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Wood Neuro Research Group

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Wood Neuro Research Group

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Publications

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Journal Publications (Peer-Reviewed)

  1. 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”, Human Brain Mapping, In Press.

  2. Farhat, N.*, Li, J.*, Berardinelli, J., Stauffer, M., Sajewski, A., Alkhateeb, S., Schweitzer, N., Jin, H., Wood, S., Ikonomovic, M. D., Liou, J.-J., Aizenstein, H. J., Mettenburg, J. M., Santini, T., Wu, M., Kofler, J. K., & Ibrahim, T. S., “Bridging neuroimaging and neuropathology: A comprehensive workflow for targeted sampling of white matter lesions,” Journal of Neuroimaging, In Press.

  3. Disu, J. D. K., Jonassaint, C. R., Santini, T., Ibrahim, T. S., Novelli, E. M., & Wood, S., "Nociceptive and Neuropathic Pain Descriptors in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease are Associated with Overlap Activity in the Default, Salience and Somatosensory Networks. The Journal of Pain, 2025, 105532.
  4. Fanta, A., Dosunmu-Ogunbi, A., Ruesch, A., Jonassaint, J., Disu, J.D., Xu, J.Z., Huppert, T., Kainerstorfer, J.M., Novelli, E.M. and Wood, S.Assessment of Cerebral Autoregulation and Cerebral Perfusion in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease using Frequency-Domain Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. Journal of Applied Physiology, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00426.2023. *Awarded as APSelect, a collection from the American Physiological Society that showcases some of the best recently published articles in physiological research, for September 2025
  5. Roy, S., Wu, J., Cao, J., Disu, J., Bharadwaj, S., Meinert-Spyker, E., Grover, P., Kainerstorfer, J. and Wood, S., “Exploring the Impact and Influence of Melanin on Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Measurement,," Journal of Biomedical Optics 29(S3), S33310 (25 September 2024). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.29.S3.S33310.  *Rated among the top journals published in the Journal of Biomedical Optics in 2024.
  6. Kwasa, J., Peterson, H., Jones, L., Karrobi, K., Parker, T., Nickerson, N., and Wood, S., “Demographic Reporting and Phenotypic Exclusion in fNIRS.” Frontiers in Neuroscience, Brain Imaging Methods. 2023, May. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2023.1086208/full

Proceedings of Conferences and Symposia (Peer Reviewed)

  1. Zhao, H., Salmon, W., Li, J., Bocchetta, M., Thurston, R.,  Wood, S., Santini, T., Ibrahim, T.S., “HypSeg: A Deep Learning Pipeline for Hypothalamic Subregion Segmentation Trained on High-Resolution 7 Tesla MRI, In Proc. of the 32nd International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Annual Meeting, Cape Town, South Africa; 2026, 11-14, May. (Submitted).

  2.  Duong, A., Roy, S., Meinert-Spyker, E., Cao, J., Kwasa, J., Kainerstorfer, J., Grover, P., Wood, S., “Novel Optode Sensor Development for Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy Systems and its use in Dark, Coarse, and Curly Hair,” Photonics West, San Francisco, CA; 2026, February. (Accepted) * with Oral Presentation

  3. Roy, S., Disu, J., Mossazghi, N., Meinert-Spyker, E., Abdelmohsen, L., Wood, S., “Quantitative Sensory Testing and EEG Reveal Cortical Dysregulation in SCD Pain,” Society of Neuroscience, San Diego, CA; 2025, November. (Accepted)

  4. Mossazghi, N., Roy, S., Disu, J., Abdelmohsen, L., Meinert-Spyker, E., Wood, S., “Disrupted cognitive-flexibility networks due to sickle cell disease captured by simultaneous task-based fMRI-EEG,” Society of Neuroscience, San Diego, CA; 2025, November. (Accepted)

  5.  Soo, R., Abdelmohsen, L., Disu, J., Mossazghi, N., Meinert-Spyker, E., Wood, S., “Quantifying Skull Thickness from MR images of Adults with Sickle Cell Disease,” Biomedical Engineering Society, San Diego, CA; 2025, October. (Accepted)

  6.  Disu, J., Jonassaint, C., Santini, T., Ibrahim, T. S., Novelli, E., Wood, S., “Distinct Somatosensory Connectivity Patterns Linked to Cramping and Stabbing Pain in Sickle Cell Disease,” Biomedical Engineering Society, San Diego, CA; 2025, October. (Accepted) with Oral Presentation.

