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Cardiorespiratory Sleep Lab




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Principal Investigator

Michael C.K. Khoo, Ph.D.

 

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Limei Cheng

Research: Extending an Integrative Model of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Control System to Interactions with Metabolic Control and Simulation of Disease Progression

 

Graduate Students

 
 
Wenli Wang

Research: Autonomic Dysfunction in Middle-Aged and Older Adults with Sleep Disordered Breathing

 

 
Winston H. Tran

Research: Autonomic and Metabolic Dysfunction in Obese Children with Sleep-Disordered Breathing

 

 
Suvimol (Ming) Sangkatumvong

Research: Development of noninvasive methods to predict vaso-occlusive crises in sickle-cell anemia

 

             Flavia Maria Guerra De Sousa Oliveira


             Research: Development of circadian rhythmicity of heart rate in infants: potential relevance to
             Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

            Patjanaporn (Sang) Chalacheva

                 Research: Study of long-term changes in autonomic function and insulin resistance following recurrent exposure to intermittent hypoxia

 

 
               Djordje Popovic

                    PhD Topic: "Method for monitoring and description of sleep in unattended domiciliary settings."
                    Current position/title: Director of Research, Advanced Brain Monitoring, Inc., Carlsbad, CA
 

Alumni

 
 
Fang Yang, PhD 1991:

"Ventilatory response to randomly-modulated alveolar CO2 & O2"
 
 
Steve Song-Won Koh, PhD 1995:

"Dynamics of the interaction between state and respiration during arousal from sleep"

Current position/title: Principal Scientist, Cardiac Rhythm Management Division, St. Jude Medical, Inc., Sylmar, CA

 
Tae-Sun (Peter) Kim, PhD 1996:

"Modeling and system identification of heart rate variability due to respiration"

 
John Jang-Won Shin, PhD 1998:

"Neurofuzzy control of continuous positive airway pressure in sleep-disordered breathing"
Current position/title: Sr. Manager, Clinical Research, Medtronic MiniMed, Northridge, CA

Musa Hakan Asyali, PhD 1998:

"State and respiratory variability in obstructive sleep apnea: a modelign perspective"
Current position/title: Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Zirve
 
Patricia Normand, PhD 1999 (Co-chair with Dr. Harry McKellop)
 
Smita Garde, PhD 2000:

"Nonlinear dynamics of heart rate variability in cocaine-exposed infants during sleep"
Current position/title: Senior Biomedical Engineer, Hospital Respiratory Care, Philips Healthcare, Carlsbad, CA
 
Vasily Belozeroff, PhD 2001:

"A model of cardiorespiratory autoregulation in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome"
Currrent position/title: Senior Manager, Health Economics Division, Amgen Corp., Thousand Oaks, CA

 
Javier Antonio Jo, PhD 2002:
"Model-based assessment of autonomic control in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome during wakefulness and sleep"
Current position/title: Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
 
Hsing-Hua Fan, PhD 2002:
"Cardiorespiratory interactions in sleep apnea: A comprehensive model"
 
Anna Blasi, PhD 2003:
“Time-varying analysis of autonomic cardiovascular control during arousal from sleep”
Current position/title: Research Associate, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, University of London
 
Zheng Lin, PhD 2005:
“Noninvasive assessment of cardiovascular autonomic control in pediatric sleep-disordered breathing”
Current position/title: Field Research Engineer, ELA Medical, Inc., (Sorin Group)

Olga Ivanova, PhD 2006:
“Cardiorespiratory variability in normal and sleep-disordered breathing: A comprehensive model”
Current title/position: Research Scientist, Modeling and Simulation Group, Roche Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Basel, Switzerland
Jarree Chaicharn, PhD 2007
"Time-Varying Closed-Loop Modeling of Circulatory  Control in Sleep-Disordered Breathing"
Current position/title: Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Thammast University, Bangkok, Thailand
 
Suradej (Art) Tretriluxana, PhD 2007
"Ultradian Rhythmicity of Cardiac Autonomic Function in Sleep-Disordered Breathing"
Current position/title: Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, King Mongkut, Institute of Technology, Ladkrabang, Thailand
 
Jihoon Jeong, PhD 2007 (Co-Chair w/ Dr. Daniel Farkas)

“Analysis and visualization of multi-mode optical spectral-signature bioimaging data for in vivo applications”
Current title/position: Director, Institute for Biomedical Science and Technology/ Director, International Business, Seoul Wooridul Hospital

 
Ramakrishna Iyer, PhD 2008 (Co-Chair w/ Dr. Ivan Vesely)

“Importance of cell phenotype, matrix factor, and mechanical stimulus on tissue-engineered mitral valve chordate”
Current title/position: Regulatory Science Associate, Cook Medical Inc., Bloomington, IN

 
Jaeyoun Hwang, PhD 2009 (Co-Chair w/ Dr. Daniel Farkas)

“Development of a multi mode optical imaging system for preclinical applications in vivo”
 Current title/position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Minimally Invasive Surgical Technologies Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
Limei Cheng, PhD 2009

“Integrative modeling of autonomic and metabolic interactions in sleep-disordered breathing”
Current title/position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Biomedical Engineering Department,
USC, Los Angeles.