Warren Grill, PhD

Warren M. Grill is Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University. He teaches bioelectricity and fundamentals and applications of electrical stimulation. His research includes restoration of bladder function, treatment of movement disorders with deep brain stimulation, electrical stimulation for treatment of pain, mechanisms of transcranial and intracortical stimulation, and vagus nerve stimulation. He has published 290 peer-reviewed journal articles and been awarded 83 US patents. Grill cofounded NDI Pelvic Health which developed a novel approach to treat overactive bladder and was acquired by Medtronic. He is Cofounder, Director, and CSO of DBI, which is commercializing a novel approach to brain stimulation for neurological disorders, and was Chief Scientific Advisor at SPR Therapeutics, developer of a novel PNS treatment demonstrating sustained relief of chronic pain, which was acquired by Medtronic. He serves as a Consultant to the FDA Neurological Devices Panel, Editor in Chief of the Journal of Neural Engineering, and on the editorial boards of Brain Stimulation, Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering, and Neuromodulation. He is a Fellow of AIMBE, BMES, and the NAI, and winner of the NANS Clinical and Basic Science/Engineering Innovator Award in 2023.