MD in 1992 at Washington University in St. Louis, and remained there for
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Lila Levinson is a Neuroscience PhD candidate working in the UW GRIDlab with Dr. Jeff Ojemann and Dr. Steve Perlmutter. Her research interests center around using direct electrical stimulation of the human cortex to change the state of the brain. She hopes to set a groundwork for electrical stimulation to harness and direct the
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David Caldwell completed his MD and PhD at the University of Washington through the MSTP program in 2021. His research focuses broadly on neural connectivity and processing. Specifically, his work aims to enhance neural connectivity through electrical cortical stimulation and characterizing the cortical response to stimulation in human patients implanted with electrocorticographic grids in preparation
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Nile Wilson completed her Ph.D. in Bioengineering at the University of Washington in 2019. While at UW, she worked with epilepsy patients, who have brain surface electrodes temporarily implanted, to better understand and improve how brain-computer interfaces adapt to changes in neural signals associated with learning a task. Specifically, her research aims to use error
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James Wu completed his Ph.D. in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Washington in 2019. His research aims to reveal the complex way by which the human brain controls hand and arm movement, in hopes of one day being able to engineer neuroprosthetic implants that can reverse upper body paralysis caused by trauma
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