The BU Center for Brain Recovery is excited to be hosting Transforming Brain Health and Disease through AI with Dr. Swathi Kiran at BOS Tech Week 2026! Sign up for our event! (link below) #BOSTechWeek Boston University partiful.com/e/4bPVf...

Congratulations to the CBR undergrad RAs involved in yesterday's Integrated Brain Sciences and Engineering Undergraduate Symposium, hosted by the BU Mind and Brain Society. From the CBR team, Maria Valiente & Helen Blans presented their UROP projects, and Divya Sivakumar helped organize the event!

Join us Monday, April 27th from 4-5pm ET for a talk by Kyrana Tsapkini, Professor of Neurology at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Title: Electrical stimulation in neurodegenerative disorders: efficacy, mechanisms and new trends Register now: bostonu.zoom.us/meet...

Thank YOU! We ended off Giving Day yesterday with 34 donors and $2,991 raised for the BU Center for Brain Recovery! Thanks to your support, these funds will help us accelerate new treatments, support the next generation of scientists & clinicians, and extend our impact to patients & families.

Giving Day Goal Update!🚨 Right now we are at $2,690 raised for CBR! And we are just one donation away from our goal of 30 donors! The final countdown to midnight has begun, and we need your help keeping the momentum going. Make your gift now at: give.bu.edu/schools/...

Each day at the CBR, our researchers are working on innovative projects to better detect, treat, and predict neurological disorders. You can directly support CBR's mission by making your gift to the Center for Brain Recovery via the link below. give.bu.edu/schools/Bost...

Giving Day Goal Update! We have surpassed our initial goal of 25 donors, but there is still some time remaining! Help us to reach our stretch goal of 30 donors by making your gift and sharing the link below with your network. give.bu.edu/schools/...

April 8th is BU Giving Day! The generosity of individual donors helps us accelerate new treatments, support the next generation of scientists and clinicians, & extend our impact to patients and families. Please consider making a contribution give.bu.edu/schools/Bost...

At CBR, we are training the next generation of scientists and clinicians. If you would like to support us in this mission, please consider making a gift to the BU Center for Brain Recovery this Giving Day. You can make your gift via the link below. give.bu.edu/schools/Bost...

Theo was a college sophomore when he experienced a helmeted ski accident that put him in a coma for 5 days. The accident left him with an acquired brain injury(ABI), disrupting his memory & attention. That summer, he joined BU's ICCR Program with the goal of returning to college.

At CBR, we are training the next generation of scientists and clinicians. If you would like to support us in this mission, please consider making a gift to the BU Center for Brain Recovery this Giving Day. You can make your gift via the link below. give.bu.edu/schools/Bost...

After Daniel Marcelo's stroke, his wife discovered Dr. Kiran and CBR's work. That same week, she wrote to Dr. Kiran about his condition and heard back from her the next day. Soon after, Daniel participated in language therapy at CBR as part of one of our randomized, controlled clinic trials.

Last Friday, members of the CBR team enjoyed a board game night!🎲♟️ Thanks to everyone who joined us!

At the CBR, we are training the next generation of scientists and clinicians. If you would like to support us in this mission, please consider making a gift to our Center this Giving Day. You can make your gift via the link below. give.bu.edu/schools/Bost...

There is still time to register for MedAI Hack! CBR is proud to sponsor this 2-day hackathon to build AI on real biomedical datasets. Impact patient care while competing for cash prizes. 📆 April 10 & 11 👥 Open to entire BU community 🔗 Register now http://medaihack.org/

Each day at CBR, our researchers are working on innovative projects to better detect, treat, and predict neurological disorders. You can directly support CBR's mission of accelerating new treatments by contributing to our Center this Giving Day via the link below. give.bu.edu/schools/Bost...

By supporting the BU Center for Brain Recovery this Giving Day, you can help us to continue improving the lives of individuals affected by stoke, traumatic brain injury, and dementia. You can make your gift now via the link below: give.bu.edu/schools/...

