Basic and Translational Applications of the Network Theory for Dystonia

Aasef G Shaikh, MD, PhD is a Penni and Stephen Weinberg Chair in Brain Health at University Hospitals Cleveland. He is a Professor and Vice-Chair for research in Neurology at Case Western Reserve University. Dr Shaikh directs National VA Parkinson Consortium Center at Cleveland VA and is a principal investigator in Daroff DellOsso Oculomotor Laboratory. His interdisciplinary research focuses on motor systems, eye movement and vestibular control. The overarching goal of his research program is to study mechanistic underpinning of complex neurological disorders affecting the eye and head movements and vestibular function.

Dr Anna Sadnicka BSc MBChB MRCP PhD

Anna is a Clinical Lecturer fascinated by the neural control of movement and how this is disturbed in movement disorders. Her award-winning research combines behavioural experiments, electrophysiology, and computational models to shed light on dystonia mechanism. She has a particular emphasis on translating her research into novel movement retraining and neuromodulation strategies.

Aasef G Shaikh醫學博士、哲學博士是克里夫蘭大學醫療中心的Penni和Stephen Weinberg腦健康講座教授。他是凱斯西儲大學神經學的教授及研究副主任。Shaikh博士負責克里夫蘭退伍軍人醫療中心的全國退伍軍人帕金森病聯盟中心，並且是Daroff DellOsso眼動實驗室的主要研究者。他的跨學科研究專注於運動系統、眼球運動和前庭控制。他的研究計畫的總體目標是研究影響眼睛和頭部運動及前庭功能的複雜神經疾病的機制基礎。

安娜·薩德尼卡（Dr Anna Sadnicka）學士、醫學士、MRCP、哲學博士是一位臨床講師，對運動的神經控制及其在運動障礙中受到的干擾感到著迷。她的獲獎研究結合了行為實驗、電生理學和計算模型，以揭示肌張力障礙的機制。她特別強調將她的研究轉化為新穎的運動再訓練和神經調節策略。