Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) often results in numerous neurological disfunctions, including chronic paralysis, paresthesia, and autonomic dysfunction. The therapies currently available to individuals with a SCI can only amend the symptoms and complications that may arise from the injury.

Fortunately, recent neuromodulation therapies for individuals with SCI have shown successful improvement to a change of bodily function. This talk will describe the current status of spinal cord neuromodulation therapies, as well as transcutaneous electrical stimulation, a non-invasive neuromodulation therapy for SCI, showcasing the rehabilitative and assistive tools that can be used to improve the quality of life of these individuals

Speaker Bio:

Dr. Monzurul Alam is a researcher with solid knowledge in neuroscience, rehabilitation, and biomedical engineering. He specializes in spinal cord injury repair, neuroprosthetics, and sensorimotor control of movements. Dr. Alam received his Master’s in Bioengineering from Miguel Hernandez University of Elche and Ph.D. from the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received Postdoctoral training in neuromodulation from Dr. V. Reggie Edgerton’s laboratory at the University of California – Los Angeles. Before joining BioSpine, he was a Research Fellow at UNSW, where he conducted spinal cord injury rehabilitation research; a Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Hong Kong PolyTech University where he served as a course leader of Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology subject; and a Research Fellow at Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology, National University of Singapore where he conducted research on building neural bypasses for human and non-human primates.

Location - Griffith Innovation Centre (Gx01_1.10), 16 Nexus Way Southport

The event will be followed by light catering.