Help us to reach our goal of 25 donors for Giving Day this year by making your gift early! give.bu.edu/schools/... You can also become an advocate for the Center for Brain Recovery by filling out the form linked in our bio. Advocates are critical to helping us reaching our goal.

You can support the BU Center for Brain Recovery (CBR) on Giving Day, April 8th. By making a gift, you will be directly supporting our programs & research, helping us to continue enhancing diagnosis & treatments for people with neurological disorders. give.bu.edu/schools/...

📢 In case you missed it: New evolution of treatment research “The evolution of word retrieval errors during semantic feature-based therapy in bilingual aphasia” By Michael Scimeca, Claudia Peñaloza, Erin Ann Carpenter, Manuel Jose Marte, Marissa Russell-Meill, and Swathi Kiran

Dr. Swathi Kiran was recently welcomed on the Neurorehab Resources and Insights podcast to speak with Drs. Jyutika Mehta & Marie McNeely about language recovery following stroke and traumatic brain injury. 🔊 Listen to the full episode https://bit.ly/3Mur0cm @txwomans.bsky.social

CBR is proud to be sponsoring MedAI Hack, a 2-day hackathon to build AI on real biomedical datasets. Create work that can impact research & patient care while competing for cash prizes. 📆 April 10 & 11, 2026 👥 Open to entire BU community 🔗 Learn more http://medaihack.org/

Join us Monday, February 9th from 4-5pm ET for a talk by Alex Leff, Professor of Cognitive Neurology at University College London. "Practice-induced changes in brain structure: evidence from two app-based trials in people with aphasia" Register now: bostonu.zoom.us/meet...

Unfortunately, due to the major snowstorm impacting our area, this CBR Seminar Series event has been canceled. To be alerted of future CBR events, please follow our page or subscribe to our newsletter: www.bu.edu/cbr/about/su...

Recently quoted in TIME, The Washington Post, and Business Insider, CBR Core Faculty member Dr. Stacy Andersen is a leading expert on cognitive health and resilience among #centenarians. Learn more about Dr. Andersen and her research www.bu.edu/cbr/2025/...#centenarians.

Join us Monday, January 26th from 4-5pm ET for a talk by Sean Dukelow, Professor in the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Calgary. Title: Recovery of Post-Stroke Aphasia with Multi-Modal Aphasia Therapy (MMAT) and rTMS Register now bostonu.zoom.us/meet...

In the National Aphasia Association's upcoming webinar, Madeline Dunne (CBR PhD Student) will talk alongside Kim Irby (NAA Project Manager) about their current project involving people with aphasia in research and care. You can watch the webinar 12-1pm (ET) on January 14 🔗

Congratulations, Dr. Michael Scimeca! On January 7th, Scimeca defended his PhD dissertation titled "Multimodal Assessment of Alexia in Bilinguals with Aphasia". Dr. Scimeca completed his PhD through @sargentcollege.bsky.social and was mentored by Dr. Swathi Kiran.

Dr. Swathi Kiran was awarded 2025 Highly Ranked Scholar status by ScholarGPS for her career accomplishments in the field of Aphasia, ranking within the top 0.05% of aphasia scholars based on publication impact, quantity, and quality. Learn more: www.bu.edu/cbr/2026/...

As we reflect on this past year, we would like to thank you for your support and engagement in our mission. With your help, our Center has been able to make great advances in improving our understanding of neurological disorders and developing innovative approaches to improving brain recovery.

"Online monitoring technology for deep phenotyping of cognitive impairment after stroke" Join us Monday, Dec 15th from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ET for a talk by Fatemeh Geranmayeh @f-geranmayeh.bsky.social, Clinician Scientist at Imperial College London. Register now: bostonu.zoom.us/meet...

