Featured Researchers

Researchers

The vagus nerve stimulation evidence catalogued here draws on published work from thousands of scientists worldwide. These are 34 frequently-cited researchers whose catalogued studies you can explore directly — following the science from a condition, to a study, to the people behind it.

Peijing Rong

Depression · Sleep · Metabolic

Mark S. George

Depression · Neuroimaging · Anxiety

Jiliang Fang

Depression · Sleep · Neuroimaging

Bruno Bonaz

Gut Health · Inflammation

Omer T. Inan

PTSD · Addiction · Stress & Performance

Jian Kong

Depression · Migraine · Pain

Viola Vaccarino

PTSD · Addiction · Inflammation

Amit J. Shah

PTSD · Addiction · Inflammation

Charles R. Conway

Depression

Harold A. Sackeim

Depression

Felipe Fregni

Pain · Long COVID · Fibromyalgia

Jesse Dawson

Stroke Rehabilitation

J. Douglas Bremner

PTSD · Addiction · Inflammation

Ziad Nahas

Depression · Neuroimaging · Anxiety

Stavros Stavrakis

Heart Health · Inflammation · Heart Failure

A. John Rush

Depression

Paul Boon

Epilepsy · Safety · Cognitive Function

Navzer D. Engineer

Stroke Rehabilitation · Tinnitus

Teresa J. Kimberley

Stroke Rehabilitation

Sonia Pellissier

Gut Health · Inflammation

Bashar W. Badran

Depression · Anxiety · Stroke Rehabilitation

Michael P. Kilgard

Tinnitus · Stroke Rehabilitation · PTSD

Kristl Vonck

Cognitive Function · Epilepsy · Multiple Sclerosis

Kevin Pacheco-Barrios

Pain · Long COVID · Fibromyalgia

Mathias Weymar

Cognitive Function · PTSD · Alzheimer's Disease

Kevin J. Tracey

Inflammation · Pain · Gut Health

Scott T. Aaronson

Depression

Steven C. Cramer

Stroke Rehabilitation

Arshad Majid

Stroke Rehabilitation · Epilepsy

Lauren B. Marangell

Depression · Bipolar Disorder

Peter J. Goadsby

Cluster Headache · Migraine

Ali Veysel Özden

Pain · Fibromyalgia · Sports Recovery

Fioravante Capone

Parkinson's Disease · Neuroplasticity · Stroke Rehabilitation

Vitaly Napadow

Gut Health · Pain · Neuroimaging

Inclusion reflects publication volume in this database, not endorsement. Researchers are matched by name from catalogued study metadata; where a name is ambiguous we omit it rather than risk conflating distinct people.