Casey Halpern, MD awarded an NIH Director's Pioneer Award.
Pioneer Award

Congrats to Casey Halpern, MD who received an NIH Director's Pioneer Award! This will support his work developing less invasive and non-invasive strategies for treating disorders found very deep in the brain, such as major depression, OCD, and substance use disorder.

Labs & Centers
Beauchamp Lab members hanging out.
Summer Internship

Kamille Hernandez, C’27, (far right) was able to join the Beauchamp Lab for 10 weeks this summer as part of an internship program that Penn offers. Check out what she experienced as the lab strives to figure out how human brains process language.

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John Arena, MD receiving the Research Award for 2025 from Dr. Micheal Beauchamp.
Research Award

Congratulations to John Arena, MD (PGY-7) who received this year's Annual Resident Research Award!

Our Residents
Dr. Iahn Cajigas operating on a patients brain.
Brain-Computer Interface Breakthrough

In this new video, Dr. Iahn Cajigas, MD, PhD, and Bijan Pesaran, PhD reveal how brain mapping could enable thought-based control of prosthetic limbs. This research is hope for those paralyzed, aiming to restore independence and revolutionize our understanding of the brain.

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