====== Steven J. Schiff ====== {{research:sjs49:sjs49.jpg|}}\\ Steven J. Schiff, MD, PhD\\ Director, [[http://www.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:cne:start|Penn State Center for Neural Engineering]]\\ Brush Chair Professor of Engineering\\ Professor of [[http://www.hmc.psu.edu/neurosurgery/team/index.htm|Neurosurgery]]\\ Professor of [[http://www.esm.psu.edu|Engineering Science and Mechanics]]\\ Professor of [[http://www.phys.psu.edu/people/faculty/|Physics]] (Courtesy Appointment)\\ W311 Millennium Science Complex\\ Pollock Road\\ University Park, PA 16802-2131\\ (814) 865-2481 Shari Walczak (Center Administration) __slw2 at engr.psu.edu__\\ (814) 863-4210 Office\\ (815) 550-2150 Fax\\ Send E-Mail __sschiff at psu.edu__\\ http://www.esm.psu.edu/schiff\\ \\ **[[http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=g4J0ja0AAAAJ|Google Scholar Citations]]**\\ ---- **My book is out in 2012: [[http://www.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:sjs49:neural_control_engineering_book|Neural Control Engineering]], The MIT Press**\\ [[Neural Control Engineering Book|{{:research:sjs49:book_cover.jpg?direct&150|}}]]\\ [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1824|{{:research:sjs49:physics_today_image.jpg?nolink&100|}}]]**[[http://www.physicstoday.org/resource/1/phtoad/v65/i12/p50_s1|Physics Today Book Review]] December 2012 by Jack Cowan**\\ [[http://www.amazon.com/Neural-Control-Engineering-Intersection-Computational/product-reviews/0262015374/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_img?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1|Amazon Reviews]] [[http://www.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:sjs49:neural_control_engineering_book|Amazon]] [[http://www.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:sjs49:neural_control_engineering_book|Amazon Kindle Edition]]\\ [[http://www.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:sjs49:neural_control_engineering_book|MIT Press]] [[http://www.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:sjs49:neural_control_engineering_book|MIT Press eBook]] [[http://www.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:sjs49:neural_control_engineering_book|A Matlab Book:The Mathworks]] [[http://www.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:sjs49:neural_control_engineering_book|Google Books Preview]]\\ [[http://www.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:sjs49:neural_control_engineering_book|Errata]] [[http://www.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:sjs49:neural_control_engineering_book|Lecture Slides]] [[http://www.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:sjs49:neural_control_engineering_book|Code Archive]]\\ ---- **House Foreign Relations Subcommittee on [[http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1344|Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights]] hearings August 2, 2011**\\ **[[http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/112/67679.pdf|{{:research:sjs49:front_page_from_congressional_hearing_book_on_hydrocephalus_080212.jpg?125|Hearing Book}}]] {{:research:sjs49:congressional_hearing_book_on_hydrocephalus_080212.pdf|Congressional Hearing Book with Testimony on Hydrocephalus}}**\\ **[[http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Ugand|{{:research:sjs49:cspan_testimony.jpg?125|CSPAN Coverage of Hydrocephalus Hearings August 2, 2011}}]][[http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Ugand|CSPAN Coverage of Hydrocephalus Hearings August 2, 2011]]**\\ ---- **See 2013 article at United Nations Earth News [[http://unearthnews.org/climate-linked-to-infant-brain-disorder-in-uganda/|UNEarthNews]] [[http://unearthnews.org/climate-linked-to-infant-brain-disorder-in-uganda/|{{:research:sjs49:unearthnews.jpg?nolink&100|UN Earth News}}]]**\\ **See 2013 article and radio piece at [[http://www.voanews.com/content/brain-disease-rainfall-14jan13/1583248.html|Voice of America]] [[http://www.voanews.com/content/brain-disease-rainfall-14jan13/1583248.html|{{:research:sjs49:voa_image.jpg?nolink&100|Voice of America}}]]**\\ **See 2012 article in (Spanish or Catalan) "Nuestro cerebro también piensa sin palabras"[[http://www.lavanguardia.com/lacontra/20121205/54356104051/la-contra-steven-j-schiff.html|La