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Using non-invasive sensory stimulation, she is translating these discoveries from rodents to humans to pioneer radically new treatments for disease.\r\n\r\nDr. Singer is a Packard Fellow, Kavli Fellow, and recipient of the National Academy of Engineering\u2019s Gilbreth Lectureship, the Society for Neuroscience\u2019s Janett Rosenberg Trubatch Career Development Award, and the American Neurological Association\u2019s Derek Denny-Brown Young Neurological Scholar Award. Her discoveries have inspired more than 20 clinical trials of brain stimulation across multiple diseases and have been featured on PBS, Nature News, Quanta Magazine, The New York Times, Radiolab, and multiple documentaries. 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