Christopher Pulliam

Christopher Pulliam, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University's Case School of Engineering and holds an affiliation with the School of Medicine. His research focuses on developing wearable/implantable technologies to objectively assess motor function in neurological injury patients and creating clinical decision support systems for optimizing neurorehabilitation interventions. Key areas include real-world motor recovery monitoring via wearable sensors and predictive modeling of intervention efficacy.

• Affiliations: Case School of Engineering, School of Medicine
• Key Projects: ECAP-based implant monitoring, posture-adaptive stimulation control, AI-driven symptom quantification
• Technologies: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) programming, generative adversarial networks (GANs) for data augmentation, motion sensor-based assessment

His work emphasizes translating engineering solutions into clinical tools, such as automated DBS parameter selection and real-time therapy adjustment systems for Parkinson's disease and essential tremor. Recent innovations include closed-loop systems that dynamically optimize stimulation protocols based on patient posture and neural response metrics.

Grants and collaborations involve Medtronic and Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies, with patents covering AI symptom quantification and ECAP-based lead migration detection. His lab focuses on integrating clinical needs with advanced neurotechnology to address unmet challenges in neurorehabilitation.