Michelle LaPlaca

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Michelle C. LaPlaca

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Biography

Georgia Institute of Technology - Biomedical



Experience

  • Georgia Institute of Technology

    Associate Professor

    Department of Biomedical Engineering, a joint department between the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech and the School of Medicine at Emory University

  • Georgia Institute of Technology

    Director, Neurotrauma and Translational Bioengineering Laboratory

    Part of the Laboratory for Neuroengineering at Georgia Tech / Emory, my research group includes graduate students, undergraduate students, postdocs, and research technicians. We study traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, neural cell injury, and cognition as they relate to biomechanics, acute injury mechanisms, repair strategies, biomarkers, drug screening, and assessment tools for clinical screening and rehabilitation.

  • University of Pennsylvania

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Department of Neurosurgery

  • Brain Injury Association of Georgia (BIAG)

    The Brain Injury Association of Georgia (BIAG) is a nonprofit organization that supports survivors of brain injury (both traumatic and acquired) and their caretakers by offering programs, resource referrals, education, and advocacy. BIAG is dedicated to supporting all ages of Georgians with a brain injury, including concussion, and to promote awareness. For more information visit: https://braininjurygeorgia.org/.

Education

  • University of Pennsylvania

    Ph.D.

    Bioengineering

  • University of Pennsylvania

    Postdoctoral Fellow


    Department of Neurosurgery

  • The Catholic University of America

    B.S.

    Biomedical Engineering