Dr. Damian Herz

Dr. Herz is a clinician-scientist working primarily with people with Parkinson’s disease who are treated with deep brain stimulation. His main research focus is how decision-making and movement are controlled in the basal ganglia and how this can be modulated through adaptive deep brain stimulation approaches.

Dr. Herz received his M.D. (summa cum laude) at the University of Cologne, Germany, and conducted his Neurology training in Copenhagen, Denmark. He completed a Ph.D. at the University of Copenhagen and conducted two postdoctoral fellowships, supported by the ERC Marie Sklodowska-Curie program and the Danish Independent Research Fund, at the Unit with Professor Peter Brown.

Damian continues to closely collaborate with the MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit.