Carolina Center for Neurostimulation

03/17/2026

Join us for The Rhythmic Forum, a unique lunchtime event exploring the connection between music and neuroscience.

April 14 • 12:00 PM • UNC School of Medicine Roper Hall

Presented by the Carolina Center for Neurostimulation in the UNC Department of Psychiatry, directed by Dr Flavio Frohlich, this event brings together live music, real-time brainwave activity, and conversation at the intersection of music, research, and community.

What to expect:
- Live musical performances with real-time brainwaves projected on the screen
- Short performances exploring connections between rhythm in music, the brain, and mental health
- A panel discussion and audience Q&A with musicians, mental health professionals, and members of the CCN Community Advisory Board

Experience how rhythm, sound, and the brain connect, and how this work is opening new ways to understand the mind and mental health.

Please register via the link - https://lnkd.in/eUkkmCHF

We hope you’ll join us!

Performers:
I AM SOTERIA and Shawn Sims, David Scott Binanay, Potz Panz n Handz, Athena Stein

Partners:
Carolina Performing Arts, UNC School of Medicine, UNC Psychiatry, David Scott Binanay: The Violin Consultant Group

Panelists:
Maryrose Nieman Nelson, Twala Coleman, Sophie Suberman, Flavio Frohlich, and performers. See less

08/04/2023

The Carolina Center for Neurostimulation is recruiting research participants aged 50 and older for a study exploring memory, sleep, and aging in older adults. If you are not diagnosed with a neurological, psychiatric, or sleep disorder, you may qualify to participate in a pilot research study investigating the use of non-invasive, weak electrical current to stimulate memory formation and improve memory recall in adults. https://redcap.link/CHARGE

You are not eligible if…
• You are younger than 50 years of age
• You have hearing aids or any other implanted device or metal in your head
• You have a cardiac pacemaker
• You are experiencing an alcohol use disorder
• You are not willing to abstain from alcohol at least 24 hours before each study visit
• You have, at any point in your life, been told by a healthcare provider that you have a neurologic disease
• You have had brain surgery of any kind
• You have, at any point in your life, been told by a healthcare provider that you have a psychiatric disease
• You have been told by a healthcare provider that you have a pulmonary, cardiac, liver, or kidney condition.
• You work or have worked night shifts in the last three months
• You regularly go to bed after midnight or have often done so within the last three months
• You have used psychotropic treatment medicines or recreational drugs within the last three months
• You have had any past adverse reactions to TMS

What will happen next:
By clicking the link, you will be taken to a brief online survey to collect some information about your eligibility and how to contact you. We will review the submitted information which will get added to a secure database so we can contact you in case you are potentially eligible to participate in our study. You can contact us anytime if you would like your information to be removed from our database.

Contact us:
Charge@med.unc.edu
Location: Carolina Center for Neurostimulation
1st Floor, 100 Market Street,
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
IRB 23-0597

If you have questions or concerns about your rights as a research subject, you may contact the UNC Institutional Review Board at 919-966-3113 or by email to IRB_subjects@unc.edu

02/06/2023

The Carolina Center for Neurostimulation is currently enrolling participants for several clinical research trials of novel experimental treatments for depression. Click the link to leave your information so that we can contact you if you are potentially eligible for one of our studies. https://bit.ly/CCNRegistry22

Who is eligible?
Ages 18-99
Anyone interested in learning more about our depression clinical research studies.

What will happen next:
By clicking the link, you will be taken to a brief online survey to collect some information about your mental health and how to contact you. We will review the submitted information which will get added to a secure database so we can contact you in case you are potentially eligible to participate in one of our studies. You can contact us anytime if you would like your information to be removed from our database.

Contact us:
ccn@med.unc.edu

Location: Carolina Center for Neurostimulation
Dawson Hall Suite 170
77 Vilcom Center Drive
Chapel Hill, NC

IRB 22-1407

If you have questions or concerns about your rights as a research subject, you may contact the UNC Institutional Review Board at 919-966-3113 or by email to IRB_subjects@unc.edu

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02/06/2023

The Carolina Center for Neurostimulation is currently enrolling participants for several clinical research trials of novel experimental treatments for depression. Click the link to leave your information so that we can contact you if you are potentially eligible for one of our studies. https://bit.ly/CCNRegistry21

Who is eligible?
Ages 18-99
Anyone interested in learning more about our depression clinical research studies.

What will happen next:
By clicking the link, you will be taken to a brief online survey to collect some information about your mental health and how to contact you. We will review the submitted information which will get added to a secure database so we can contact you in case you are potentially eligible to participate in one of our studies. You can contact us anytime if you would like your information to be removed from our database.

Contact us:
ccn@med.unc.edu

Location: Carolina Center for Neurostimulation
Dawson Hall Suite 170
77 Vilcom Center Drive
Chapel Hill, NC

IRB 22-1407

If you have questions or concerns about your rights as a research subject, you may contact the UNC Institutional Review Board at 919-966-3113 or by email to IRB_subjects@unc.edu

The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.

08/14/2022

We are now recruiting for an at-home non-invasive brain stimulation study for people with depression. Contact us at mood_study@unc.edu for details. We look forward to hearing from you!

If you are depressed, you may qualify for participation in one of our ongoing clinical trials of non-invasive neurostimulation for the treatment of depression. All of our research studies are...

01/31/2022

The Carolina Center for Neurostimulation strives to simultaneously meet the rising needs of patients, clinicians, and researchers eager to explore neurostimulation treatment modalities.