Neuromodulation Network

Committing to advance the understanding and treatment of brain disorders through the integration of neuromodulation research. It aims to foster collaboration among diverse stakeholders—including academia, mental health institutions, industry, and individuals with lived experience—to enhance the application of neuromodulation techniques such as electroconvulsive therapy, vagal nerve stimulation, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, transcranial electric stimulation, and deep brain stimulation.

History

The Neuromodulation Network was established in 2024 and consists of a diverse group of neuromodulation researchers, including a diverse combination of members based on different neurostimulation techniques, academic backgrounds, countries of origin, career stages and gender.

In this technically fast developing field of neuromodulation, we aim to bridge between the various neuromodulation modalities, between pre-clinical and clinical work and across diagnostic categories, with the ultimate aim to fuel interdisciplinary collaborative innovation to improve the efficacy of neuromodulatory treatments for every single patient.

Odile van den Heuvel, the Netherlands.
Core members
Member name Institution City Country
Sara Assecondi University of Trento Trento Italy
Ana Ganho Avila Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Interventions  Coimbra Portugal
Chris Baeken Ghent University Ghent Belgium
Jean-Marie Batail Centre Hospitalier Guillaume Régnier / Rennes University Rennes France
Jovana Bjekic Center for Neuroscience and Neuromodulation / University of Belgrade Belgrade Serbia
Jerome Brunelin Centre Hospitalier Le Vinatier Bron France
Tiago Costa Newcastle University / CNTW NHS Trust Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom
Annemiek Dols University Medical Center Utrecht Utrecht The Netherlands 
Piotr Jażdżyk Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology Warsaw Poland
Astrid Kibleur Université Savoie Mont Blanc Chambery France
Monika Klirova National Institute of Mental Health / Charles University Prague Czechia
Debby Klooster Eindhoven University of Technology Eindhoven The Netherlands
Roel Mocking Amsterdam UMC / University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
Leif Oltedal Haukeland University Hospital / University of Bergen Bergen Norway
Nils Opel University Hospital Jena / German Centre for Mental Health  Jena Germany
Katya Rubia Institute of Psychiatry / King's College London London United Kingdom
Sharmili Edwin Thanarajah Goethe University Frankfurt / University Hospital Frankfurt Germany
Ingo Willuhn Amsterdam UMC / Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience Amsterdam The  Netherlands 
Shell members
Member name Institution City Country
Ralf Berninger FBI Medizintechnik GmbH Taufkirchen Germany
Bart de Beurs patient representative from Amsterdam UMC Amsterdam The Netherlands
Bernardo Dell'Osso University of Milano Milan Italy
Mark Glencorse LivaNova London United Kingdom
Colleen Hamlin BrainsWay; Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem, NC USA
Andrea Kühn Charite University Hospital Berlin Germany
Mika Nikander Sooma Oy Helsinki Finland
Axel Nordenskjold Orebro University Orebro Sweden
Frank Padberg Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich Munich Germany
Stefano Pallanti Institute for Neurosciences Florence Italy
Maria Semkovska University of Southern Denmark Odense Denmark
Pascal Sienaert University Psychiatric Centre KU Leuven Leuven Belgium
Indira Tendolkar Radboudumc Nijmegen The Netherlands
Veerle Visser-Vandewalle University of Cologne Cologne Germany
Allan Young King’s College London London United Kingdom