Department of Neurology Research

The Neurology Department at Wake Forest School of Medicine offers a variety of new and innovative research and clinical trials that focus on areas such as:

ALS Research

ALS research at Wake Forest is divided into two equal parts that work together to test promising therapies and develop new ideas about the cause of ALS, which can generate novel treatments.

Learn more about the ALS Center Research Program.

Epilepsy Research

Researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine are studying the impact of epilepsy on attention, memory, learning and behavior in children as well as the relationships between head injuries and seizures and between brain damage and the length, outcome and treatment of epilepsy.

Current Clinical Trials


Current Epilepsy Research Faculty Members

Stroke Research

We strive to further knowledge of strokes and its treatment through basic and clinical research.

Current Clinical Trials


Current Stroke Research Faculty Members

Multiple Sclerosis Research

We strive to further knowledge in multiple sclerosis and its treatment through basic and clinical research.

Current Clinical Trials


Current Multiple Sclerosis Research Faculty Members

  • Emily Pharr, MD

Movement Disorders Research

Movement disorder investigators in the Department of Neurology are performing leading-edge research in Huntington's disease, spasticity and Parkinson’s disease.

Learn more about movement disorder research at Wake Forest.

HIRREM Research

We are also conducting research with High-resolution, relational, resonance-based, electroencephalic mirroring (HIRREM®). This is a novel, noninvasive, closed-loop, electroencephalic-based feedback technology to facilitate relaxation, auto-calibration and self-optimization of neural oscillations by using auditory tones to reflect dominant brain frequencies in near real time.

Learn more about HIRREM Research at Wake Forest.