Biography:
Professor Hu was the founding member and head of Division of Translational Neuroscience. His research has extended from the fundamental science such as thalamocortical auditory cueing network, axonal mechanism of deep brain stimulation and dormant neuron model of autism, to technology innovations and social engineering. He has led three large-scale, public funded and million-dollar translational international programs that developed 2nd Generation wearable system and digital health platforms for the diagnosis, treatment and telehealth of Parkinson’s disease and other neurological disorder (known as Ambulosono-ACSCON project). Current research interests include: 1) Technological and social platforms for facilitating evidence-based trials of non-pharmaceutical interventions, 2) Re-thinking the role of multi-domain exercise and cognitive training in modifying motor and cognitive decline in neurodegenerative diseases and 3) Neurobiological circuits and system underlying music-induced paradoxical movement in PD.
