Kathleen E. Cullen is an American–Canadian biomedical engineer and neuroscientist. She is known for her work combining computational and systems neuroscience to understand how the brain encodes and processes self-motion (vestibular) information to ensure the maintenance of balance and stable perception. Her research also focuses on extending this knowledge to further advance the development of novel diagnostic tools, treatments, training, and rehabilitative strategies for patients. Cullen is a professor of biomedical engineering, neuroscience, otolaryngology, and head and neck surgery at

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. She is the co-director of the Center for Hearing and Balance at the Whiting School of Engineering and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She is also the president-elect for the Society for the Neural Control of Movement.

Education

Cullen completed a B.S. degree in neuroscience and biomedical engineering at

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in 1984 and a Ph.D. at the

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in 1991 with Robert A. McCrea and Jay M. Goldberg.

Career

Cullen was a postdoctoral fellow at the Montreal Neurological Institute of McGill University from 1991 to 1993. In 1994, she joined the Department of Physiology at

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as an assistant professor, with concurrent appointments in Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, and Otolaryngology. She became an associate professor in 2000 and a full professor in 2006. While at McGill, Cullen is also director of McGill's Aerospace Medical Research Unit and on the Scientific Advisory Board of the NASA-associated National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI, USA). In 2016, Cullen moved to Johns Hopkins University, where she is currently a professor in biomedical engineering and maintains joint appointments in the Departments of Neuroscience and Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery.

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