The goals of the Vikram Chib Lab are to understand how the nervous system organizes the control of movement and how incentives motivate our behaviors. To better understand neurobiological control, our researchers are seeking to understand how motivational cues drive our motor actions. We use an interdisciplinary approach that combines robotics with the fields of neuroscience and economics to examine neuroeconomics and decision making, motion and force control, haptics and motor learning, image-guided surgery and soft-tissue mechanics.

The Laboratory for computational Motor Control studies movement control in humans, including healthy people and people with neurological diseases. We use robotics, brain stimulation and neuroimaging to study brain function. Our long-term goals are to use mathematics to understand: 1) the basic function of the motor structures of the brain including the cerebellum, the basal ganglia and the motor cortex; and 2) the relationship between how our brain controls our movements and how it controls our decisions.

The mission the Translational Informatics Research and Innovation (TIRI) Lab is to understand and create advanced technology and digital device solutions that address challenges to the translation of biomedical data science-informed guidance into clinical use to improve the health of individuals, especially for people that are often underrepresented in research.

The Muehlschlegel Lab is dedicated to advancing the care and outcomes of patients who are critically ill with neurological emergencies and their families. The lab’s research focuses on neuroprognostication, clinician-family communication, and shared decision-making to support informed, patient-centered care.