Brain Health Research Institute
![Angela Ridgel, Ph.D.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/20ICC079_ARTICLE_AngelaRidgel_1500x1000_0.jpg?VersionId=BOmvjvXzDN2mazK0tE4VS1QwhkTOJLaJ&h=06ac0d8c&itok=XUNSbgWT)
Smartbike Eases Parkinson’s Symptoms
A ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ researcher has designed a bicycle specially tailored to Parkinson’s patients. The bike is based on a tandem bicycle model – a bike ridden by two people.
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BHRI Director participates in FASEB’s recommendations to Biden-Harris transition team
Dr. Mike Lehman, Director of the Brain Health Research Institute at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ, recently had the opportunity to provide biomedical science policy insights and guidance recommendations to the transition team working with President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
Societal Impact of Brain-Based Disorders
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2020 BHRI Undergraduate Fellows Cap Off a Great Summer Research Experience
Ten undergraduate students from nine different majors had extraordinary research experiences as Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) Fellows during summer 2020.
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New Grant for Alzheimer's Research
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ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ's Autism Research Ongoing on Various Fronts
April’s observance as Autism Awareness Month is coming to a close, but research into the whys and hows of autism is always ongoing at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ.
Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., director of the Brain Health Research Institute at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ, said the university supports autism research that focuses on basic discoveries within the brain, as well as applied human research of students with autism, which makes ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s body of research unique and diverse.
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Brain Health Research Institute Director Reflects on His First Year
Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., was named the inaugural director of ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Brain Health Research Institute in January 2019. We asked him to share his thoughts after a year on campus and much activity within the institute.
![Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Colleen Novak works in her lab.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/PROFILE-Colleen%20Novak_DTA%20%28MAIN%29_0.jpg?VersionId=w4HnzcTOG3d8GfHNDa1N4.BQX4ZzxsQF&h=e6f36a9c&itok=FvsBl49X)
ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Biologist Secures NIH Support to Expand Study into Muscle Thermogenesis
![ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ professor John Gunstad and his research assistants Hanna Schmetzer and Victoria Sanborn demonstrate using the voice pattern technology that is part of his Alzheimer's disease research.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/KSU-2020-RD-200214-00002_0.jpg?VersionId=25eDi3cSB3hLAj8_QDc8N8XZhw_xsxiq&h=252f27fa&itok=KIo5Kd50)
ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Professor Receives $2.6 Million Grant for Alzheimer's Research
ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ psychology professor John Gunstad, Ph.D., has received at grant of nearly $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand his Alzheimer’s disease research into a national study.