Fatma Inanici, PhD
| Title: | Research Assistant Professor |
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| Division: | Research |
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Fatma Inanici, MD, PhD, is a research faculty at the University of Washington, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. Dr. Inanici served as a physician-scientist until 2013 and has been focusing solely on research since then. Dr. Inanici develops innovative and novel treatment strategies in neurorehabilitation, mainly using electrical spinal cord stimulation. Her work aims to restore function, improve independence, and promote the participation of people with movement disorders through a combination of rehabilitation principles, neuroplasticity, and neural engineering practices. Currently, her research interests include non-invasive electrical spinal cord stimulation to restore sensorimotor function in people with spinal cord injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and chronic pain.
Education and training
- University of Washington, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2023
- Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2020
- University of Washington, Rehabilitation Science, PhD, 2019
- Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency, 1996
- Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, MD, 1990
Research Interests
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Pain
- Stroke