Made of Steele

Steele knew that his unique life experience and perspective could help when it came to innovating the technology.

n August 2018, Steele joined Contreras-Vidal’s lab as a National Science Foundation Veteran Research Fellow. The following year, he was chosen as a University of Houston and Houston Methodist Research Institute Graduate Fellow In Translational Research. As a result, he also works in the Neuromodulation and Recovery lab led by Dr. Dimitry Sayenko, which is how he met Dr. Amir Faraji, a neurosurgeon.

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