Principal Investigator
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Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Research: Extending an Integrative Model of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Control System to Interactions with Metabolic Control and Simulation of Disease Progression
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Graduate Students
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Research: Autonomic Dysfunction in Middle-Aged and Older Adults with Sleep Disordered Breathing
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Research: Autonomic and Metabolic Dysfunction in Obese Children with Sleep-Disordered Breathing
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Research: Development of noninvasive methods to predict vaso-occlusive crises in sickle-cell anemia
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Research: Development of circadian rhythmicity of heart rate in infants: potential relevance to
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
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Patjanaporn (Sang) Chalacheva
Research: Study of long-term changes in autonomic function and insulin resistance following recurrent exposure to intermittent hypoxia
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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 |
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Alumni
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Fang Yang, PhD 1991:
"Ventilatory response to randomly-modulated alveolar CO2 & O2"
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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
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Tae-Sun (Peter) Kim, PhD 1996:
"Modeling and system identification of heart rate variability due to respiration"
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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
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Musa Hakan Asyali, PhD 1998:
"State and respiratory variability in obstructive sleep apnea: a modelign perspective"
Current position/title: Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Zirve |
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Patricia Normand, PhD 1999 (Co-chair with Dr. Harry McKellop)
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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 |
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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
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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 |
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Hsing-Hua Fan, PhD 2002:
"Cardiorespiratory interactions in sleep apnea: A comprehensive model" |
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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 |
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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) |

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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 |
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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
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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 |
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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