Research highlights

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Selected department publications

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Major research programs in our department focus on anesthetic mechanisms, cognitive outcomes, hypoxia and ischemia, pain, vascular disease, cerebrovascular malformations and stroke, lung injury, sepsis, antibody engineering, data science and bioinformatics, and health equity. View our full list of active research awards in 2023 below.

Department Active Research Awards, 2023

Principal Investigator Agency Title Project Period
Adelmann, Dieter University of Maryland Dissecting the role of dynamic epigenome prompting pathways leading to kidney allograft fibrosis 7/1/2020 - 6/30/2024
Barreto Chang, Odmara Medtronic Evaluation of BIS" and Levels of Sedation with
Common Inhalational Anesthetics in Healthy Volunteers (OLIVER)		 6/23/2021 - 6/22/2026
Bickler, Philip Various Industry Sponsors Accuracy of pulse oximeters with profound hypoxia 9/1/1986 - 12/31/2024
Bishara, Andrew NIH/NIGMS Real-time Prediction of Adverse Outcomes After Surgery 8/1/2023 - 7/31/2028
Bokoch, Michael La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company Angiotensin II in Liver Transplantation (AngLT-1): a pilot randomized controlled trial 1/18/2022 - 1/17/2028
Chen, Catherine NIH/NIA Frailty and Monitored Anesthesia Care for Cataract Surgery in Older Adults 5/1/2021 - 4/30/2026
Chen, Lee-lynn University of Michigan THRIVE: Trajectories of Recovery after Intravenous Propofol Vs Inhaled VolatilE Anesthesia 7/1/2023 - 6/30/2024
Ehie, Odinakachukwu Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research Development and Evaluation of a Longitudinal Diversity Curriculum for Trainees: Applied Behaviors to Confront Unconscious Bias and Microaggression and Facilitate Allyship 7/1/2022 - 6/30/2024
Gandhi, Seema City and County of San Francisco Zero Waste 7/1/2021 - 6/30/2024
Gandhi, Seema Commonwealth Fund Measuring and Mitigating the Carbon Impacts of Health Care Goods and Services 2/1/2023 - 1/31/2025
Guan, Zhonghui NIH/NINDS Mechanism of Microglia Proliferation 6/1/2021 - 5/31/2026
Hellman, Judith NIH/NCCIH Neuro-Immune Mechanisms of Minor Canabinoids in Inflammatory and Neuropathic Pain 9/15/2019 - 6/30/2024
Hellman, Judith Texas Technical University Goodnight mouse: sleep and sepsis 4/4/2022 - 3/31/2025
Hellman, Judith NIH/NIAID TRPV1-dependent neuro-immune modulation and regulation of endogenous acyl-dopamines in sepsis and acute inflammation 6/3/2022 - 5/31/2027
Hellman, Judith NIH/NIGMS Comprehensive Anesthesia Research Training 7/1/2022 - 6/30/2027
Juang, Jeremy American Society of Anesthesiologists Advancing Equity and Inclusion in Labor and Delivery: A Comprehensive Analysis of the MPOG Database 8/11/2023 - 8/11/2024
Kathiriya, Irfan J. David Gladstone Institutes Genetic Determinants of 4D Genome Folding in Human Cardiac Development 9/21/2020 - 8/31/2025
Kathiriya, Irfan J. David Gladstone Institutes Gene Regulatory Networks for Heart Development 1/1/2021 - 12/31/2024
Kathiriya, Irfan Saving Tiny Hearts Society Mechanisms for Ventricular Septation: Implications for Congenital Heart Disease 6/4/2023 - 5/31/2025
Kim, Helen NIH/NINDS Brain Vascular Malformation Consortium: Predictor's of Clinical Course 8/15/2019 - 6/30/2024
Kim, Helen American Heart Association Predictors of Growth, Recurrence, and High-Risk Features in Pediatric Brain Arteriovenous Malformation 1/1/2021 - 12/31/2024
Lee, Chanhung Merck & Co Inc A Double-Blind, Randomized, Crossover Design Study to Compare the Rocuronium Reversal by Sugammadex to Succinvlcholine for Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) 7/1/2017 - 12/31/2024
Legrand, Matthieu Spectral Medical Inc. A Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized, Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of PMX Cartridge in Addition to Standard Medical Care for Patients with Endotoxemic Septic Shock: TIGRIS TRIAL 9/29/2022 - 4/1/2025
Legrand, Matthieu NIH Identification of sub-phenotypes of severely ill burn patients and risk for secondary sepsis: SEPSISBURN 9/15/2023 - 7/31/2027
Leung, Jacqueline Masimo Corporation Predictors of sepsis in hospitalized patients 10/1/2019 - 9/3/2029
Lilaonitkul, Maytinee Academy/Medical Educators - UCSF A relational approach to simulation training to improve team dynamics and teach collaborative competencies on the labor and delivery unit - a pilot study 7/1/2023 - 6/30/2024
