Emilio Bizzi (born February 22, 1933)
is a
neuroscientist and
Institute Professor at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is an investigator of the
McGovern Institute for Brain Research and a faculty member in the
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. He received his MD from the
University of Rome in 1958 and his PhD from the
University of Pisa in 1968. In Pisa, he performed seminal measurements of
brain waves during sleep.
Bizzi joined MIT as a Research Associate in 1966, was appointed Associate Professor in 1969, and
tenured in 1972. He was Director of the Whitaker College of Health Sciences, Technology, and Management between 1983 and 1987 and head of the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences from 1986 to 1997. In 2006, he was elected as President of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
His research focuses on how the
central nervous system translates brain messages signaling motor intent into muscle activation. He also studies how motor control is affected by stroke damage and how computational analysis of motor control can be harnessed to improve rehabilitation methods for
stroke
A stroke is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain causes cell death. There are two main types of stroke: ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and hemorrhagic, due to bleeding. Both cause parts of the brain to stop functionin ...
patients.
References
External links
MIT News Office– Institute Professor press release
Bizzi Lab websiteMIT McGovern Institute website
Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science faculty
Italian emigrants to the United States
University of Pisa alumni
Living people
Sapienza University of Rome alumni
Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
1933 births
Members of the National Academy of Medicine
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