Vanguardia]]**[[http://www.lavanguardia.com/lacontra/20121205/54356104051/la-contra-steven-j-schiff.html|{{:research:sjs49:vanguardia_photo_cropped.jpg?nolink&35|La Vanguardia}}]]\\ **See Spring 2010 article in [[http://www.rps.psu.edu/indepth/brainstorm_print.html|Penn State Research Magazine]]**\\ **See Fall 2010 {{:research:sjs49:harris_searching_for_answers_engineering_penn_state_fall_2010.pdf|article}} in [[http://www.engr.psu.edu/EngineeringPennStateMagazine/2010fall.pdf|Engineering Penn State Magazine]]**\\ **See June 2008 article at [[http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/20856/|Technology Review]]**\\ ---- **Recent covers:**\\ {{:research:sjs49:mandell_et_al_dynamics_brain_csf_fluid_growth_j_neurosurgery_2010_cover.jpg?nolink&200}} {{:research:sjs49:mandell_et_al_dynamics_brain_csf_fluid_growth_j_neurosurgery_2010.pdf|article}} {{:research:sjs49:li_et_al_association_of_bacteria_with_hydrocephalus_in_ugandan_infants_j_neurosurg_peds_2011_cover.jpg?nolink&200}} {{:research:sjs49:li_et_al_association_of_bacteria_with_hydrocephalus_in_ugandan_infants_j_neurosurg_peds_2011.pdf|article}}{{:research:sjs49:schiff_et_al_rainfall_drives_hydrocephalus_in_east_africa_j_neurosurg_2012_cover.jpg?nolink&200|}}{{:research:sjs49:schiff_et_al_rainfall_drives_hydrocephalus_in_east_africa_j_neurosurg_2012.pdf|article}} *[[http://ecodevoevo.blogspot.com/2012/07/life-changing-cause-and-effect-finding.html|Nice discussion by Ken Weiss and Anne Buchanan of 2012 paper, 'Rainfall drives hydrocephalus in East Africa': ]][[http://ecodevoevo.blogspot.com/2012/07/life-changing-cause-and-effect-finding.html|{{:research:sjs49:the_mermaid_s_tale.jpg?200|}}]]\\ ---- **Research Interests:**\\ I am a Pediatric Neurosurgeon, with particular interests in understanding the physics of dynamical disease of the nervous system, developing smart prosthetics to treat those diseases, and an interest in global health. Dynamical Diseases are where the predominant symptomatology manifests as disordered interaction between the elements of the organ in question. My focus is on the nervous system, and grew out of my experience in treating Epilepsy as well as the Spasticity of Cerebral Palsy. Our best surgical treatment offerings for such diseases involves destructive resection, and my goals for many years have centered around the science and engineering of alternatives to such therapies. Finding better treatments to such dynamical disease requires that we understand the underlying physical principles that govern the normal, and disordered, interactions between elements of the nervous system. I have spent considerable time focusing on the cellular interactions that make up pattern formation in seizures, Parkinson’s disease, and the origin of migraines (spreading depression). I am also deeply involved in learning how to use electrical stimulation to alter such interactions, so that we can design intelligent control algorithms. In human EEG, I have done fundamental work on the signal processing of seizures, discrimination analysis, real time modulation of stimulation based on EEG, and robotic brain-machine interfaces for assistive devices. An area of special focus of mine is in developing the interdisciplinary fusion of Neural Control Engineering. I recently wrote a [[http://www.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:sjs49:neural_control_engineering_book|book]], published by the [[http://www.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:sjs49:neural_control_engineering_book|MIT Press]], exploring this intersection between control engineering and dynamical disease of the brain in much detail. Lastly, with support from a Grace Woodward Grant for Collaborative Research in Engineering and Medicine, and a Clinical Translational Science Institute award, I have begun a number of projects to work on improving the diagnosis and treatment of neurosurgical diseases in [[East Africa|East Africa]]. Improving medical care with the constraints of limited resources, through better engineering and image analysis, is a goal that is of broad utility in both the developing and industrialized countries. Furthermore, the under-recognized impact of infectious diseases on creating diseases of the nervous system that we have treated neurosurgically, such as hydrocephalus and epilepsy, is one that I am devoting increasing effort to. \\ ---- **Penn State Center for Neural Engineering** The [[http://www.esm.psu.edu/cne|Penn State Center for Neural Engineering]], an intercollege center bridging the Colleges of Engineering, Medicine and Science, was Chartered in June, 2007. With Professor [[http://www.