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Sophie Payne

Sophie Payne is publicly named by the Bionics Institute as head of vagus nerve stimulation centre of excellence. Sophie is Head of Vagus Nerve Stimulation Centre of Excellence (VNS CoE) at the Bionics Institute and is a Principal Research Fellow (honorary) at the University of Melbourne. She completed her PhD in neuroscience at the University of Western Australia (2010-2013), then moved to the University of Melbourne (2013-2015) as a Research Fellow and later to the Bionics Institute (2015-present). Using electricity to alter the activity of the vagus nerve has demonstrated success in the treatment of many human diseases and has led to the establishment of the Vagus Nerve Stimulation Centre of Excellence (VNS CoE).