Marcia Bockbrader, Bockbrader, MD PhD

Assistant Professor
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio

Dr. Bockbrader completed PhD and fellowship training in Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University, winning competitive positions as a Mellon Fellow in Humanistic Studies and a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow. She completed her MD and subsequent residency training in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) at The Ohio State University. She then joined the Ohio State physiatric faculty, becoming a Neurorehabilitation Attending at Dodd Hall, Director of PM&R residency research, and Director of Neuromodulation and Human-Machine Interface Programs. She has completed training in noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) through the Berenson-Allen Center for NIBS, the B.R.A.I.N Lab at Ohio State University, and Nexstim. She also completed clinical trials training through the NINDS Clinical Trials Methodology Course (NINDS R25: NS088248).

A board certified physiatrist, with subspecialty certification in Brain Injury Medicine, Dr. Bockbrader has been named one of the best doctors in America in Castle and Connolly's Guide to America's Top Doctors in 2015-2020.

Dr. Bockbrader has published on neurorehabilitation technology and cognitive neuroscience techniques translated for use in clinical populations. Her expertise extends to EEG analysis, visual psychophysics, brain-computer interfaces, functional imaging, and NIBS. She has been a PI or co-PI for clinical trials of navigated rTMS, tDCS, and brain-computer interface technologies in clinical populations. Her research has been featured in publications such as Cell, Nature, and Archives of PM&R as well as in popular media and news outlets, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Scientific American Mind, Popular Mechanics, Wired, NPR, CNN, BBC News, Mashable, HBO Vice, Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s blog on Everyday Health and at SXSW Interactive 2016.