Dr. Cha is an established clinical investigator and recognized expert on the clinical features, diagnostic approaches, and potential treatments of Mal de Débarquement Syndrome. A neurotologist, Dr. Cha’s research studies provide significant insights about human brain imaging in MdDS as well as controlled clinical trials to examine the therapeutic effects of neurostimulation. She has been continuously funded by the MdDS Foundation to support her clinical research. Of note, Dr. Cha led a subcommittee of the Bárány Society to develop MdDS Diagnostic Criteria.
Information about her clinical research studies is available at ClinicalTrials.gov. Contact MdDSresearch@umn.edu directly for information.
Findings from Dr. Cha’s clinical investigations have been published in the peer-reviewed literature as follows:
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Executive Director of OMNI
Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience, Dept of Biomedical Sciences Professor, Department of Geriatric Medicine
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Ohio University Athens, Ohio
Under the auspices of lead researcher, Brian Clark, a research study, Development of a Telemedicine Approach for the Treatment of MdDS, was conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine, Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City. Support for this study was provided by donations to the MdDS Foundation.
This collaborative research effort was designed to develop and test a virtual reality (VR)-based device as an effective, portable, and inexpensive means for home treatment of MdDS.
Dr. Clark also received grant support from the MdDS Foundation to enable early clinical studies focused on MdDS. The results of Dr. Clark’s MdDS studies have been published in the peer-reviewed literature as follows:
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Assistant Professor
Neurology
Human Balance Laboratory
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
[Deceased 2019]
In 2012, clinical studies were conducted in the Human Balance Laboratory at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. Support for this clinical research was provided by the National Institutes of Health (Pilot Study on Mal de Debarquement; R21DC012162).
This study was completed and findings published in July 2014.
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Emeritus Professor
Chronic Illness Research Team (CIRT)
School of Psychology
University of East London
London, UK
From 2010 through 2011, the Chronic Illness Research Team (CIRT) at the University of East London conducted three studies to better understand the impact of MdDS on the lives of patients. Findings were published in October 2014.
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