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Epilepsy Research Faculty
NYU Langone’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Center comprises faculty who are leaders in the field of epilepsy research.
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William B. Barr, PhD
Professor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: epilepsy, concussion, memory disorders, traumatic brain injury and dementia, and chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Methodological skills: neuropsychologic testing, cognitive assessment, and behavior and mood assessment
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Orrin Devinsky, MD
Professor, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
Expertise: epilepsy, neurogenetics, molecular biology therapies, cannabidiol, and electrophysiology
Methodological skills: epilepsy genetics, treatment-resistant epilepsy, generalized epilepsy
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Adeen Flinker, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: speech and language electrophysiology
Methodological skills: signal processing, machine learning, electrocorticography, electroencephalography, magnetoencephalography, nonparametric statistical analysis
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Jacqueline A. French, MD
Co-Director, Epilepsy Clinical Trials
Chief Medical Officer, Epilepsy Foundation
Professor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: epilepsy clinical trials and outcomes research
Methodological skills: clinical trial methodology
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Daniel Friedman, MD
Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
Professor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: epilepsy and EEG
Methodological skills: epidemiology, EEG, and human neurophysiology
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Biyu J. He, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience and Physiology, and Radiology
Expertise: perceptual, cognitive, and computational neuroscience
Methodological skills: multimodal human brain imaging, including 3T/7T fMRI, EEG/MEG, and intracranial electrophysiology
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Anli A. Liu, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: epilepsy, memory, and neuromodulation
Methodological skills: EEG signal analysis, statistics, and eye tracking
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Andrew J. Michalak, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: epilepsy, EEG, and epilepsy surgery
Methodological skills: neural signal processing, machine learning, and epidemiology
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Daniel K. Miles, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: pediatric epilepsy
Methodological skills: electrophysiology and new antiseizure medication trials
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Rebecca J. Scott, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Psychologist, NYU Allied Health/Medical and Dental Staff
Expertise: sleep disorders medicine and behavioral sleep medicine; specializing in the treatment of insomnia and circadian rhythm disorders
Methodological skills: polysomnography
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Claude Steriade, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Expertise: epilepsy, neuroinflammation, and autoimmune neurology
Methodological skills: neuroimaging, clinical trials, microbiome, and predictive modeling