BME at the University of Utah has an opening for a tenure-track faculty position focused on biomedical imaging! I'd love to see some strong applications in neuroimaging come through 😎 Also happy to chat about my experience as new faculty here!
utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/196...
Can't wait to share new work from the Johnson Lab as we get started! Stay tuned for an official lab website and photos (coming soon) 😎 Cheers to this new adventure! 6/
But plenty of celebrations too, alongside the amazing people I’ve had the privilege of working with at
@utah.edu and @ufresearch.bsky.social. I wouldn't have reached this point without the encouragement and guidance from my mentors and colleagues and love and support from my family/friends. 5/
But I feel it's important to share that my journey has not been without challenges of all kinds -- losing my brother, injuries and surgeries, long distance with my family and pets during my postdoc, countless rejections and research setbacks, always questioning career paths... 4/
Since even before I began my PhD training, I have wanted to become a professor to be a researcher, mentor, and educator. I'm still pinching myself that this is actually happening 😂 3/
I'm honored to contribute to the fantastic neural engineering and clinical/translational research community across
@price.utah.edu and @uofuhealth.bsky.social. Looking forward to transitioning to my R00 phase too -many thanks to NIH NINDS for their continued support and perseverance! 2/
I'm thrilled to share that I will be starting as an Assistant Professor at @utah.edu in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Neurosurgery @uofuneurosurgery.bsky.social in January 2026! 1/
Excited to share our article on pallidal ERNA in dystonia has been published in Movement Disorders! doi.org/10.1002/mds....
Preprint 🚨 Could ERNA be a potential biomarker to guide pallidal DBS for dystonia? We investigated in a small cohort (N=8 patients) and found ERNA predicted the therapeutic contact with ~90% accuracy, and ERNA frequency may be related to alpha power + cervical dystonia severity. Read more here:
Thanks for the highlight @andrewpines.bsky.social!!
Thanks for the shoutout, Andy! Congrats on your amazing talk and award this morning as well 👏 #BrainStimConf
Thank you Eric!!
Thank you so much!!! Can’t wait to celebrate 🇯🇵🤩
Finally, I could probably write an entire book here on my (challenging/long/rewarding) path toward the K99/R00 and the application process, but instead I’ll just say if you’re considering applying and want to chat about it, I’m here for you. Reach out anytime!
HUGE thank you to my amazing mentors over the years for their unwavering support 🙏🏼 Cora de Hemptinne, Chris Butson, Rob MacLeod, @michaelokun.bsky.social; the K99 team: Greg Pontone (co-mentor), Josh Wong, Kelly Foote, @dawnbowers.bsky.social, Melissa Armstrong, & Sam Wu; and many other colleagues.
My research aims to identify multimodal biomarkers of depression in patients with Parkinson’s disease using neuroimaging, intracranial neurophysiology, and deep brain stimulation in both acute intraoperative and chronic naturalistic environments. Hopefully have some updates soon so stay tuned!! 🚨
I’m so thrilled to finally share the news of my NIH NINDS K99/R00 Pathway to Independence award!!! 🎉💃🏼 Long awaited and a little beam of light amidst the chaos and impending doom 😅 Words cannot express how much this opportunity to launch the next phase of my career means to me. A few notes below...
Wow!!! Congratulations, Andy! 🎉
Is it critical to stimulate @ndosenbach.bsky.social's SCAN and CON networks for clinical improvements of Tourette's patients that undergo DBS?
Carlos Baldermann says yes in a cool new paper out in @natureportfolio.bsky.social comms today!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Inspired by @ariellekeller.bsky.social and created a Starter Pack for those who zap brains! ⚡Let me know if you'd like to be added!
go.bsky.app/9MnSuJ6
Could you add me?! Thanks for putting this together!
Thank you!! Great to be here 🦋
👋🏼 I’m a biomedical engineer and currently a postdoc at Univ of Florida! I love all things deep brain stimulation 🧠⚡️ and identifying neuroimaging and neurophysiological markers to guide neuromodulation therapies for psychiatric and movement disorders. Happy to be here and connect with everybody!!
