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Eric Meyers, PhD

Assistant Professor
The University of Texas at Dallas
Plano, TX, United States

My passion is to develop technologies that help improve the lives of individuals living with neurological
injuries including stroke. My career has involved work that encompasses a broad range of disciplines
including neural engineering research and development, medical device development, neuroscience,
electrophysiology, machine learning, and clinical implementation. During my doctoral training at the
University of Texas at Dallas, I focused on the enhancing recovery with vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in
animal models of neurological injury including stroke, spinal cord injury, peripheral nerve damage, and
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). I then continued this path in my post-doc and began translating
these therapies to the clinic through the development of advanced sensor-based rehabilitation devices.
From this work, there have multiple ongoing clinical trials to evaluate the effects of VNS therapy in
humans including in stroke, spinal cord injury, and PTSD. This work paved the way for VNS to become
the first FDA-approved neuromodulation therapy for stroke. Since joining Battelle, I have led the
Neurotechnology campaign as Principal Investigator with the purpose to develop new techniques and
therapies for those suffering from functional impairments such as after stroke, spinal cord injury, and
Parkinson's disease. My current work involves leading a multidisciplinary team of engineers and clinicians
to develop and clinically deploy our NeuroLife Sleeve technology (used in this study), including both
biomarker discovery, and use as a rehabilitative technology.

Disclosure(s): Battelle Memorial Institute: Employment (full or part time) (Ongoing)

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