Mentor Areas
Clinical research, neuroimaging research, philosophy of mind, neuroethics
Description:
Much remains unknown about how the brain sustains consciousness, and how consciousness recovery can be detected, predicted, and promoted. These uncertainties continue to challenge patients, families, and clinicians. The RECOVER Program is committed not only to providing the highest level of care possible, but to pushing the boundaries of what is possible through research. Through the coordination of clinical care and research, the RECOVER Program ensures that each informs and optimizes the other: its research questions are grounded in the realities of patient care, research can be conducted more rigorously through the program's systematic model of care, and cutting-edge techniques developed by research can be rapidly and ethically translated to patients and families.
The RECOVER Program collaborates with several groups including the Center for Resuscitation Science, the Center for Advanced Magnetic Resonance and Spectroscopy, the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, the Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center, and institution across the world, to explore questions that include the following:
- How do brain networks function to sustain consciousness?
- How can technology help identify evidence of consciousness?
- How can recovery of consciousness, function, and quality of life be predicted?
- How are neuroprognostication decisions made, and how can they be improved?
- How can patients and families be better supported through the experience of brain injury?
- How can novel treatments improve and accelerate recovery of consciousness?
Preferred Qualifications
Students with a background or interest in neuroscience, clinical care, and/or research will likely get the most out of an experience with the RECOVER Program.
Project Website
Learn more about the researcher and/or the project here. RECOVER Program Website
Details:
Preferred Student Year
First-year, Second-Year, Junior, Senior
Academic Term
Fall, Spring, Summer
I prefer to have students start during the above term(s).Volunteer
Yes
Yes indicates that faculty are open to volunteers.Paid
No
Yes indicates that faculty are open to paying students they engage in their research, regardless of their work-study eligibility.Work Study
Yes
Yes indicates that faculty are open to hiring work-study-eligible students.