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Graduate Schools :
Department: University of Colorado - Denver
Graduate Schools :
- MS, Tulane University (2007)
- PhD, Tulane University (2011)
- BSE, Tulane University (LA) (2003)
- University of Vermont Program, Pulmonary Bioengineering
Department: University of Colorado - Denver
Professional Titles
- Assistant Professor, Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
- Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Research Interests
The overarching goal of my research is to quantify the microscale fluid-mechanical forces that cause lung injury in order to predict optimal patient-specific lung-protective mechanical ventilation. Mechanical ventilation is a necessary life-saving intervention in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, the pressures and flows of ventilation cause ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) through the fluid-mechanical forces that occur during the collapse and reopening of alveoli and airways (atelectrauma), parenchymal overdistension (volutrauma), and the inflammatory response (biotrauma). VILI instigates a positive feedback mechanism of injury and altered alveolar micromechanics and, as such, preventing VILI is a key step in reducing the approximately 40% mortality associated with ARDS. Since ARDS affects approximately 200,000 patients per year in the United States my research has significant life-saving potential.
Teaching
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Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
(2020)
College of Engineering and Applied Science, Unknown
General Information
Graduate Schools:
- MS, Tulane University (2007)
- PhD, Tulane University (2011)
Undergraduate Schools:
- BSE, Tulane University (LA) (2003)
Fellowships:
- University of Vermont Program, Pulmonary Bioengineering (0001)
Languages: English
Department: University of Colorado - Denver