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Basic and Translational Research

The Busch Lab

The Busch Lab develops optical technologies for minimally and non-invasive bedside assessment of microvascular blood flow and oxygen saturation, allowing continuous assessment of aerobic metabolism.

The Choi Lab

The Choi lab studies the development, function and dysfunction of ascending somatosensory pathways.

The Floyd Lab

The Floyd lab studies the impact of disease-related hypoxic stress with aging upon synaptic plasticity, white matter connectivity, and cognitive

The Fox Lab

Using genomic biomarkers, the Fox lab seeks to improve the health and quality of life in patients undergoing cardiac and thoracic surgery through a multidisciplinary collaboration.

The Lai Lab

The Lai Lab is interested in understanding how animals process both external and internal sensory information to interact appropriately with their environment

The Patwardhan Lab

The main focus of the Patwardhan lab is translational research into mechanisms of pain and potential treatment.

The Poole Lab

The Pool Lab studies cellular mechanisms of animal motivation and develops targeted gene therapies to re-engineer these functions.