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:bjg18:start|Bruce J. Gluckman]] as the Associate Director, the Center occupies 22,000 square feet of space in the [[http://www.huck.psu.edu/about/msc|new Millennium Sciences Complex]], a structure which brings together faculty and laboratories from [[http://www.mri.psu.edu/msc/|Materials]] Science and [[http://www.huck.psu.edu/about/msc|Life Sciences]] at Penn State. With the help of a P30 Research Core Center Grant from NIH in 2009-2010, “Innovations at the Intersection of Neural Engineering, Materials Sci & Medicine”, we have continued to grow and recruit outstanding faculty to the Center. Our present complement in the new facility includes: *[[http://www.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:sjs49:start|Steven J. Schiff]] Director *[[http://www.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:bjg18:start|Bruce J. Gluckman]] Associate Director *[[http://www.pennstatehershey.org/findaprovider/provider/1099|Robert E. Harbaugh]] Director, Penn State Institute of the Neurosciences, University Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Neurosurgery *[[http://www.esm.psu.edu/people/directory/resume.php?id=jat20|Judith A. Todd]] Department Head, P. B. Breneman Chair and Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics *[[http://www.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:csd12:start|Corina Drapaca]], Assistant Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics *[[http://www.huck.psu.edu/people/kda1|Kevin Alloway]], Professor, Neural & Behavioral Science *[[http://www.esm.psu.edu/faculty/Costanzo/|Francesco Costanzo]], Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics *[[http://controlfreaks.mne.psu.edu/index.htm|Sean Brennan]], Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering *[[https://www.phys.psu.edu/~djin/|Dezhe Jin]], Assistant Professor, Physics *[[http://www.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:pjd17:start|Patrick Drew]], Assistant Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics *[[http://www.nuce.psu.edu/Directories/Faculty/Sinha-A.html|Alok Sinha]], Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering *[[http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mabidian/|Mohammad Abidian]], Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering *[[http://www.phys.psu.edu/people/display/index.html?person_id=6418|Mauricio Terrones]], Professor, Department of Physics *[[http://www.bioe.psu.edu/labs/Yang-lab/index.htm|Jian Yang]], Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering *[[http://www.anthro.psu.edu/faculty_staff/richtsmeier.shtml|Joan Richtsmeier]], Professor of Biological Anthropology *[[http://www.anthro.psu.edu/faculty_staff/weiss.shtml|Ken Weiss]], Evan Pugh Professor of Biological Anthropology and Genetics *[[http://www.anthro.psu.edu/faculty_staff/ryan.shtml|Tim Ryan]], Assistant Professor, Biological Anthropology, Geosciences, and Information Sciences and Technology *[[http://www.pennstatehershey.org/web/neurology/research/faculty/-/summarydetaillist/_INSTANCE_v8pX/detail/22147/596429|Xuemei Huang]], Associate Professor of Neurology and Pharmacology *[[http://www.bioe.psu.edu/faculty/Zhang.html|Nanyin Zhang]], Associate Professor of Bioengineering. *[[http://www.aero.psu.edu/jack/|Jack Langelaan]], Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering. ---- Schiff lab [[People]]. ---- **Teaching and Curricula:**\\ New Course Fall 2008, 2009, 2011: {{:research:sjs49:course_description_and_syllabus_-_neural_control_engineering_book_082108.pdf|Neural Control Engineering}} New Course Spring 2009, 2012: {{:research:sjs49:sts_597a_spring_2009_final_010509.pdf|Neuroethics and Neurolaw}} [[http://www.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:cne:phd|New Neural Engineering PhD Track in Engineering Sciences and Mechanics]] [[http://www.