Emilio Bizzi
Emilio Bizzi | |
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Born | Institute of Medicine (2005), President of Italy's Gold Medal for Scientific Contributions (2005) | February 22, 1933
Scientific career | |
Fields | Neuroscience |
Institutions | Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT |
Emilio Bizzi (born February 22, 1933)University of Rome in 1958 and his PhD from the University of Pisa in 1968. In Pisa, he performed seminal measurements of brain waves during sleep.
Bizzi joined MIT as a Research Associate in 1966, was appointed Associate Professor in 1969, and
tenured in 1972. He was Director of the Whitaker College of Health Sciences, Technology, and Management between 1983 and 1987 and head of the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences from 1986 to 1997. In 2006, he was elected as President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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His research focuses on how the central nervous system translates brain messages signaling motor intent into muscle activation. He also studies how motor control is affected by stroke damage and how computational analysis of motor control can be harnessed to improve rehabilitation methods for stroke patients.[3]
References
- ^ "Bizzi, Emilio". lincei.it. Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ISBN 978-0-8379-5702-9. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- PMID 19880747.
External links
- MIT News Office – Institute Professor press release
- Bizzi Lab website
- MIT McGovern Institute website
- European Brain Research Institute