Education:
Dartmouth College
Biomedical Engineering major
B.A., 2015
University of Minnesota
Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program
Ph.D., 2024
Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College
Engineering Sciences major, Biomedical Engineering minor
B.E., 2016
M.S., 2017
MSTP Student Governance:
- Student Advisory Committee 2018-2019
- Student Admissions and Recruitment Committee, 2020-2023
Thesis Advisor: Matthew Johnson, Ph.D.
Publications (pubmed)
Butler RD, Brinda AK, Blumenfeld M, Bryants MN, Grund PM, Pandey SR, Cornish CKS, Sullivan D, Krieg J, Umoh M, Vitek JL, Almeida L, Orcutt T, Cooper SE, Johnson MD. Differentiating Postural and Kinetic Tremor Responses to Deep Brain Stimulation in Essential Tremor. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2024 Nov 7. Online ahead of print.
Ikramuddin SS, Brinda AK, Butler RD, Hill ME, Dharnipragada R, Aman JE, Schrock LE, Cooper SE, Palnitkar T, Patriat R, Harel N, Vitek JL, Johnson MD. Active contact proximity to the cerebellothalamic tract predicts initial therapeutic current requirement with DBS for ET: an application of 7T MRI. Front Neurol. 2023 Nov 9;14:1258895. PMCID: PMC10666159
Brinda A, Slopsema JP, Butler RD, Ikramuddin S, Beall T, Guo W, Chu C, Patriat R, Braun H, Goftari M, Palnitkar T, Aman J, Schrock L, Cooper SE, Matsumoto J, Vitek JL, Harel N, Johnson MD. Lateral cerebellothalamic tract activation underlies DBS therapy for Essential Tremor. Brain Stimul. 2023 Mar-Apr;16(2):445-455. PMCID: PMC10200026
Work prior to the UMN MSTP:
Kokko MA, Abdel MP, Berry DJ, Butler RD, Van Citters DW. A retrieval analysis perspective on revision for infection. Arthroplast Today. 2019 Aug 6;5(3):362-370. PMCID: PMC6728442
Butler RD, Halter RJ. Gauging electrical properties of bone with a bioimpedance-sensing drill. Physiol Meas. 2019 Jan 18;40(1):01NT01.
