Eduardo Martin Moraud, Ph.D.

During his Ph.D. studies, Dr. Moraud pioneered the first closed-loop system to control spinal-cord neuromodulation for the restoration of leg motor control after spinal cord injury (SCI). He extensively validated this approach on different models of SCI. These approaches are at the core of recent clinical results reported on three human individuals, and they hold important implications to help improve recovery after paralysis in patients. 

Dr Moraud then carried out postdoctoral research in the group of Prof. Peter Brown at Oxford University (UK), where he leveraged similar concepts to optimize Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) strategies in Parkinson's disease (PD).

At Lausanne University Hospita, his group has characterized the principles of gait encoding and is currently leveraging these principles to develop closed-loop therapies targeting brain and spinal circuits to address problems in gait and balance in PD.