Lipnick, Michael Medical Anesthesia Global Health Global Health Endowment Fund 7/1/2019 - 6/30/2024
Lipnick, Michael Public Health Institute Sustaining Technical and Analytic Resources (STAR) 5/18/2020 - 3/24/2024
Lipnick, Michael Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BREATHE: Building Respiratory support in East Africa Through High flow versus low flow oxygen Evaluation 1/15/2022 - 1/14/2024
Lipnick, Michael Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation The Open Oximetry Project 8/1/2022 - 7/31/2024
Lipnick, Michael Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Supporting the Open Oximetry Project to Improve accuracy in Pulse Oximetry and Advance Health and Healthcare Equity 11/15/2022 - 11/14/2024
Lipnick, Michael PATH The Open Oximetry Project 4/1/2023 - 3/31/2024
Liu, Bin University of Virginia Novel radioimmunoconjugates for targeted alpha-particle therapy of metastatic prostatic cancer 6/1/2018 - 5/31/2024
Liu, Bin and Roybal, Kole NIH/NCI Combination antigen sensing engineered T cell for precise recognition and enhanced elimination of solid tumors 4/4/2023 - 3/31/2028
Marks, James CA Dept of Public Health Development of monoclonal antibody-based ultrasensitive assays for diagnosis of infant botulism 7/1/2021 - 6/30/2024
Pan, Jonathan Department of Defense Activating Transcription Factor 3 Is a Biomarker for Spinal Cord Injury with Neuroprotective Function 9/1/2022 - 8/31/2025
Prakash Budde, Arun NIH/NHLBI The Gut-Lung Axis: Immunometabolism Linking the Gut Microbiome and Lung Immunity 2/15/2020 - 1/31/2025
Rahman, Amreen American Society of Anesthesiologists Identifying Barriers to Career Advancement and Retention for Women in Critical Care for Medicine 11/1/2023 - 8/1/2024
Sall, Jeffrey Pfizer US Pharmaceuticals A Phase 3/4 Randomized, Double-blind, Dose-ranging Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Dexmedetomidine (DEX) Used with Propofol (PRO) as Needed for Procedural Sedation of Pediatric Subjects E1 month to <17 Years of Age Undergoing MRI Scans 2/26/2020 - 2/26/2025
Schwartz, Rachael Children's Hospital of Los Angeles Research Study 8/14/2023 - 8/14/2024
Sharma, Anshuman University of Pittsburgh Perioperative Precision Medicine: Translating Science to Clinical Practice to Improve Safety and Efficacy of Opioids in Neonates, Children and Nursing Mothers 8/3/2022 - 4/30/2026
Shimabukuro, David Dartmouth College The BASIC trial: Improving implementation of evidence-based approaches and surveillance to prevent bacterial transmission and infection 6/17/2021 - 5/31/2026
Shirvalkar, Prasad NIH/NINDS Multisite Adaptive Brain Stimulation for Multidimensional Treatment of Refractory Chronic Pain 9/30/2019 - 7/31/2024
Su, Hua NIH/NINDS Uncover the Pathogenesis of Brain Arteriovenous Malformation 1/1/2019 - 12/31/2024
Su, Hua NIH/NINDS Reduction of Brain AVM Severity through Inhibition of Pathogenic Angiogenesis 2/1/2020 - 1/30/2025
Wallace, Arthur NCIRE-Northern California Institute for Research and Education Perioperative Outcomes Epidemiologic Consortium 3/1/2012 - 3/1/2025
Wallace, Arthur ECOM Medical Impedance Cardiography: Clinical Evaluation of Endotracheal Cardiac Output Monitor (ECOM) 8/1/2016 - 7/31/2024
Wallace, Arthur Obelab Clinical Testing of NIRS for Quantitative Assessment of Depression and PTSD 8/1/2016 - 7/31/2024
Wallace, Arthur Modality.AI and Johnson & Johnson Modality.AI: Speech and Video Pilot Study to Prescreen for Mild Cognitive Impairment 9/1/2022 - 8/31/2024
Wallace, Arthur VA IT VA_AnesQIP 10/1/2023 - 9/30/2026
Whitlock, Elizabeth Center for Health Equity in Surgery and Anesthesia SPEAC: Sedation and Proficiency in English Association Cohort Study 9/1/2022 - 8/31/2024
Whitlock, Elizabeth NIH/NIA Predicting long-term cognitive outcomes and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias after major noncardiac surgery for older adults 9/1/2022 - 5/30/2027
Yu, Xiaobing NIH/NIAMS ACVR1 sensory neuron-specific signaling in neuropathic pain and injury-induced heterotopic ossification 9/23/2023 - 6/30/2028
Zhang, Jingying Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation The Use of Venlafaxine in Reducing Surgical Pain in Total Knee Arthroplasty 11/1/2020 - 3/31/2024
Zhou, Wei NIH/NIGMS Role of Orexin/Hypocretin Circuit in Anesthesia and Analgesia 7/1/2020 - 6/30/2024