Dollars for Profs

Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest

Published Dec. 6, 2019

This database was last updated in December 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. There may be new or amended records not reflected here.

Financial doc
Filing Type

Conflict of Interest

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Daniel Lu

University of California Los Angeles, Department: Neurosurgery

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Disclosed Conflict of Interest with

NeuroRecovery Technologies

Disclosed Value
Listed Reason
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)

Professor Lu will work with Professor Edgerton to oversee the entire project. He will be responsible for all human experiments including performing implantation surgeries and all other medical procedures. He will participate in experimental design and data interpretation of animal experiments to test protocols to be used on human subjects. He will provide medical and scientific guidance for the project and will work with the co-investigators to write progress reports, review and interpret data, plan research strategies, and prepare manuscripts. Professor Lu is a co-inventor of intellectual property that has been licensed to NRT (NeuroRecovery Technology) and will be used as a research tool on this project.

Listed Research Project
Enabling forelimb function with agonist drug and epidural stimulation in SCI

It now seems possible to apply three interventions (epidural stimulation, administration of pharmacological agents, and motor training) to control the excitability of localized neural circuits in humans with a cervical spinal cord injury (SCI), thus enabling these individuals to regain use of their arms and hands. This enabling effect is similar to that observed with improved postural and locomotor function after a mid-thoracic SCI. We will reach critical milestones that will provide the basis for a series of clinical trials for furter defining the efficacy of these interventions.

Filed on May 08, 2014.

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Name Institution Type Company Disclosed Value
Daniel Lu University of California Los Angeles Conflict of Interest NeuroRecovery Technologies Value cannot be readily determined
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