  7.  Roy, S., Disu, J., Mossazghi, N., Meinert-Spyker, E., Abdelmohsen, L., Wood, S., “EEG Spectral Signatures of Acute Pain‑Diven Dynamics in Sickle Cell Disease: A Feasibility Study,” Biomedical Engineering Society, San Diego, CA; 2025, October. (Accepted)

  8.  Appiah Anokye, C. N.Y.A., Mills, G., Issahaku, S., Roy, S., Wood, S., Kaufmann, E., E., “Advancing Peripheral Oxygen Saturation (Spo 2) Measurement Accuracy Using Biophysics-Informed Machine Learning Techniques to Mitigate Racial Disparities,” In: CBAS Biennial Science and Development Conference. [conference presentation] CBAS, 2025. Accra, Ghana.

  9. Mossazghi, N., Karim, H., Wood, S., “The neural basis of cognitive deficits in adults with sickle cell disease: a task-based fMRI study,” University of Pittsburgh's Department of Psychiatry Research Day, Pittsburgh, PA; 2025, June. (Accepted)  *Received Pitt Psychiatry Research Day Top Poster Presentation Award

  10. Roy, S., Disu, J., Mossazghi, N., Meinert-Spyker, E., Abdelmohsen, L., Wood, S.,   EEG Spectral Signatures of Sensory Dysfunction and Central Sensitization in Sickle Cell Disease: A Pilot Thermal Pain Study, Pain Day, Pittsburgh, PA, 2025, May. (Accepted) 

  11. Abdelmohsen, L., Oden, A., Soo, R., Ibrahim, T.S., Novelli, E., Wood, S., Grande-Gutierrez, N., “Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Cerebrovascular Hemodynamic Differences in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease: Comparing a Stroke and Non-Stroke Patient,” ASME SB3C Summer Bioengineering Conference, 2025, June. (Accepted) with Oral Presentation.

  12. Meinert-Spyker, E., Santini, T., Disu, J., Abdelmohsen, L., Wood, S., “A Pilot Study shows Altered Orientation Dispersion Index in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease,” Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Brisbane, Australia; 2025, June. (Accepted)

  13. Mossazghi, N., Disu, J., Abdelmohsen, L., Meinert-Spyker, E., Karim, H., Wood, S., “The neural basis of cognitive deficits in adults with sickle cell disease: a task-based fMRI study,” Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Brisbane, Australia; 2025, June. (Accepted)

  14. Mossazghi, N., Roy, S., Disu, J., Abdelmohsen, L., Meinert-Spyker, E., Wood, S., “Increased synchronization in cognitive flexibly tasks in Sickle Cell Disease: A Feasibility Study,” Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Brisbane, Australia; 2025, June. (Accepted)

  15. Disu, J., Mossazghi, N., Meinert-Spyker, E., Abdelmohsen, L., Wood, S., “Altered Pain Processing and Temporal Dynamics of Brain Microstates in Sickle Cell Disease Adults,” Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Brisbane, Australia; 2025, June. (Accepted) 

  16. Mossazghi, N., Jonassaint, J., Disu, J., Jonassaint, C., Wood, S., “Leveraging Painimation and Machine Learning to Identify Predictive Features of Chronic Pain,” 2025 USASP Meeting, Chicago, IL; 2025, April. (Accepted) 

  17. Disu, J., Mossazghi, N., Abdelmohsen, L., Meinert-Spyker, E., Jonassaint, C., Wood, S., “Investigating Chronic Pain Mechanisms In Adult Sickle Cell Disease Measured By Functional Connectivity - A Feasible Study,” 2025 USASP Meeting, Chicago, IL; 2025, April. (Accepted)

