News
Congratulations to Joel Disu for being selected by American Society of Hematology to receive the HIP Graduate Student Award, part of ASH’s investment in research and emerging leaders! This award program provides the opportunity to conduct a research project in the field of academic hematology under the supervision of a research mentor.
Fall
Mossazghi, N., Farhat, N., Santini, T., Karim, H., Novelli, E., Ibrahim, T.S., Wood, S., “Investigating Disruptions in Information Flow due to Sickle Cell Disease using Granger Causality Analysis”, Journal of Human Brain Mapping, 2025, November, 46 (16), https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.70407.
Disu, J., Jonassaint, C., Santini, T., Ibrahim, T.S., Novelli, E., Wood, S., “Nociceptive and Neuropathic Pain Descriptors in Sickle Cell Disease Are Associated with Overlap Activity in the Default, Salience, and Somatosensory Networks,” Journal of Pain, 2025, August, Volume 36, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105532.
November 2025: Nahom Mossazghi and Sid Roy present their research as Society of Neuroscience in San Diego, CA
Sid Roy et al., “Quantitative Sensory Testing and EEG Reveal Cortical Dysregulation in SCD Pain,” Society of Neuroscience, San Diego, CA; 2025, November.
Nahom Mossazghi et al., “Disrupted cognitive-flexibility networks due to sickle cell disease captured by simultaneous task-based fMRI-EEG,” Society of Neuroscience, San Diego, CA; 2025, November.
- [Talks]: Dr. Wood gives two talks at St. Jude's Childrens' Hospital and Binghamton University Psychology Colloquium Seminar.
- [Publications]: Our team has published in the Journals of Human Brain Mapping, Pain and Applied Physiology this fall.
- [New members]: We welcome our new team members! Welcome Chaoyi, Yuki, Shreya and Ally.
Joel Disu gives an oral talk at BMES 2025 in San Diego, CA.
Joel Disu et al., “Distinct Somatosensory Connectivity Patterns Linked to Cramping and Stabbing Pain in Sickle Cell Disease,” Biomedical Engineering Society, San Diego, CA; 2025, October
Rhea Soo presents her research at BMES 2025 in San Diego, CA.
Rhea Soo et al, “Quantifying Skull Thickness from MR images of Adults with Sickle Cell Disease,” Biomedical Engineering Society, San Diego, CA; 2025, October.
Sid Roy presents his work at BMES 2025 in San Diego, CA.
Sid Roy et al., “EEG Spectral Signatures of Acute Pain‑Diven Dynamics in Sickle Cell Disease: A Feasibility Study,” Biomedical Engineering Society, San Diego, CA; 2025, October.
Summer
August 2025: Lara Abdelmohsen passes her doctoral proposal exam.
Sid Roy passes his PhD qualifier exam.
June 2025: Lara Abdelmohsen gives an oral presentation at ASME SB3C Summer Bioengineering Conference.
Nahom Mossazghi and Elizabeth Meinert-Spyker present their research at the Organization of Human Brain Mapping in Brisbane, Australia.
Nahom Mossazghi receives the best poster presentation at Pitt Psychiatry Day.
Our lab has great accomplishments from Spring 2025 BME Diploma Ceremony!
BME Master’s Recipients
- Junhao Lin
- Yuxuan Gu
ECE Master’s and BME Minor
- Alexis Duong
BME Departmental Graduate Awards
- Teaching Assistant Award: Nahom Mossazghi
- Mentor Award: Shidhartho Roy
April 2025: Joel Disu presents his peer-reviewed poster presentation, "Investigating Chronic Pain Mechanisms In Adult Sickle Cell Disease Measured By Functional Connectivity - A Feasible Study" in Chicago, IL
April 2025: Dr. Wood presented at the University of Pittsburgh’s Vascular Medicine Institute
"A closer look at Cerebral Hemodynamics in Adult Patients with Sickle Cell Disease using Neuroimaging"
