He also holds a Masters in Bioengineering from Pennsylvania State University and a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University. Member of American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences, International Anesthesia Research Society, American Society of Anesthesiologists, Society for Technology in Anesthesia, Society for Intravenous Anesthesia, Biomedical Engineering Society, IEEE Engineering in Biology and Medicine Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Using different signal processing tools, we are trying to better understand how these agents affect the brain to develop drug delivery strategies that optimize the desired drug effect. Response surface mapping of drug interactions.
Many people take multiple medications for chronic disease conditions.
Using computer modeling, I am constructing surface maps that describe the interactions of drugs given in combination to quantitatively determine synergism, antagonism, or simple additivity of effect. The goal again is to determine optimal dosing profiles when agents are given in combination. Pharmacologic characterization of toxins from cone snails for use as therapeutic agents. Cone snails inhabit warm water reefs in the Pacific and Atlantic regions. They capture food by injecting a toxin which renders their prey motionless so that they can be consumed.