Adam Sachs, M.D., M.A., FRCSC
Dr. Adam Sachs is the Director of Neuromodulation and Functional Neurosurgery at The Ottawa Hospital, Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Neurosurgery, Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute, Associate Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and Adjunct Professor of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University. Prior to medical school, he completed a Bachelor of Science at McGill University in physiology and math, and a Master of Science at York University in applied mathematics researching mechanisms of human edge detection. During his neurosurgery residency at the University of Ottawa he participated in the Clinical Investigator program, performing neurophysiology and brain computer interface research in non-human primates. He was a Clinical Instructor in Functional and Spine neurosurgery at Stanford University from 2010 to 2012, where he was involved in human brain computer interface research.
Chadwick Boulay, M.Sc, Ph.D.
Chad did his doctoral research in brain-computer interfaces and adaptive plasticity in the Wolpaw Lab at the Wadsworth Center, SUNY Albany, NY USA. Chad then moved to Japan for 2 years as a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow where he worked under Junichi Ushiba at Keio University investigating how trained control of brain signals can affect brain structure and function as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation.
Chad joined the lab in December 2013 and is currently a Senior Research Associate. He is working on several projects including investigating how volitional control over pathological brain signals in Parkinson's Disease can affect parkinsonian symptoms, how goals and intentions can be decoded from the cortex and basal ganglia, and how real-time processing of brain signals can improve outcomes of brain surgery.
Vinit K Srivastava, M.Sc, Ph.D.
Vinit joined the lab in January 2016 and is an Affiliate Investigator (Neuroscience) with the OHRI where he is collaborating and assisting with the laboratory's various research activities related to data collection and analysis during brain surgery. Vinit is currently working on applying computational neuroanatomical and brain mapping methodologies for deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrode localization and downstream integration with intraoperative electrophysiological recordings.
Renée Johnston, M.A.Sc.
Renee joined the lab in May 2019, pursuing a PhD in Neuroscience under the supervision of Dr. Adam Sachs and Dr. Jean-Claude Beique. She graduated from Royal Military College with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, followed by a MASc with a focus on Digital Signal Processing. She worked in private and public sector on echo cancellation and IT security. Renee is working on understanding and detecting movement intention in Prefrontal Cortex using signal processing methods in cognitive communication devices.
Rob Doole, M.Sc.
Rob joined the lab in September 2020. He graduated from National Chiao-Tung University in Hsinchu, Taiwan, with a MSc in Biological Science & Technology, where he studied under Dr. Chih-Mao Huang. His research investigated the effect of enculturation on visual processing. Rob completed the Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring graduate certificate program at the Michener Institute in Toronto, Ontario. He is the research coordinator for Sachs Lab as well as a surgical neuromonitorist for deep brain stimulator implantation.