At #NEWconf2025, Doris Wang, Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery at UCSF, presented her team's research on Implanted Neural Interfaces to Understand and Improve Walking in Parkinson’s Disease. @doriswang.bsky.social Learn more by watching her full talk

Earlier this month, CBR welcomed a group of juniors and seniors from various local Boston Public Schools (BPS). While visiting, BPS students learned about four distinct research project methodologies, guided by CBR team members. Learn more about their visit: http://bit.ly/44ltYFA

📖 Newly Published: Last month marked the release of The Cambridge Handbook of Language and Brain, co-edited by CBR’s Founding Director, Dr. Swathi Kiran, alongside Dr. Edna Andrews from Duke University. www.bu.edu/cbr/2025/...

Funded by PCORI, CBR will be partnering with the National Aphasia Association and NSU Florida on an initiative to identify the most significant impacts faced by people with aphasia and establish research priorities for the future. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3JL963s

Happy to share that I recently defended my dissertation! Big thanks to my committee, my INCREDIBLE colleagues, and @swathikiran.bsky.social especially – for the many years of guidance, and for creating a rich, rigorous, collaborative intellectual environment at the Center for Brain Recovery.

Join us Monday, November 17th from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ET for a talk by Jet Vonk, Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco. Title: Quantifying Language in Dementia through Automated Speech Analysis Register now: https://bit.ly/3X1Xa0B

Congratulations to Dr. Manuel J. Marte for successfully defending his PhD dissertation titled "A multimodal and naturalistic approach to assessment in aphasia"! @mjm.bsky.social

Presenting and sharing our work on #aphasia at the 2025 Academy of Aphasia meeting in San Diego

On October 24th, leading researchers from the Boston University Center for Brain Recovery traveled to the San Francisco Bay Area to present their groundbreaking work leveraging #AI and #MachineLearning for diagnosis and treatment of neurological and neurodegenerative disorders.

Really looking forward to this seminar. We are doing so much work in #DigitalTech for #assessments and #treatments- happy to share and get feedback

How can tactical sensation impact robotic limb performance? At #NEWconf2025, Jennifer Collinger presented numerous projects from her lab on the topic of bidirectional brain-computer interfaces for restoring upper limb function. Watch her full talk at

This morning, the Center for Brain Recovery received a special visit from Boston University's community resource dog, Bean! Bean immediately brightened up the office and brought plenty of play and cuddles to the CBR team. Thanks for stopping by our center, Bean!

What if electrotherapy was available like a band-aid? At #NEWconf2025, Marom Bikson presented his team's research on Wearable Disposable Electrotherapy. Learn more by watching his full talk on the CBR YouTube channel

Join us Monday, September 29th from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ET for a talk by Rhoda Au, Professor at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, as well as a PI of the Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program. Register now at http://bit.ly/47ORaie

📢 New Bilingual Aphasia Research! “Measurement of cross-language and cross-domain generalization following semantic feature-based anomia treatment in bilingual aphasia” By Marissa Russell-Meill, Erin Carpenter, Manuel J. Marte, Michael Scimeca, Claudia Peñaloza & Swathi Kiran

Excited to be editing this special issue with @qzhever.bsky.social on this super current topic of “Neural Basis of Language Processing in the Wild” see link for submission guidelines

Hugo Spiers' keynote presentation, Studying Navigation in Cities and on the Ocean, from the 2025 Neuroscience of the Everyday World Conference is now live on the CBR YouTube channel. @hugospiers.bsky.social youtu.be/M35KDgqJI4w?...

Join us Monday, September 15th from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ET for a talk by Simona Mancini, Ikerbasque Research Associate Professor / Neurolinguistics and Aphasia group leader at the Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language. Register now at https://bit.ly/45LjrF1

📢 New in NeuroImage: “Aphasia severity prediction using a multi-modal machine learning approach” by Xinyi Hu, Maria Varkanitsa, Emerson Kropp, Margrit Betke, Prakash Ishwar & Swathi Kiran 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ne... #Aphasia #NeuroAI #StrokeRecovery