Department Research Faculty
Markus Amann, PhD, MS
Research Interests
- Neural control of circulation and breathing
- Cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology
- Etiology of central nervous system fatigue
- Exercise tolerance and neuromuscular fatigue in health & disease
Lara Brewer, PhD, MS
Research Interests
- Clinical decision support and alarm systems for patient monitoring
- Pharmacodynamic interactions
- Cardiopulmonary physiology
- Modeling gas exchange
Christian S. Guay, MD, MS
Research Interests
- Tracking brain states during sleep, sedation and general anesthesia
- Accelerating recovery from anesthesia and optimizing postoperative cognitive trajectories
- Cerebral metabolism during surgery and critical illness
- Closed loop neuromodulation
- Education & assessment of competency in perioperative electroencephalography
Kai Kuck, PhD
Research Interests
- Innovation, Translation, and Entrepreneurship in Anesthesiology
- End-Organ Monitoring and Prevention of Perioperative Organ Injury
- AI, Machine Learning, and Digital Health Innovation in Anesthesiology
- Physiologic and Pharmacologic Modeling for Perioperative and Critical Care Monitoring
- Noninvasive Physiologic Sensing and Monitoring
Grace Lim, MD, MSc, MBA
Research Interests
- Peripartum & obstetric pain management
- Maternal mental health & perinatal mood disorders
- Obstetric anesthesiology
- Perioperative outcomes & clinical innovation
- Medication safety in pregnancy & lactation
- Health system leadership & medical education
Yoshio Nakamura, PhD
Research Interests
- Intersection of consciousness, emotion & pain
- Mindful awareness training
- Efficacy of Mind-Body Bridging (MBB)
- Mind-body intervention protocols for chronic illness
Akiko Okifuji, PhD
Research Interests
- Chronic pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Women’s health and pain
- Low-Frequency Ultrasound brain stimulation for chronic pain
- Behavioral Medicine
Joseph A. Orr, PhD, MS, MEM
Research Interests
- Medical device improvement, innovation & creation
- Engineering technology
Sean T. Runnels, MD
Research Interests
- Global health
- Medical device commercialization
- Intubation theory
- Intubation outcomes
- Integrated clinical data collection
Derek J. Sakata, MD
Research Interests
- Medical device development and commercialization
- Advancing healthcare delivery
Natalie Silverton, MD
Research Interests
- Kidney and cardiac function during surgery
- Noninvasive monitoring
- Echocardiography
Norman E. Taylor, MD, PhD
Research Interests
- Chronic pain
- Treatments for chronic pain