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Michelle Bravo

Michelle Bravo is publicly named by the Bionics Institute as researcher and engineer. Michelle holds a Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering with Honours (Swinburne University of Technology, 2017), and is a member of our tinnitus research team. Michelle is working to establish an objective measure of tinnitus by recording brain activity, alongside Dr Mehrnaz Shoushtarian. With experience in design, implementation and data collection requirements of clinical trials, Michelle also provides engineering support for a number of our other research projects. This includes the application of abdominal vagus nerve stimulation for Crohn’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis, and the application of non-invasive stimulation to the hands or feet to alleviate motor symptoms associated with Parkinson’s disease.