The Duke Center for Neurorestoration is reimaging recovery from brain and spine injury and disease. By translating cutting-edge science into human-centered therapies, we strive to restore function and well-being—unlocking the brain’s resilience and transforming lives.

Redefining Recovery

Brain and spine injuries or diseases such as traumatic brain injury, spinal injury, stroke, or brain tumors can steal the most fundamental parts of life—speech, movement, memory, independence. They disrupt livelihoods, strain families, and erode emotional well-being. Yet with innovation, what was lost can be restored.

The human body has remarkable resilience. By harnessing the power of collaboration between key disciplines, we can create bold, restorative therapies that redefine what’s possible for patients and their families.

With close collaborations between neurosurgery, neurology, psychiatry, neuroradiology, and neuroengineering, Duke is uniquely positioned to be a leader in this space. A top-tier university with world-class expertise across neurosciences, Duke excels at bringing breakthroughs from the laboratory bench to bedside.

With translational research at its core, the Duke Center for Neurorestoration’s goals will focus on:

• Improving functional outcome after stroke and traumatic brain injury
• Neuro-modulation
• Neuro-psychiatry
• Neuro-rehabilitation

Duke University researchers have the distinct advantage of the ability to collaborate with another world-class investigators on the same campus. Here are some of the key faculty collaborators that make up the Duke Center for Neurorestoration.