Faculty
Atul Malhotra, MDProfessor and Vice Chief of Research, Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Chief interests:
- Pathogenesis of sleep apnea
- Metabolic/cardiovascular complications of sleep disorders
- Mechanical ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome
Robert Owens, MDAssociate Professor of Medicine
Chief interests:
- Pathogenesis of sleep apnea
- Sleep apnea and chronic lung disease
- ICU delirium
Jeremy Orr, MDAssistant Clinical Professor
Chief interests:
- Sleep apnea in chronic lung and heart disease
- Non-invasive ventilation
- Control of breathing
Omar Mesarwi, MDAssociate Physician
Chief interests:
- Sleep apnea and hypoxia
- Liver fibrosis and fatty liver disease
Rakesh Bhattacharjee, MDAssociate Clinical Professor
Chief interests:
- Pediatric sleep medicine
- Pulmonology
Chantal Darquenne, PhDProfessor
Chief interests:
- Aerosol deposition in the lung
- Upper airway dynamics in sleep apnea
- Pulmonary ventilation
Darquenne Lab Website
Postdoctoral Scholars
Stuti Jaiswal, MD, PhD Resident (Internal Medicine), KL2 Scholar
Christopher Schmickl, PhDPostdoctoral Scholar
Staff
Pam De Young, RPSGT/BA, Clinical Research Supervisor II
Janelle Fine, Development Engineer
, Clinical Research Coordinator
Naa-Oye Bosompra BA, Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator
Rebbecca Brena BA, RPSGT Clinical Research Coordinator
Jazmin Velaquez BS Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator
Collaborators
Frank L. Powell, PhDProfessor, Physiology Division Chief
Chief interests:
- Control of ventilation, especially chemoreception
- Comparative physiology of gas exchange
- High Altitude
Powell Lab Website
Susan R. Hopkins, MD, PhDProfessor (Physiology, Radiology)
Chief interests:
- Exercise physiology
- High altitude physiology
- Functional lung imaging
- Pulmonary gas exchange during exercise
- Elite athlete training
David Dubowitz, MD, PhDAssociate Professor (Radiology)
Chief interests:
- Physiology of functional MRI
- MRI measurements of cerebral blood flow and metabolism
- Acclimatization and deacclimatization to hypoxia at altitude
Tatum S. Simonson, PhDAssistant Professor (Physiology)
Chief interests:
- High-altitude physiology and genetic adaptations in highland populations
Simonson Lab Website
Ann Elliott, PhDResearch Scientist (Physiology, Radiology)
Chief interests:
- Functional lung imaging
- Pulmonary gas exchange
Rebecca Theilmann, PhDAssistant Researcher (Radiology)
Chief interests:
- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Diffusion tensor imaging
Ajit Raisinghani, MDClinical Professor (Cardiology)
Alumni
Erik Smales, Staff Research Associate
Rachel Jen, MD, Visiting Scholar (Canada)
Sylvia Yanru Li, MD, Visiting Scholar (China)
Dae Kang, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar
Stacie Moore CRT-SDS, Staff Research Associate
Naomi Deacon PhD Postdoctoral Scholar
Vicky Powell Staff Research Associate