“The goal is to move the needle a lot. Every single time. And if you can do that, you can make huge advances in neuroscience and medicine that aren’t just incremental.”
Bashar Badran, PhD
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About Bashar Badran
Dr. Bashar Badran is a neuroscientist, associate professor of psychiatry, and directs the Neuro-X Lab and the Computational Brain Imaging Core at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Badran’s Neuro-X lab is a multidisciplinary neuromodulation, engineering, and innovation laboratory that fosters an environment of neurotechnology and innovation to begin addressing complex medical and neuropsychiatric disorders. He is the inventor and co-founder of Zendo, a neuromodulation device for meditation enhancement, and has been invovled in pioneering several new technologies and startups including: BabyStrong, a new feeding system for newborns; MAAVNS, an intelligent closed-loop neuromodulation platform for post-stroke motor rehabilitation, and brain stimulation platforms for zero gravity environments.
Notable Work
Neuro-X Lab
The Neuro-X Lab was founded and directed by Bashar Badran. Neuro-X Lab is an internationally recognized multidisciplinary neuromodulation, engineering, and innovation laboratory housed within the Department of Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Zendo
Zendo was designed and co-created by Bashar Badran and Baron Short. Zendo is an intelligent, bioelectronic headband that quickly quiets your mind and calms your body. It’s the world’s first and only meditation assistance device made to make meditation easier.
Specialization
Brain Research
Understanding how brain stimulation and brain-computer interfaces can interact with the brain to produce meaningful changes in the brain and body.
Product and Device Development
Creating consumer electronics and medical devices aimed at improving human health, wellness and performance.
Neuroscience Advisory
Expertise provided to start-ups and Fortune 500 companies creating new hardware and software products.
Philanthropy
Working with nonprofits and foreign governments to advance science in developing nations through the creation of free, in-person hands-on and didactic programing.
Fundraising
Secured over $20 million in NIH and investor funding for advancing brain research and creating new companies.
“The time is now for the creation and advancement of neruotechnology to improve the lives of millions of global citizens.”