Lab Members
Jason Brant Carmel, MD, PHD
- Principal Investigator
- Weinberg Family Associate Professor of Neurology (in Orthopedic Surgery)
Tong Chun Wen MD, PhD
- Associate Research Scientist
Current Projects
James R. McIntosh, PhD
- Associate Research Scientist
Ahmet S. Asan, PhD
- Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Aditya Ramamurthy, MS
- Lab Manager
Current Projects
Michelle Corkrum, MD, PhD
- Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Dr. Michelle Corkrum graduated from Wellesley College in 2012 with a degree in Neuroscience and subsequently joined the MD-PhD program at the University of Minnesota. For her PhD research, Michelle studied the role of astrocytes in brain reward signaling. She defended her PhD in May 2019 and graduated from the University of Minnesota with her MD-PhD in 2021. Michelle is currently a Child Neurology resident at Columbia University Medical Center. She is conducting research during her residency training in the lab of Dr. Jason Carmel investigating the use of non-invasive neuromodulation to target circuits disrupted in pediatric neurology diseases. In her career as a child neurologist physician-scientist, Michelle aims to investigate non-invasive neuromodulation interventions to develop efficacious treatment options for pediatric patients.
Lab Alumni
Ajay Pal, PhD
- Former Associate Research Scientist
Current Projects
- Dissecting and Strengthening Corticospinal Connections After Spinal Cord Injury Using Advanced Neuroscience Methods
- Paired Motor Cortex and Cervical Spinal Cord Stimulation to Corticospinal Tract Connections and Functional Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury
- Long-lasting, Softening Spinal Cord Stimulators
- Combined Therapy of Forelimb Area Motor Cortex and Spinal Cord Epidural Stimulation to Improve Hand Function After Spinal Cord Injury and Identifying the Responsible Pathway
