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Research

Neurocritical Care Division

Research Team

Research Team

Research Coordinators

  • Ana Bolanos
  • Elena Mishkovsky

Research Associates 

  • David Monroy
  • Esther Monexe

Faculty

  • Kristine O’Phelan
  • Amedeo Merenda
  • Mohan Kottapally
  • Nina Massad
  • Ayham Alkhachroum

Post-Doctoral Researchers 

  • Brian Manolovitz 
  • John McKeown

Statistician 

  • Tulay Koru-Sengul

Actively Enrolling Studies and Grants Funding

  • MUSICA – MUsic and Speech Induced Cerebral Activation – NIH/NINDS. Dr. Alkhachroum (study PI).
  • COVERT – COvert Volitional Eye Response Test – NIH/NINDS. Dr. Alkhachroum (study PI).
  • MRS DITCH – Magnetic Resonance Selection with DIffusion Tensor Imaging in Cerebral Hemorrhage. NIH/NINDS Dr. Alkhachroum (study PI).
  • COVERT-AI- COvert Volitional Eye Response Test-AI – Ulink, University of Miami. Dr. Alkhachroum (study PI).
  • EEG, Blood & CSF Biomarker Analysis in Comatose TBI Patients. DoD. Dr. Alkhachroum (project PI).
  • Detection and prediction of recovery of consciousness in ICH patients (RECONFIG)- NIH/NINDS, Dr. Alkhachroum (site PI).
  • Electrophysiologic Biomarkers Of Consciousness Recovery after TBI (EBC study)- CTSI/KL2 career development award, Dr. Alkhachroum (study PI). 
  • The Miami traumatic brain injury registry - Dr. Alkhachroum (study PI).
  • The meditation study in spinal cord injury patients- Dr. O'Phelan (study PI). 
  • The neurocritical care outcome registry- Drs. O'Phelan and Alkhachroum (study PI). 

Actively Enrolling Studies and Grants Funding

• MUSICA – Music and Speech Induced Cerebral Activation – NIH/NINDS. Dr. Alkhachroum (study PI).
• COVERT – Covert Volitional Eye Response Test – NIH/NINDS. Dr. Alkhachroum (study PI).
• MRS DITCH – Magnetic Resonance Selection with DIffusion Tensor Imaging in Cerebral Hemorrhage. NIH/NINDS Dr. Alkhachroum (study PI).
• COVERT-AI- Covert Volitional Eye Response Test-AI – Ulink, University of Miami. Dr. Alkhachroum (study PI).
• EEG, Blood & CSF Biomarker Analysis in Comatose TBI Patients. DoD. Dr. Alkhachroum (project PI).
• Detection and prediction of recovery of consciousness in ICH patients (RECONFIG)- NIH/NINDS, Dr. Alkhachroum (site PI).
• Electrophysiologic Biomarkers Of Consciousness Recovery after TBI (EBC study)- CTSI/KL2 career development award, Dr. Alkhachroum (study PI).
• The Miami traumatic brain injury registry - Dr. Alkhachroum (study PI).
• The meditation study in spinal cord injury patients- Dr. O'Phelan (study PI).
• The neurocritical care outcome registry- Drs. O'Phelan and Alkhachroum (study PI).