Small Business funding (SBIR/STTR) for neurological disorders and pain; product development; translational and clinical research; neurotechnology
Dr. Emily Caporello joined the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) in 2019 and is the Director of the NINDS Small Business Program and Program Lead for the NIH HEAL Initiative Small Business Program in Pain Management. Dr. Caporello oversees NINDS Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding. Prior to NINDS, Dr. Caporello co-founded MindX Corporation, where she directed research on the development and translation of brain-computer interface systems for a variety of applications. Dr. Caporello previously supported neurotechnology development during her four years at the Defense Advanced Research Agency (DARPA). She also co-founded CleverPet Inc., which leveraged her work on automated training of complex behavior in animals. Dr. Caporello received her B.S. in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University, and her Ph.D. from the University of California San Diego where she studied cortical auditory processing and attention in songbirds.