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Kathleen Cullen

Kathleen Cullen, PhD

Highlights

Languages

  • English

Gender

Female

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:

  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

About Kathleen Cullen

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Background

Dr. Kathleen Cullen is the Raj and Neera Singh Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She holds joint appointments in neuroscience and in otolaryngology – head and neck surgery.

Dr. Cullen received her B.S. from Brown University and earned her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

Additional Academic Titles

Professor of Neuroscience, Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Lab Website

Cullen Lab - Lab Website

Selected Publications

  • Cullen KE. Internal models of self-motion: neural computations by the vestibular cerebellum. Trends Neurosci. 2023 Nov;46(11):986-1002. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2023.08.009.

  • Cullen KE. Vestibular processing during natural self-motion: implications for perception and action. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2019 Jun;20(6):346-363. doi: 10.1038/s41583-019-0153-1. Review. PMID: 30914780

  • Mackrous I, Carriot J, Cullen KE. Context-independent encoding of passive and active self-motion in vestibular afferent fibers during locomotion in primates. Nature Communications 2022 Jan 10;13(1):120.

  • Wiboonsaksakul KP, Roberts DC, Della Santina CC, Cullen KE. A prosthesis utilizing natural vestibular encoding strategies improves sensorimotor performance in monkeys. PLoS Biol. 2022 Sep 14;20(9).

  • Zobeiri OA, and Cullen KE. Distinct Representations of Body and Head motion are Dynamically Encoded by Purkinje cell Populations in the Macaque Cerebellum. Elife. 2022 Apr 25;11:e75018

Expertise

Education

University of Chicago

Ph.D., 1991

Brown University

B.Sc., 1984