Melanie Boly
Position title: Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Email: boly@neurology.wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263 6400
Department:
Neurology
Education:
M.D., University of Liege, Liege, Wallonia, Belgium
Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences, University of Liege, Liege, Wallonia, Belgium
Residency in Neurology, University of Liege, Liege, Wallonia, Belgium
Residency in Neurology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
Research Description:
I have worked more than fifteen years in the field of altered states of consciousness such as vegetative state, sleep and anesthesia. My research aims at combining neuroimaging techniques such as PET, functional MRI, TMS-EEG, and high density EEG to a theoretical framework, the Integrated Information Theory of Consciousness, hoping to uncover the neural mechanisms of the level and contents of consciousness in healthy subjects and neurological patients. My long–term goal is to improve population wellbeing and the care of patients with neurological diseases through a better mechanistic understanding of consciousness and its disorders.
Research Key Words:
Consciousness, Neuroimaging Methods, Sleep, Epilepsy, Coma, Neurological Diseases