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July 28, 2021
Brain Stimulation for Cognitive Response Therapy
Ishita Basu, PhD, assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati Department of Neurosurgery, discusses her research investigating deep brain stimulation as a promising treatment for psychiatric disorders and other conditions.
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Ishita Basu, PhD, assistant professor, University of Cincinnati neurosurgery department, is a neural engineer with more than a decade of experience in brain signal analysis and modeling. Her research uses techniques from engineering and computational neuroscience to design innovative treatment paradigms for major neurological and psychiatric disorders. Originally from the east coast of India, Basu received her PhD from the University of Illinois in Chicago. She went on to complete postdoctoral fellowships at Johns Hopkins University and Massachusetts General Hospital. Her future vison is to integrate a diverse group of biomedical engineers, neuroscientists, psychiatrists, and medical students to advance the field of neural engineering and neuromodulation in mental disorders.