Current Members

Angelo H. All, MD, MBA Assistant Professor Division of Neuroscience and Neuroengineering Department of Biomedical Engineering Department of Neurology

I have keen interest in spinal cord research pertaining to post-traumatic recovery. The main focus of my research is assessment of contusion spinal cord injury using Somatosensory and Motor Evoked Potentials, Diffusion Tensor-MRI and motor behavioral studies. My ongoing research includes "human embryonic stem cell and hypothermia treatments in acute spinal cord injury". This is a multi-disciplinary project, with collaborations among the Department of Biomedical Engineering, the Institute for Cell Engineering, and the Department of Neurology. I have also been collaborating with the Department of Neurology and Surgery on other projects such as Traumatic Brain Injury and contribute to a research program on Computer Integrated Surgery.

Anil Maybhate, PhD Post Doctoral Fellow Department of Biomedical Engineering

I am primarily interested in developing new ideas for physiological signal processing for translational research involving animal models as well as patients. In the past I have developed new methods of analysis of EKG/EEG. Of late, I am investigating Somato-sensory/Motor Evoked Potentials (SEP/MEP) in rats with Spinal Cord Injury and ANS dysfunction due to a mass occupying brain lesion modeled by an epidural balloon expansion in rats.

Amir Pourmorteza, MS Ph.D. Candidate Department of Biomedical Engineering

Assessment of Spinal Cord Injury in a Rodent Model using T1&T2, DTI-MRI and image processing

Faith Bazley, BSE M.S.E. Candidate Department of Biomedical Engineering fbazley1@jhu.edu

I am interested in studying SEP and MEP of spinal cord injured rodent models in order to better characterize the injury and to assess various SCI therapies. I plan to develop new signal processing techniques for analyzing this data.

Siddharth Gupta, BS M.S.E. Candidate Department of Biomedical Engineering

Investigation of oligodendrocyte differentiation from pluripotent stem cells; specifically to study the molecular regulators of myelin production in oligodendrocytes and to use such cells for the treatment of demyelinating conditions.

Uma Mohan Undergraduate B.E. Student Department of Biomedical Engineering

Investigation and histological studies in a simpler nervous system: "leeches"

Liye Zhou Undergraduate B.E. Student Department of Biomedical Engineering

Histological studies of spinal cords after injury.

Dia Hazra Undergraduate B.E. Student Department of Biomedical Engineering

Histological studies of spinal cords after injury.

Nikta Pashai, BS Research Assistant Department of Biomedical Engineering

Investigating neural differentiation of pluripotent stem cells and the application of these neural cell types in models of spinal cord injury.