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Angelo H. All, MD, MBA Assistant Professor Division of Neuroscience and Neuroengineering Department of Biomedical Engineering Department of Neurology

I have keen interest in spinal cord research pertaining to post-traumatic recovery. The main focus of my research is assessment of contusion spinal cord injury using Somatosensory and Motor Evoked Potentials, Diffusion Tensor-MRI and motor behavioral studies. My ongoing research includes "human embryonic stem cell and hypothermia treatments in acute spinal cord injury". This is a multi-disciplinary project, with collaborations among the Department of Biomedical Engineering, the Institute for Cell Engineering, and the Department of Neurology. I have also been collaborating with the Department of Neurology and Surgery on other projects such as Traumatic Brain Injury and contribute to a research program on Computer Integrated Surgery.

Nitish V. Thakor, PhD Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Director of Neuroengineering & Biomedical Instrumentation Lab web1.johnshopkins.edu/nthakor nitish@jhu.edu

Director of SINAPSE Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology National University of Singapore Centre for Life Sciences 28 Medical Drive, #05-COR Singapore 117456 www.sinapseinstitute.org sinapsedirector@gmail.com

Prof. Thakor's expertise is in neuro-engineering, micro/nanotechnologies and instrumentation for the study of mechanisms of injury in the spinal cord and brain and developing stem cell therapies

Candace Kerr, PhD Assistant Professor University of Maryland Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 108 N. Greene Street, Suite 319A Baltimore, MD, 21201 Phone: 410-706-3189 Fax: 410-706-8297 ckerr@som.maryland.edu View Faculty Profile

Adjunct Assistant Professor Johns Hopkins University Obstetrics & Gynecology Baltimore, MD, 21205 ckerr@jhmi.edu

Dr. Kerr oversees the isolation, characterization, and optimization of oligodendrocyte lineage cells from human embryonic stem cells. She has extensive experience in developing methods to generate and characterize optimal cells for this study proposal.

Piotr Walczak, MD Assistant Professor View CV Department of Radiological Sciences Institute for Cell Engineering Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Dr. Walczak is an expert in molecular imaging of stem cell transplantation. His training includes cell tracking and currently his work is focused on using non-invasive imaging technology to advance cell-based therapy for neurodegenerative diseases. He contributes in bioluminescent cellular imaging, analysis and interpretation of cellular imaging data.

Jiangyang Zhang, PhD Assistant Professor View CV Department of Radiology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Dr. Zhang has been working on MR micro-imaging with experiences in both in vivo and ex vivo imaging. He contributes in DT-MRI and supervises image processing and interpretation of imaging data.