Developing Closed Loop Systems for Control of Motor Brain Computer Interfaces
Help develop a novel system for closed loop control of brain computer interfaces in the operating room
Research in Health Equity in Nephrology
I conduct research focused on 1) disparities in access to home dialysis, 2) training/leadership capacity building in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and 3) health policy in kidney disease. If you are interested in qualitative research or mixed-methods studies, please feel free to reach out and we can explore what opportunities might exist.
Pediatric Gastrointestinal (GI) Motility Disorders
My key interests include gastroparesis, gastric electric stimulation, Intestinal pseudoobstruction, swallowing disorders, constipation, cecostomy, sacral nerve stimulation, rumination, gastroesophageal reflux, Hirschsprung's disease, gastrointestinal motility diseases, rumination, and other functional disorders. I have special clinical expertise in managing patients in multidisciplinary settings and had an active role in developing both aerodigestive and colorectal multidisciplinary teams.
Since my pediatric GI fellowship training at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, my clinical and research activities have been focused on motility and functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. In my prospective clinical trials, I evaluated GI physiology as well as investigated the pathophysiology of functional GI disorders, specifically the changes in gastric accommodation and compliance after fundoplication, and clinical outcomes after gastric electric stimulation and sacral nerve stimulation. I pioneered the gastric electric stimulation in pediatrics at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in collaboration with our pediatric surgeon and the motility team. We just reported the 10-year experience in pediatric gastric electric stimulation. Most recently, I have pioneered in applying Body Surface Gastric Mapping (BSGM) to pediatric clinical research at CHOP.
Hogan Lab: mRNA vaccines and immunology
Our scientific focus is to understand the determinants of protective immunity to viral infections and apply these lessons to improve vaccine design. We believe that the best way to accomplish this mission is by providing high-quality mentoring to talented scientists in a supportive environment.
Emotion and Neurodiversity Laboratory
The Emotion and Neurodiversity Laboratory studies how neurotypical and neurodivergent individuals understand and experience their emotions. Autistic children and adolescents experience anxiety and depression at much higher rates than the neurotypical population, for reasons we do not fully understand. Our studies leverage cognitive neuroscience to address this problem - by identifying possibile linkages, and points of divergence, between the neurobiology of autism, and that of anxiety and mood disorders. Our research also examines how anxiety and depression may appear fundamentally differently among autistic individuals, and in ways that may be difficulty to detect. A further goal of this research is to identify whether many of the behaviors and neurobiological profiles traditionally associated with autism may be better understood in terms of emotion processes, as opposed to more traditional, deficit-based models of social difficulty.
Cancer Immunology and T-cell biology
Member of the Abramson cancer center with a research focus on T-cell biology as related to immunotherapies and allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
Genetics of liver metabolism and cardiometabolic diseases
Investigating the impact of human genetics on liver metabolism and effects on steatotic liver disease, Type 2 Diabetes, and Alzheimer's Disease.
Neonatology Infection Research
I am a neonatologist and clinical investigator. My group conducts clinical and translational research focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of neonatal infection.
Synthesis of Molecular Probes for Bioimaging Applications
labs interests: synthetic chemistry, Bioimaging probe development
Breast Radiology -- Innovations in Technology, Health Equity, and Global Health
Opportunities to address new technology, innovations in artificial intelligence, efforts to address health disparities are available depending upon the interest of the applicant within breast radiology, centered at Pennsylvania Hospital.