Cambridge NeuroWorks and PolyU PAIR Joint Seminar: The Neural Code of Speech
Cambridge NeuroWorks and Hong Kong PolyU PAIR Joint Seminar Series
We’ve joined forces with the PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research (PAIR) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University to deliver a series of online seminars in neuroscience.
The inaugural seminar with Prof. Edward CHANG of University of California San Francisco, United States, will deliver “The Neural Code of Speech”. Opening remarks will be delivered by Professor Sir John Aston, the Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research at the University of Cambridge.
We will also have short presentations from Cambridge NeuroWorks Frontier Fellow, Jonathan Fisher and alumni Lucy Jung.
Prof. Edward CHANG
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
Member of the National Academy of Medicine, USA
Joan and Sanford Weill Chair of Neurological Surgery
Margaret Liu Collins and Edward B. Collins Distinguished Professor in Neurological Surgery
Co-Director, Centre for Neural Engineering and Prostheses
University of California San Francisco
Edward F. Chang is the Joan and Sanford Weill Chair of Neurological Surgery and Margaret Liu Collins and Edward B. Collins Distinguished Professor in Neurological Surgery at the University of California San Francisco.
Dr. Chang’s clinical expertise is surgical therapies for epilepsy, pain, and brain tumors. He specializes in advanced neurophysiologic brain mapping methods, including awake speech and motor mapping, to safely perform neurosurgical procedures in eloquent areas of the brain.
His research focuses on the discovery of cortical mechanisms of high-order neurological function in humans. Dr. Chang’s laboratory has demonstrated the detailed functional organization of the human speech cortex and has translated those discoveries towards the development of a speech neuroprosthetic device to restore communication for people living with paralysis.
Dr. Chang is the 2015 Blavatnik National Laureate in Life Sciences and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine, USA, in 2020 and the National Academy of Sciences, USA, in 2025.
