epilepsy | Neuroengineering at UC Davis

Amy Brooks-Kayal, MD, FAAN, FANA, FAES

Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology
Department of Neurology

Brandon Harvey

Graduate Student (PhD), Epilepsy and Systems Neuroscience Laboratory (Dr. Nigel Pedersen)
Department of Neurology
Emory University Neuroscience Graduate Program

Nigel P. Pedersen, MBBS, FAES, FANA

Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Research
Director of the Epilepsy and Systems Neuroscience Lab
Epileptologist, UC Davis Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
Affiliate Faculty, Center for Neuroscience and Center for Mind and Brain
Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine
Department of Neurology, School of Medicine

Faculty Spotlight: Associate Professor Gene Gurkoff, PhD

November 29, 2022

As interviewed by Gabriela Lee

Dr. Gene Gurkoff is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery, Affiliated Faculty with the Center for Neuroscience, and Affiliated Faculty with the Center for Neuroengineering & Medicine.

When it comes to faces, context matters

October 05, 2022

By Claudia Coons

(SACRAMENTO)

How we perceive faces depends on the context, but why is that?

Humans experience this phenomenon daily. We look at hundreds of faces and make a judgment.

Faculty Spotlight: Assistant Professor Sheela Toprani, M.D, Ph.D.

by Gabriela M Lee
September 20, 2022

Dr. Sheela Toprani, MD, PhD is an Epileptologist who joined UC Davis as Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery in July 2021. The consummate scientist, her research bridges the fields of epilepsy, cognitive neuroscience, and neuroengineering, with a direct bridge to impacting patients. Dr. Toprani’s ultimate goal is to provide holistic care to her patients suffering from refractory epilepsy, care that considers the patients’ cognitive and psychosocial function throughout their experience, for the best possible cognitive outcomes.