Research themes

Data sciences


Data science and machine learning are revolutionizing the way we address unmet needs in anesthesia and critical care medicine. Applied and methodological research span bench to bedside and a wide variety of focus areas, including artificial intelligence, natural language processing, clinical decision support, epidemiology and biostatistics, and genomics.

Data Science Labs

Data Science Projects

 
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Health Equity


Health equity is achieved when everyone can attain their full potential for health and well-being. Faculty aim to advance health equity in perioperative care both locally and globally through research on health care practices and interventions, including quality improvement and implementation, health policy, health education, and patient safety.

Health Equity Labs

Health Equity Projects

 

Neurosciences and pain


Understanding mechanisms of pain and anesthetic action is vital to the development of novel anesthetics. Faculty also investigate a variety of neuroscience topics relevant to the perioperative period, including central nervous system injury, neurodegenerative disease, neuroimmune modulation, neuroinflammation, cerebrovascular malformations, delirium, sleep, and opioid use.

Neurosciences and Pain Labs

Neurosciences and Pain Projects

 
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Organ injury in surgery and critical illness


Organ injury is a common cause of death in surgical and ICU patients. Faculty study a broad range of topics related to organ injury, including acute kidney injury, acute lung injury, transplant immunology, endothelial dysfunction, trauma, sepsis, and shock.

Organ Injury Labs

Organ Injury Projects

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