Board Certifications

American Board of Emergency Medicine

Currently Funded Research

Illinois Consortium for Precision Medicine
2017 – 2022

Novel Therapies for CPR
Funded by the National Institutes of Health and GMS, 2017 – 2022

CTSA Renewal UIC
Funded by Regulatory Advisor for CTSA Projects, 2016 – 2021

CHAMPIONS High School Empowerment Academy
Funded by the Pritzker-Traubert Foundation and the Baxter International Foundation, 2016 – 2019

TAT – Peptides for Metabolic Goal Directed Therapy During CPR
Funded by Proof of Concept Innovation Award – UIC Chancellor’s Office, 2016 – 2018

Heart Rescue India
Funded by the Research Triangle Institute and the Medtronic Philanthropy, 2015 – 2020

The Illinois Heart Rescue Project
Funded by the Medtronic Foundation, 2012 – 2017

Previously Funded Research

Empowering Patient-Integrated Coordination of Care (EPiC Care) for Familiar Faces
Funded by Innovative Health Care Strategy Award (IHSA) – University of Illinois, 2013 – 2016

Development of TAT Fusion Proteins for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Funded by the Chicago Biomedical Consortium and Searle Foundation, 2012 – 2013

Herb-Induced Oxidant Preconditioning in Cardiomyocytes
Funded by National Institutes of Health – National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine, 2009 – 2012

Mechanisms of Hypothermic Protection from Ischemia/Reperfusion Cardiac Injury
Funded by National Institutes of Health – NHLBI, 2007 – 2011

In-Hospital CPR: Improving Quality and Survival
Funded by Philips Medical, Inc., 2005 – 2009

Oxidants and Caspases: Initiation of Reperfusion Injury
Funded by National Institutes of Health – NHLBI, 2005 – 2009

Proteomic Development of Molecular Vital Signs: Mapping a Mitochondrial Injury Severity Score to Triage and Guide Resuscitation of Hemorrhagic Shock
Funded by Department of Defense Office of Naval Research MURI Award, 2004 – 2010

Attenuation of Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity with Herbal Antioxidant
Funded by Grant Number: 2 P30 CA14599-28 (Project #2) – University of Chicago Cancer Center, 2003 – 2004

Optimizing Heart and Brain Cooling During Cardiac Arrest
Funded by National Institutes of Health – NHLBI, Bioengineering Research Partnership, 2002 – 2007

Preconditioning Against a Source of Reperfusion Oxidants
Funded by National Institutes of Health – NHLBI, 2002 – 2007

Apoptosis and Oxidants After Murine Cardiac Arrest
Funded by National Institutes of Health – NHLBI, 2002 – 2006

Cooling During CPR to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival: a Translational Study of Saline Slurry for Rapid Pulmonary Heat Transfer
Funded by the Emergency Medicine Foundation, 2002 – 2004

Herbs Protect Against Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity
Funded by National Institutes of Health – National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine, 2002 – 2004

Optimizing Heart and Brain Cooling During Cardiac Arrest
Funded by Laerdal Medical Ltd. Corporate Grant, 2001 – 2002

Cardiac Oxidants and Apoptosis: Lessons of Preconditioning
Funded by National Institutes of Health – NHLBI, 2000 – 2004

Oxidants in Myocardial Preconditioning
Funded by National Institutes of Health – NHLBI, 1997 – 2002

The Role of Cardiac TTMTroponin T Rapid Assay in the Evaluation of Patients With Acute Ischemic Coronary Syndromes Presenting to the Emergency Department: A Multicenter Study
Funded by Boehringer Mannheim Corporation, 1995 – 1997

Protease Inhibition in a Cardiac Culture Model of Ischemia/Reperfusion: Correlation of Cytoskeletal Preservation with Cellular Resuscitation
Funded by Emergency Medicine Foundation Resident Research Grant, 1994 – 1995

Academic Interests

Health Disparities
Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Preventive Emergency Medicine