Research

Current Research
The Biophotonics Lab develops optical spectroscopy/imaging for quantification of blood flow, oxygenation and oxygen metabolism in normal and diseased tissues of animals and humans. The motivation is to explore the feasibility of optical-electronic instruments for noninvasive diagnosis of various diseases and longitudinal monitoring of therapies. The goal is to create a strong biophotonics research and teaching program, which vertically integrates optics, electronics, engineering and clinical applications. Research Interests include:

• Development of Biomedical Instruments
o Diffuse optical spectroscopy/imaging
o Multimodality Instrumentation
o Fiber-optic probe design
• Diagnosis of Tissue Disease with Light
o Cancers (e.g. head/neck, breast, prostate)
o Peripheral artery disease (PAD)
o Fibromyalgia disease (FM)
o Stroke
o Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
o Brain/spinal cord injury
o Diabetes
• Assessment of Treatment Effect
o Radiation therapy
o Chemotherapy
o Surgical revascularization
o Photodynamic therapy (PDT)
o Medication
Collaborators
 
• Sibu P. Saha, MD, Professor of Surgery department of Cardiothoracic Surgery.

• Mahesh Kudrimoti, Associate Professor, Director Residency Program Radiation Medicine

• Karin R. Swartz, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, and Sara Salles, Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine

• Don Hayes, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics - Pulmonology

• David Randall, Professor of Physiology

• Charlotte Peterson, Professor and Associate Dean of College of Health Sciences, Leslie J Crofford, Professor of Internal Medicine - Rheumatology

• T. Brock Symons, Assistant Professor, Graduate Center for Gerontology

• Lei Chen, MD,PhD and Michal D. Toborek MD, PhD in Molecular Neuroscience and Vascular Biology Laboratory, Department of Surgery