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The UPMC Rehabilitation Institute and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine's Electrocortigraphy (ECoG) Trial

Co-principle investigators:

Michael Boninger, M.D., director, UPMC Rehabilitation Institute, professor and chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Andrew Schwartz, Ph.D., professor, Departments of Neurobiology and Bioengineering

Wei Wang, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Additional researchers (faculty):

Jennifer Collinger, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Douglas Weber, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Joseph Ricker, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Donald Crammond, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Neurological Surgery

Ferenc Gyulai, M.D., director, Neuroanesthesiology and Supportive Care

Anto Bagic, M.D., MS.c., assistant professor, Departments of Neurology and Neurological Surgery

Elizabeth Skidmore, Ph.D., O.T.R., assistant professor, Department of Occupational Therapy

Richard Barbara, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 

Additional researchers (students and post-doctoral fellows):

Ramana Vinjamuri, Ph.D., research associate, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Robin Ashmore, Ph.D., research biomedical engineer, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Brian Wodlinger, Ph.D., post-doctoral fellow, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Stephen Foldes, Ph.D., post-doctoral fellow, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Alan Degenhart, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Bioengineering

John Kelly, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Carnegie Mellon University)