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James Abbas, PhD

Professor
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States

Dr. Abbas is a Professor at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville with appointments in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research (I3R). His research applies neural engineering techniques to develop technologies for use by people with disabilities. His work is highly translational and includes the design and development of neurotechnology, the development and use of computational models, and experimental evaluation of neurotechnology and rehabilitation systems in human subjects. He is a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors and of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Currently, he serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation and Frontiers in Neuroengineering, is an Associate Editor for the IEEE EMBS and Neural Engineering Conferences and is a member of the Steering Committee for the Data Resource Center of the NIH SPARC Initiative. Dr. Abbas received his B.S. in bioelectrical engineering from Brown University and then taught secondary school mathematics and worked on public health projects in Malawi as a US Peace Corps volunteer. He received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in biomedical engineering from Case Western Reserve University and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Shriners Hospital in Philadelphia, PA.

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