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Julie Dethier is a lead member of the Social Impact and Health Care practices at Boston Consulting Group. Julie has supported global health, public sector, and biopharma company clients on a variety of health care topics. She works with clients on strategy and action planning, portfolio prioritization, private sector engagement, innovation and scale-up support, transformation, and change management.

Julie recently led the development of strategic priorities for pandemic preparedness and response, action planning, and road mapping for an NGO active in global health; led the definition of strategic priorities and assessment of partnership opportunities for a global health foundation; and led the design and implementation process of an R&D prioritization framework for HIV prevention products for an agency of a federal government.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • PhD, biomedical engineering, University of Liege/Princeton University
  • Master's degree, bioengineering, Stanford University
  • Master's degree, biomedical engineering, University of Liege

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Wallonie-Bruxelles International excellence grant for research stay at Princeton University 2014-2015
  • LEAR Foundation Fellowship for research stays in Cambridge University 2013-2014
  • Elected among the Twenty Rising Creative Walloons by TALK magazine 2013
  • Belgian American Educational Foundation Scholarship for master degree at Stanford University 2010
  • Fulbright Honorary Fellowship for master degree at Stanford University 2010
  • Rotary International (District Fellowship) for master degree at Stanford University 2010
  • EVS Broadcast Equipment Award, for best Master’s thesis 2010

Publications and Videos

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Spiking Neural Network Decoder for Brain-Machine Interfaces

Neuromorphic chips may offer power savings, essential for realizing fully-implantable cortically controlled prostheses.
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A Brain-Machine Interface Operating with a Real-Time Spiking Neural Network Control Algorithm

Motor prostheses aim to restore function to disabled patients. Despite compelling proof of concept systems, barriers to clinical translation remain.
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A Positive Feedback at the Cellular Level Promotes Robustness and Modulation at the Circuit Level

Biological rhythms play a major role in the functioning of the brain, but much remains to be understood regarding their control, regulation, and function. This paper explores the role of a positive feedback gating mechanism at the cellular level in activities at the circuit level.