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Nigel Pedersen

  • Department of Neurology
    Adjunct Assistant Professor
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Overview

Dr. Pedersen is a neuroscientist and neurologist, specializing in clinical epilepsy and in large-scale brain networks in his research. Dr. Pedersen is presently studying the bidirectional relationship between epilepsy and sleep-wake at a neural circuit level.

Dr. Pedersen is board certified in neurology, clinical neurophysiology, and epilepsy. His clinical interest is in epilepsy surgery, intracranial EEG, and electrical stimulation.

Dr. Pedersen studied cognitive science and neuroscience at Flinders University, then undertook medical studies at the University of Sydney, both in Australia. He then completed post-doctoral training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Harvard Medical School, studying the neurobiology of sleep and wakefulness. This was followed by an Internship and Residency at BIDMC and Boston Children's Hospital. Dr. Pedersen then undertook research training at BIDMC while completing clinical neurophysiology, epilepsy, and epilepsy and neurobiology fellowships at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was on faculty at BIDMC and Harvard Medical School before moving to Emory University in 2016, then also obtaining adjunct status in Biomedical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2019. Dr. Pedersen is an active part of the Emory Neuroscience Program, in which he also teaches Cellular Electrophysiology. Dr. Pedersen has been supported by the American Brain Foundation and Americal Academy of Neurology, and has present support from the Woodruff Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and CURE Epilepsy.

See publications on Pubmed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1nyHq7FbqF_k5/bibliography/public/

See present NIH funding (NIH only, other sources not listed):
https://reporter.nih.gov/search/Xs84RVZFR0aKOzbqB60-oQ/projects

Link to lab website:
https://epilepsylaboratory.org

ORCID research page:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8494-0635

Academic Appointment

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech and Emory University
  • Assistant Professor, Neurology, Emory University

Education

Degrees

  • MBBS from University of Sydney
  • BSc - Neuroscience from Flinders University
  • BSc - Cognitive Science from Flinders University

Research

Publications

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