Kafui Dzirasa on Brain-Computer Interface & Hopes to Cure Psychiatric Illness

2021 One Mind Rising Star Awardee, Sarah Stern sits down with fellow Rising Star Awardee from 2013, Kafui Dzirasa to discuss the work and research that Dr. Dzirasa’s lab is conducting with brain-computer interface (brain-machine interface) and with studying resilience in hopes to not only prevent but ultimately be able to cure serious mental illnesses (SMI).

On this episode of One Scientist’s Mind, which features conversations with brain health scientists and mental health experts, Sarah Stern, PHD, of Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience interviews Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PHD, of Duke University School of Medicine. Watch this video to hear more from these two One Mind Rising Star Awardess as they cover a range of topics, from how technology is being used to further brain health research, to curing SMI, to the successes and challenges of animal research, and more.