The Department of Neurosurgery has a significant commitment to research excellence. Each member of the faculty is actively engaged in research and a number of the faculty are recognized leaders in their fields. The faculty in neurosurgery has a broad range of research interests and has successfully established collaborations to address the multidisciplinary questions that face neuroscience. These collaborations have been developed for clinical and basic science research and exist within other clinical departments, basic science disciplines and include significant cross campus interactions with University Park.  Areas of investigation include clinical trials, clinically based research, preclinical and translational. The department has become a national leader in studies on the quality of life both for patients and their care-givers. We also offer a Center for Neural Engineering that leads efforts in the development of novel approaches to brain-computer interfacing.