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:cne:md-phd|New MD-PhD Track in Engineering Sciences and Mechanics]] ---- **Conferences:**\\ [[conference_on_ethics_of_neural_prosthetics|Implanting Change: The Ethics of Neural Prosthetics 2007]]\\ {{:research:sjs49:first-announcement-iwsp5.pdf|International Workshop on Seizure Prediction, 2011}}\\ [[http://mbi.osu.edu/2012/scientific2012.html|Mathematical Biosciences Institute Neuroscience Year 2012-2013]] ---- **Publications:**\\ [[Scientific Articles Published in Refereed Journals]] | [[Invited Contributions and Reviews]] **Education & Training:**\\ *SB, MIT, 1977\\ *MD, Duke University, 1980\\ *PhD (Physiology, G. Somjen), Duke University, 1985\\ *General Surgery Internship, Duke University, 1981\\ *Neurosurgery Residency, Duke University, 1989\\ *Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1990\\ \\ **Certification:**\\ *Diplomat of the American Board of Neurological Surgery, 1992\\ \\ **Editorial Boards:**\\ *Journal of Computational Neuroscience, Action Editor\\ *Physical Review Letters, Divisional Associate Editor (Biological Physics), 2006-2012\\ *Physical Review X, Editorial Board, 2012-\\ \\ **Recent Funding:** *[[http://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_description.cfm?aid=8211277&icde=14714783&ddparam=&ddvalue=&ddsub=&cr=1&csb=default&cs=ASC|NIH Fogarty International Center and NINDS]], “Neurocognitive outcomes and changes in brain and CSF volume after treatment of post infectious hydrocephalus in Ugandan infants by shunting or ETV/CPC”, PI (multiple with Warf and Kulkarni) *[[http://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_description.cfm?aid=8258411&icde=0|US-German NIH Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS): "Model-Based Control of Spreading Depression", PI]] *[[http://www.cureepilepsy.org/research/2012grantees.asp|Multidiciplinary Award from Citizen's United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE), PI]] *[[http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=614483&mode=2|Pennsylvania Department of Health, Commonwealth Universal Research Enhancement (CURE) Program]], “Defining the Neonatal Septisome and Postinfectious Hydrocephalus”, PI *[[http://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_details.cfm?aid=7856458&icde=2738248|NIH P30 Core Research Center, PI]] *[[http://www.keckfutures.org/nakfinews/2009/telusys.html|National Academies - Keck Futures Initiative, PI]] *[[http://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_details.cfm?aid=7736366&icde=2738334|NIH, R01, Co-Investigator]] *[[http://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_details.cfm?aid=7714811&icde=5120535|The International Epilepsy Electrophysiology Database, Scientific Advisory Board]] *[[http://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_description.cfm?aid=7794594&icde=13194983&ddparam=&ddvalue=&ddsub=&cr=1&csb=default&cs=ASC|NIH Shared Instument Grant, Major User]] *Integra Foundation, "Neural ICU Control Engineering", Co-PI (Harbaugh PI) \\ **Misc:**\\ *Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), 1994\\ *Independent Scientist Awards, National Institutes of Health, 1997, 2003\\ *Listed in 'Guide to America's Top Physicians', 2nd Edition, 2005, published by the Consumers' Research Council of America.\\ *Listed in 'Guide to America's Top Surgeons', 3rd Edition, 2006, published by the Consumers' Research Council of America.\\ *Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2005\\ *Citation: "//For his contributions to the physical and biological understanding and control of the dynamics of neural signals in the brain.//"\\ *Fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (FAANS), 2010\\ *Listed in 'Guide to America's Top Surgeons', 8th Edition, 2011, published by the Consumers' Research Council of America.\\ *Fellow of the The American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2012\\ *Citation: "//For distinguished contributions to the interface of neuroscience, physics, engineering, and medicine, and in particular the applications of control engineering to dynamical diseases of the brain.//"\\ ---- * {{:research:sjs49:tex_grant_templates.zip|TeX Grant Templates}}\\ ---- *Music\\ *[[http://www.nvs.org|Nittany Valley Symphony]], Viola Section *{{:research:sjs49:bach_double_for_viola_and_dog.m4v.zip|Bach Double Concerto for Viola and Dog (Axon)}}\\ \\ [[Start|Home]] | [[Scientific Articles Published in Refereed Journals]] | [[Invited Contributions and Reviews]] | [[People]