  18. Abdelmohsen, L., Mossazghi, N., Roy, S., Disu, J., Meinert-Spyker, E., Saber, C., Xu, J. Z., Wood, S., “Assessing the Impact of Cognitive Load on Resting State Tissue Oxygen Saturation in Adult Patients with Sickle Cell Disease” American Society of Hematology, San Diego, CA; 2024, December. (Accepted)
  19. Meinert-Spyker, E., Saber, C., Disu, J., Abdelmohsen, L., Mossazghi, N., Xu, J. Z., Wood, S., “Patients with Sickle Cell Disease Experience a Heightened Hyperemic Response during the Vascular Occlusion Test,” American Society of Hematology, San Diego, CA; 2024, December. (Accepted)
  20. Disu, J., Abdelmohsen, L., Mossazghi, N., Meinert-Spyker, E., Saber, C., Xu, J. Z., Wood, S., “Dynamic Cerebral Autoregulation and Blood Pressure Reveal the Severity of Autoregulatory Dysfunction in Sickle Cell Disease,” American Society of Hematology, San Diego, CA, 2024, December. (Accepted)
  21. Saber, C., Meinert-Spyker, E., Abdelmohsen, L., Philips, B., Disu, J., Mossazghi, N., Kiriza, N., Nouraie, S., Oluwole, O., DeCastro, L., Straub, A., Novelli, E., Wood, S., Xu, J., Z., “Higher Hemoglobin Level Correlates with Increased Tissue Oxygenation in a Comprehensive Profile of Hemorheology in Sickle Cell Disease,” American Society of Hematology, San Diego, CA; 2024, December. (Accepted)
  22. Kirages, A., Roy, S., Grover, P., Kainerstorfer, J., Wood, S., “Melanin Impacts Respiratory NIRS Signal Quality,” Biomedical Engineering Society, Baltimore, MD; 2024, October (Accepted)
  23. Disu, J., Farhat, N., Santini, T., Ibrahim, T.S., Jonassaint, C., Wood, S., “Exploring Brain Connectivity and Pain Variability in Sickle Cell Disease Using 7-Tesla Resting State Imaging,” Biomedical Engineering Society, Baltimore, MD, 2024, October. (Accepted)
  24. Gu, Y., Mossazghi, N., Wood, S., “Deep Learning Method for SCD rsfMRI Classification and Prediction,” Carnegie Mellon University’s Biomedical Engineering Forum, Pittsburgh, PA, 2024, September. (Accepted)
  25. Disu, J., Farhat, N., Santini, T., Ibrahim, T.S., Jonassaint, C., Wood, S., “Exploring Brain Connectivity and Pain Variability in Sickle Cell Disease Using 7-Tesla Resting State Imaging,” Carnegie Mellon University’s Biomedical Engineering Forum, Pittsburgh, PA; 2024, September. (Accepted)
  26. Roy, S., Mossazghi, N., Bulger, E., Lin, J., Saber, C., Shinn-Cunningham, B., Kainerstorfer, J., Xu., J. Z., Wood, S., “The potential of using a hemodynamic signal as a biomarker of cognitive deficit in sickle cell disease”, fNIRS 2024, Birmingham, United Kingdom; 2024, September. (Accepted)
  27. Mossazghi, N., Farhat, N., Santini, T., Oluwole, O., Novelli, E., Ibrahim, T.S., Wood, S., “Investigating Disruptions in Information Flow due to Sickle Cell Disease using Granger Causality Analysis.” Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Seoul, Korea; 2024, June. (Accepted)
  28. Meinert-Spyker, E., Santini, T., Bharadwaj, S., Jonassaint, C., Butters, M., Oluwole, O., Novelli, E., Ibrahim, T.S., and Wood, S., “Fractional Anisotropy Varies with Age, Cognition, and Depression in Patients with Sickle Cell,” Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Seoul, Korea; 2024, June. (Accepted)
  29. Abdelmohsen, L., Oden, A., Ibrahim, T., Novelli, E., Grande-Gutierrez, N., Wood, S., “Patient-specific Computational Modeling of Cerebral Blood Flow in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease” Biomedical Engineering Society; 2023, October. (Accepted)
  30. Cao, J., Mehta, N., Wu, J., Wood, S., Kainerstorfer, J., and Grover, P., “Scaling of Algorithmic Bias in Pulse Oximetry with Signal-to-Noise Ratio,” 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2023, July 24-28 (Accepted)
  31. Meinert-Spyker, E., Santini, T., Bharadwaj, S., Novelli, E., Ibrahim, T.S., and Wood, S., “Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) subtype and sex analysis of diffusion metrics on 7T MRI”, Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Montréal, Canada; 2023, 22-26, July. (Accepted).
  32. Bharadwaj, S., Santini, T., Oluwole, B., Novelli, E., Ibrahim, T.S., and Wood, S., “Investigating accelerated brain aging in Sickle Cell Disease”, Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Montréal, Canada; 2023, 22-26, July. (Accepted).
  33. Meinert-Spyker, E., Santini, T., Bharadwaj, S., Novelli, E., Ibrahim, T.S., and Wood, S., “Patients with sickle cell disease have altered brain fractional anisotropy, axial, mean and radial diffusivity quantified by 7T MRI”, In Proc. of the 32nd International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada; 2023,3-8, June. (Accepted).
  34. Bharadwaj, S., Santini, T., Disu, J., D., K., Oluwole, B., Novelli, E., Ibrahim, T.S., and Wood, S., “Analyzing Cortical Thickness and Volume in patients with Sickle Cell Disease using 7T-MRI”, In Proc. of the 32nd International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada; 2023,3-8, June. (Accepted).
  35. Kwasa, J., Peterson, H., Jones, L., Karrobi, K., Parker, T., Nickerson, N., and Wood, S., “Demographic Reporting and Phenotypic Exclusion in Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS): Another Data Crisis.” 2022 INS Annual Meeting. International Neuroethics Society. 2022, November 2-4 (Accepted). Awarded Best Virtual Abstract