Doris Wang

🚨 New in Nature Medicine 🚨 Difficulty walking is one of the most disabling symptoms of Parkinson's disease—and one of the hardest to treat. Today we're excited to share our new study showing that deep brain stimulation (DBS) can be synchronized to each step a person takes.

@SergeyStavisky Huge congratulations and well deserved!

Last summer I stretched and applied for early tenure 3.5 years after starting my independent career. I'm happy to share that it worked out and as of today I've been promoted to Associate Professor! 🎇

Thrilled to share our latest work in @NatureNeuro, showing a reproducible brain signature to predict and prevent attention lapses in children before they happen. A work only made possible by @GMI_Canada mentorship and collaborators @SickKidsNews. nature.com/articles/s4159…

@rshervin Thank you so much Shervin! Really couldn’t do it without my amazing team!!! Glad to get this work out!

@DorisWangLab Congratulations Doris!

🚨 New in Nature Medicine 🚨 Difficulty walking is one of the most disabling symptoms of Parkinson's disease—and one of the hardest to treat. Today we're excited to share our new study showing that deep brain stimulation (DBS) can be synchronized to each step a person takes.

An automated #intracortical brain-computer interface, used at home with no researcher intervention, provides long-term and accurate restoration of #speech-based #communication and cursor-based computer usage in a person with severe dysarthria due to ALS. #BCI @NS_Card @SergeyStavisky @DrDavidBrandman nature.com/articles/s4159…

@CANSARICA2 Thank you so much!!!

@DorisWangLab This is fantastic! Huge congrats 👏

.@NeurosurgUCSF researchers developed a “smart” brain implant for patients with Parkinson’s that adjusts stimulation in real time, improving gait. "This is an important step toward a new generation of brain therapies," @DorisWangLab tells @nbcbayarea. ucsfh.org/4vcIwTD

A randomized crossover study shows that gait-phase synchronized #adaptive deep brain stimulation is feasible, safe, and reduces falls compared to continuous #stimulation in #ParkinsonsDisease. #DBS #PD. nature.com/articles/s4159… Great work from @DorisWangLab, @UCSFneurosurg, @kennethlouiephd.

New in @NatureMedicine, @DorisWangLab shows that distinct left- and right-leg swing biomarkers can drive DBS that changes on a sub-second timescale with each step. A major advance toward movement-driven, precision-timed neuromodulation for #Parkinsons. nature.com/articles/s4159…

We're excited about what comes next as we continue developing therapies that are personalized, adaptive, and responsive to real-world behavior. Paper: nature.com/articles/s4159…

This study would not have been possible without an incredible multidisciplinary team led by Dr. Ken Louie! Thank you to everyone, especially our patients, who made this work possible!

🚶🏽‍♂️🔄 Turns are one of the biggest challenges for people with Parkinson's disease. But what does brain activity actually do during a turn in the real world? 🧠🏠 📖 Check out our new preprint to find out! medrxiv.org/content/10.648…

@DenaDubal @margaretgadek @ScienceAdvances @BBParis1984 Congratulations Dena! Amazing work as always!!!

"We could all use a little more X!" Thrilled our new study is out. Aging "wakes up" the silent X chromosome in the female brain - and this contributes cognitive resilience. Spearheaded by @MargaretGadek in @ScienceAdvances Collaborators Berenice Benayoun, @BBParis1984 Kaitlin Casaletto @YokoyamaLabUCSF @SimonsFdn @NIH science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

@zixiao_yin Thank you Zixiao

Super interesting!