Arash Mahnan, School of Kinesiology PhD student in movement science and member of the Human Sensorimotor Control Laboratory (HSCL), was busy last week winning $15,000 in a medical innovation competition and presenting his research.

Mahnan received third place in the Emerging Medical Innovation Valuation Competition held April 16 at McNamara Alumni Center as part of the Design of Medical Devices 2019 conference. This competition is a way for researchers and inventors to get immediate feedback about their projects from leaders in medical technology research, engineering and development. The top three presenters are awarded a full valuation from the U’s Medical Industry Valuation Laboratory, which generally charges $15,000 for this service.

On April 18, Mahnan presented at the conference on the development of his device for the treatment of voice disorder spasmodic dysphonia. Mahnan wrote the paper with Kinesiology professor Jürgen Konczak, PhD.

And on April 19, Mahnan presented a poster on the recent work in the HSCL on finding a new treatment for voice disorder spasmodic dysphonia at the 7th Minnesota Neuromodulation Symposium held in Minneapolis.