Ayobami Ward

Resident @umichneuro | @MCG_AUG | @johnshopkins ‘13 | Restorative Neurosurgeon using brain–machine interfaces and molecular innovation to treat CNS/PNS injury

[Matthew Willsey @matthew_willsey]

A BCI controlling virtual fingers is used to fly a high-performance virtual quadcopter. BCIs could allow people with paralysis to eventually play multiplayer video games with gamers who use video game controllers. @StanfordNsurg @umichneuro @UMBME

https://t.co/mn7z7G3KZk

[Ayobami Ward @AyobamiWard]

@dieworkwear @StilettoExec @MhQuestions There’s a clear distinction between sport coats and suits. Having this knowledge is not exclusive nor exclusionary. I complained to my wife about this video when it came up on my IG yesterday. It was as unreasonable then as it was when Steve Harvey said it before.

[Ayobami Ward @AyobamiWard]

As a neurosurgery trainee, this was one of the MOST fascinating and innovative projects I saw on display at SFN 2023, congrats!!!

[Elvira Pirondini @ElviraPirondini]

Excited to see our work on motor thalamus #dbs for upper-limb motor deficits after cerebral lesions published today: #neurotechnology #womeninstem https://t.co/5okmE4GmAT

[CNS @CNS_Update]

CNS President @DrAlexKhalessi sat down with the Michael L.J. Apuzzo Lecturer on Creativity and Innovation: CEO and Founder of @neuralink, @elonmusk. As part of their virtual discussion, Mr. Musk answered questions submitted by the audience about his research!

[Aditya S. Pandey @Aditya_S_Pandey]

Congratulations to our #Neurosurgery graduates- Dr. SRAVANTHI KODURI and Dr. MICHAEL STRONG @umichneuro. Thank you for your 7 years of hard work, dedication, and excellence. You have led by example and with humility. @SKoduriMD @TJUHNeurosurg @ColumbiaNeuro @umichmedicine

[Ayobami Ward @AyobamiWard]

@DoctorJohn_MD Brb having kids so I can buy this 🤣

[Ayobami Ward @AyobamiWard]

Great job lil bro! @EmreKiziltug

[Joseph Linzey, MD, MS @joseph_linzey]

Incoming intern to @umichneuro, @EmreKiziltug, blowing minds with his award winning basic science!

#AANS2024 #WhatMatters

[ONWARD Medical @onwdempowered]

🎉Congratulations to our research partners and @_NeuroRestore co-directors, @gcourtine and @Jocelyne_Bloch , for being named to 2024 TIME100 Health, TIME’s inaugural list of the 100 most influential people in global health this year.🎉

@TIME honored the pair for their breakthrough technology that restores communication between the brain and the spinal cord after spinal cord injury (SCI).

Check out the article: https://t.co/ksd7CkejBn

#EmpoweringMovement #SCI #TIME100HEALTH

All ONWARD devices and therapies, including but not limited to ARC-IM®, ARC-EX®, ARC-BCI™, and ARC Therapy™, alone or in combination with a brain-computer interface (BCI), are investigational and not available for commercial use.

[Michigan Neurosurgery @umichneuro]

The Castro-Lowenstein Lab's #glioma clinical trial has made it to ROUND THREE OF #STATMADNESS! Let's catapult them into the quarter finals over Harvard 👉 https://t.co/o5DZXKZHE8 #GoBlue! | @UMRogelCancer @umichmedicine @UMichMedSchool @UMneurosciences @castro2355_mg |

[Ayobami Ward @AyobamiWard]

This was a truly Herculean effort from all parties involved. Couldn’t have said it better myself! Cheers to @KalinskiLab, @LabGiger, and all parties involved!

[Dr. Ashley Kalinski @KalinskiLab]

Thrilled to share our first pre-print in collaboration with @LabGiger. This collaboration, that started while I was a postdoc in @LabGiger, has yielded new and exciting roles for Sarm1 during the injury response. @CathyFlyMom @asghariadib @AyobamiWard

https://t.co/wXbLUcf3CO

[Ayobami Ward @AyobamiWard]

@strahleMD @SpineTharin @spinesection This is awesome, great resource.

[Ayobami Ward @AyobamiWard]

@matthew_willsey @MerkinPnnrCtr @umichneuro @UMneurosciences Thanks big bro!

[Ayobami Ward @AyobamiWard]

Honored to announce my first post-doc grant! Thank you to the @MerkinPnnrCtr for funding our work to reverse engineer PNS repair to create therapies for nervous system injury. Thank you to @umichneuro and @UMneurosciences for supporting resident research! https://t.co/41lPUUiD1A

[Ayobami Ward @AyobamiWard]

Big thanks to Dr. Roman Giger, Ph.D. and @yamaans for their mentorship and lots of edits.

[Ayobami Ward @AyobamiWard]

Clinically we know that younger nerves recover faster from damage than older nerves, but we aren’t completely sure why that is. We will investigate these differences utilizing next gen sequencing of human nerves to find targets to enhance nerve regen after nerve injury.

[Ayobami Ward @AyobamiWard]

@dieworkwear Any recommendations on the rules with tuxedos? Trying to decide between black and midnight. I’m getting married in July and need one! Any recommendations on stores? Preferably RTW. Thanks so much!!!

[Ayobami Ward @AyobamiWard]

@chethan @MarkChurchland This was one of the best talks I’ve been to, even coming from a pure clinical side with a smattering of systems neuroscience I could follow

[Ayobami Ward @AyobamiWard]

Great #SfN23 poster session by @matthew_willsey an @umichneuro / @ChestekLab alum on decoding dexterous finger movements in neuroprosthesis! Lots of great discussion! I’m proud to call him a mentor and lucky to call him a friend.

[Ayobami Ward @AyobamiWard]

First time at #SfN23 presenting our work on FES for restoration of individuated finger movement in spinal cord injury patients w/ @ChestekLab. Thanks to @umichneuro for supporting translational science from residents. The future of peripheral nerve is neural engineering!

[Matthew Willsey @matthew_willsey]

Congrats @AyobamiWard on your first presentation at #SfN23. This was outstanding work! @umichneuro @ChestekLab @yamaans @ParagGPatil

[Ayobami Ward @AyobamiWard]

@DaniBeckman Incredible! I’m going for the first time ever, so excited to meet everyone!