Kara Johnson, PhD
@karaannjohnson.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in BME & Neurosurgery @utah.edu | Former Postdoc
@UF | @NIH_NINDS K99/R00 | Neuromodulation 🧠⚡️ + Neuroimaging + Psychiatry + Movement Disorders
@UF | @NIH_NINDS K99/R00 | Neuromodulation 🧠⚡️ + Neuroimaging + Psychiatry + Movement Disorders
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New BME Faculty, Dr. Kara A Johnson, ignites a neurological spark with her shared Neurosurgery joint appointment. - Biomedical Engineering | University of Utah
www.bme.utah.edu
I'm thrilled to share that I will be starting as an Assistant Professor at @utah.edu in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Neurosurgery @uofuneurosurgery.bsky.social in January 2026! 1/
I'm thrilled to share that I will be starting as an Assistant Professor at @utah.edu in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Neurosurgery @uofuneurosurgery.bsky.social in January 2026! 1/
New BME Faculty, Dr. Kara A Johnson, ignites a neurological spark with her shared Neurosurgery joint appointment. - Biomedical Engineering | University of Utah
www.bme.utah.edu
December 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I'm thrilled to share that I will be starting as an Assistant Professor at @utah.edu in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Neurosurgery @uofuneurosurgery.bsky.social in January 2026! 1/
Excited to share our article on pallidal ERNA in dystonia has been published in Movement Disorders! doi.org/10.1002/mds....
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Excited to share our article on pallidal ERNA in dystonia has been published in Movement Disorders! doi.org/10.1002/mds....
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:
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...
www.medrxiv.org
August 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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:
Thanks for the highlight @andrewpines.bsky.social!!
Super cool talk by @karaannjohnson.bsky.social showing how evoked resonant neural activity (ERNA) can be used to guide DBS localization, direction, and (possibly even) more!
February 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Thanks for the highlight @andrewpines.bsky.social!!
Thanks for the shoutout, Andy! Congrats on your amazing talk and award this morning as well 👏 #BrainStimConf
Great talk as always by @karaannjohnson.bsky.social complementing insights about ERNA in GPi DBS and dystonia.
February 25, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Thanks for the shoutout, Andy! Congrats on your amazing talk and award this morning as well 👏 #BrainStimConf
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...
February 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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...
Reposted by Kara Johnson, PhD
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...
Carlos Baldermann says yes in a cool new paper out in @natureportfolio.bsky.social comms today!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 16, 2024 at 6:55 PM
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...
Carlos Baldermann says yes in a cool new paper out in @natureportfolio.bsky.social comms today!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Kara Johnson, PhD
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!
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November 17, 2024 at 7:35 PM
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
go.bsky.app/9MnSuJ6
👋🏼 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!!
November 17, 2024 at 11:10 PM
👋🏼 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!!