The UMH participates in a project to train doctors in neural prostheses and brain research

ALICANTE, 11 Ene. (EUROPE PRESS) -

The Miguel Hernández University (UMH) of Elche (Alicante) participates in the European project 'European Doctoral Network of Neuroprostheses and Brain Research' (DONUT, for its acronym in English) to train ten researchers in the field of neural prostheses and brain research.

The academic institution has indicated in a statement that brain-computer interfaces can help in rehabilitation after a stroke or in the early detection of Alzheimer's, among many other applications.

For this reason, the project - funded by the European Commission - addresses different challenges related to brain-computer interfaces, a "growing" field of neurotechnology and in which the UMH has expert teaching staff and researchers.

Through the education and training of ten future doctors, the DONUT project aims to advance different neurotechnological applications. For example, in improving the quality of life of patients with locked-in syndrome and in the development of new brain interfaces to control exoskeletons for rehabilitation after stroke.

Also, in the improvement of commercial products based on brain-computer interfaces and electroencephalography; and in the early and non-invasive detection of Alzheimer's.

Within the UMH, this project is led by professor and director of the Brain-Machine Interface Systems Lab, José Mª Azorín. His laboratory is focused on the development of new systems based on non-invasive brain interfaces for the control of lower limb robotic exoskeletons.

In addition, professors Eduardo Ibáñez and Mario Ortiz participate, who, like Professor José Mª Azorín, belong to the Elche Engineering Research Institute of the UMH.

The project, which began on January 1, 2024 and will last four years, brings together a consortium of seven universities and eight companies, belonging to eight different countries.

In addition to UMH, the following academic institutions participate: Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences (Germany), Radboud University (Netherlands), KU Leuven (Belgium), Aarhus University (Denmark), Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania) and Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovakia).