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Kara Johnson, PhD @karaannjohnson.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

BME at the University of Utah has an opening for a tenure-track faculty position focused on biomedical imaging! I'd love to see some strong applications in neuroimaging come through 😎 Also happy to chat about my experience as new faculty here! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/196...

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Assistant/Associate/Professor in Biomedical Imaging

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Kara Johnson, PhD @karaannjohnson.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Preprint 🚨 Could ERNA be a potential biomarker to guide pallidal DBS for dystonia? We investigated in a small cohort (N=8 patients) and found ERNA predicted the therapeutic contact with ~90% accuracy, and ERNA frequency may be related to alpha power + cervical dystonia severity. Read more here:

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Pallidal evoked resonant neural activity as a biomarker for deep brain stimulation in dystonia

Background Deep brain stimulation (DBS) targeted to the globus pallidus (GP) can effectively alleviate dystonia symptoms. However, identifying optimal therapeutic stimulation parameters is challenging...

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Kara Johnson, PhD @karaannjohnson.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Thanks for the shoutout, Andy! Congrats on your amazing talk and award this morning as well 👏 #BrainStimConf

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Kara Johnson, PhD @karaannjohnson.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I’m so thrilled to finally share the news of my NIH NINDS K99/R00 Pathway to Independence award!!! 🎉💃🏼 Long awaited and a little beam of light amidst the chaos and impending doom 😅 Words cannot express how much this opportunity to launch the next phase of my career means to me. A few notes below...

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Andreas Horn @andreashorn.org · 16/12/2024

Is it critical to stimulate @ndosenbach.bsky.social's SCAN and CON networks for clinical improvements of Tourette's patients that undergo DBS? Carlos Baldermann says yes in a cool new paper out in @natureportfolio.bsky.social comms today! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Katharine (Katie) Dunlop @katharinedunlop.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Inspired by @ariellekeller.bsky.social and created a Starter Pack for those who zap brains! ⚡Let me know if you'd like to be added! go.bsky.app/9MnSuJ6

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Kara Johnson, PhD @karaannjohnson.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

👋🏼 I’m a biomedical engineer and currently a postdoc at Univ of Florida! I love all things deep brain stimulation 🧠⚡️ and identifying neuroimaging and neurophysiological markers to guide neuromodulation therapies for psychiatric and movement disorders. Happy to be here and connect with everybody!!

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