Celia Fernandez Brillet

Celia Fernandez Brillet is a third-year PhD Candidate in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In 2020, she completed her BS in Biomedical Engineering at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain), where she graduated with honors at the top of her class and School of Engineering. Additionally, she spent several months studying at other universities around the world sponsored by academic excellence scholarships, including Stanford University, Imperial College London, University of Maryland, and Vrije Universiteit. 

Celia is passionate about bridging the gap between medicine and engineering. She is especially interested in the design of medical devices to interface with the nervous system. In the lab, she is working on extending the functionality of vestibular implants by testing the safety of chronic DC stimulation and exploring stimulation of the otolith end organs. She is also involved in the human clinical trial.

-----------------Honors/Awards-----------------

Fellowship for Postgraduate Studies Abroad, "la Caixa", Madrid, Spain, Jul 2022                                    

-----------------Peer-Reviewed Publications-----------------

Chow M.R., Fernandez Brillet C., Hageman K.N., Roberts D.C., Ayiotis A.I., Haque R.M., Della Santina C.C.. "Binocular 3D otolith-ocular reflexes: responses of chinchillas to natural and prosthetic stimulation after ototoxic injury and vestibular implantation" Journal of Neurophysiology (in press). 05 Apr 2023.

-----------------Presentations/Talks-----------------

Fernandez Brillet, C., Chow, M.R., Ayiotis A.I., Della Santina C.C.. “Vestibular Implant Stimulation Pause Detection Thresholds: Implications for Design of Battery Depletion Alerts.” Design of Medical Devices Conference, Minneapolis, USA, April 2023. 

Fernandez Brillet, C., Chow, M.R., Hageman K.N., Roberts D.C., Ayiotis A.I., Della Santina C.C.. “Vestibular Stimulation Targeting the Utricle and Saccule Partially Restores Otolith-Ocular Reflex in Chinchillas after Intratympanic Gentamicin Injection.” XXXI Bárány Society Meeting, Madrid, Spain, May 2022. 

-----------------Conference Posters-----------------

Fernandez Brillet, C., Roberts, D.C., Della Santina, C.C., Fridman, G.Y.. “Design of a Wearable Separated Interface Nerve Electrode Device for Rodents.” IEEE NER, Baltimore, USA,  April 2023.

Fernandez Brillet, C., Roberts, D.C., Della Santina, C.C., Fridman, G.Y.. “Design of a Wearable Separated Interface Nerve Electrode Device for Rodents.” MN Neuromodulation Symposium, Minneapolis, USA,  April 2023.

Fernandez Brillet, C., Ayiotis, A.I., Rahman, M., Chow, M.R., Della Santina, C.C.. “Vestibular Implant Stimulation Pause Detection Thresholds – Implications for Design of Physiologic Alerts Signaling Battery Depletion.” MN Neuromodulation Symposium, Minneapolis,  USA, April 2022.