======Penn Neurology research mentors======

Here are some starting points to identifying research projects and mentors.

===== Spreadsheet of faculty research activities
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John Detre has prepared a spreadsheet that lists the faculty, their track (tenure, clinician educator), rank (assistant, associate, or full professor), and research areas of interest.

The spreadsheet is available here: https://docs.zoho.com/file/zdpjxed7ecb53b12846f2a5ca26ccb353325e
  * The password is: neurofac15
  * A name and email address is requested, but you may enter junk information and click through

===== NIH RePORTER
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This is a searchable database of NIH funded research. You can search by investigator, institution, and department. To list all NIH grants in the Department of Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania:
  * go to http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm
  * Enter ''UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA , PA'' for Organization
  * Select ''Neurology'' for Department
  * Submit Quert

===== Prior PORC projects and mentors
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^Zeritsky Presentations 2014^^
^Resident^Title^
| Matthew Schindler, MD, PhD | Gray Matter Loss in Multiple Sclerosis: Associations With Visual and Neurologic Impairment|
| Sanjeev Vaishnavi, MD | White Matter Hyperintensities And Neurodegeneration in ADNI|
| Jennifer Orthmann-Murphy, MD, PhD | “The Role of Cytoplasmic Dynein in Neurodevelopmental and Neurodegenerative Disease”|
| Megan Richie, MD | "Exploring the Anchoring, Availability, And Representativeness Heuristics"|
| Kimberly E. Idoko, MD, MBA | Measurement of Visual Sensitivity in Migraine|
| Chloe Hill, MD | Quality Improvement in Stroke Care- Improving Transitions to Rehab|
| Laura Adang, MD, PhD | Seasonal variability of non-tumor related NMDA-receptor encephalitis at CHOP|
| Michael Gelfand, MD, PhD | “Can Resting-State fMRI Outperform Wada Testing In Predicting Cognitive Outcomes of Temporal Lobectomy?”|
| Judy Jia, MD | The Triaging of Acute by Emergency Medical Services in Philadelphia|
| Jacob L. Kaufman, MD | Medical Marijuana Utilization and Perceived Therapeutic Value In Patients With ALS|
| Adeniyi Fisayo, MD | Can Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Predict Visual Outcomes in Children with Papilledema?|
^Zeritsky Presentations 2013^^
^Resident^Title^
| Hugo Aparicio | Racial Disparities in Acute Stroke Care: Access to Primary Stroke Centers and Trends in rt-PA Utilization |
| Caitlin Loomis | Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Identifying Predictors of Outcome Using Long-Term EEG Monitoring |
| Matthew Scharf | Role of GABA-A receptor recycling in sleep |
| Britt Stone | The Validity of the Assessment of Mild Parkinsonian Signs |
| Ethan Goldberg | Circuit Mechanisms of Inhibition in the Hippocampal Dentate Gyrus: Towards a Greater Understanding of Network Dysfunction in Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy |
| Sona Narula | Cerebrospinal Fluid Opening Pressure in a Pediatric Demyelinating Disease Cohort |
| Alyssa Rosen | Insights into the Autism and Epilepsy Overlap from a 16p11.2 Copy Number Variant Cohort |
| Jenny Wilson | Comparative Effectiveness of Levetiracetam and Oxcarbazepine as First Drug Monotherapy for Children with Focal Epilepsy |
| Erin Ingala | Predictors of Occult Atrial Fibrillation in Cryptogenic Stroke |
| Brian Oommen | Interrater Reliability of Intracranial EEG Interpretation |
| Jose Torres | NMO at HUP: Analysis of the Efficacy of Azathioprine, Cyclophosphamide, Mycophenolate, and Rituximab |
| Ting Zhou | Pattern of Macular Thinning in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis |
^Zeritsky Presentations 2012^^
^Resident^Title^
| Mesha-Gay Brown | Somatosensory and Motor Evoked Potentials Predict Post-Operative Functional Sensorimotor Status of Patients Who Undergo Spinal Cord Tumor (SCT) Resection: A Retrospective Chart Review |
| Daphne Hasbani | Seizure Monitoring in Abusive Head Trauma |
| Matthew Kirschen | Neuroprognostication After Cardiac Arrest: Consistency and Accuracy |
| Alexander Pantelyat | Imaging the Retina in Neurodegenerative Disease |
| Alyssa Pensirikul | Density Spectral Array for Seizure Identification in Critically Ill Children |
| Danielle Sandsmark | Albuminuria, but not eGFR, Predicts Stroke Risk in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease |
| Christina Wilson | Etiology of Lesions with Diffusion Restriction in the Corpus Callosum |
| Ramani Balu | MR Perfusion Imaging of Hypertension Induced Blood-Brain Barrier Breakdown |
| Danielle Becker | Predictors of Outcome in Patients with Spinal Cord Ischemia after Aortic Repair |
| Diana Bharucha-Goebel | Too Much of a Good Thing? Analysis of Initiation of Glucocorticoid Treatment in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) |
| Jori Fleisher | Health Literacy and Medication Awareness in Outpatient Neurology |
| Koto Ishida | Interrater Reliability of the ABCD² Score for TIA Risk Stratification |
| Neil Masangkay | Unexpected Hospital Readmissions in Neurology: Myasthenia Gravis |
^Zeritsky Presentations 2011^^
^Resident^Title^
| Saba Ahmad | Uncovering Novel Genetic Causes of the Epileptic Encephalopathies: Copy Number Variant Analysis of Interneuron Specific Genes |
| Rizwan Akhtar | Investigation of Secondary Pathology in Lewy Body Diseases |
| David Bearden | Risk Factors for Epilepsy Among Children with HIV/AIDS in Botswana |
| Maria Chen | Retrospective Chart Review: Prevalence of Auto-Antibodies in Neuromyelitis Optica |
| Eric Frechette | Investigations of Epileptiform and Intrinsic Cortical Activity with High-Density Subdural Electrode Grids |
| Thomas Kreibich | Opiates in the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain: A Retrospective Analysis of 4 Clinical Trials Using Oral Transmucosal Fentanyl to Treat Neuropathic and Nociceptive Pain in a Population Suffering from Cancer |
| Erik Musiek | Genetic Deletion of the Master Circadian Clock Gene BMAL1 Causes Age-Related Neurodegeneration |
| Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez | Prevalence and Gender Distribution of Focal Cortical Dysplasia in Children: Are Boys More Commonly Affected Than Girls? |
| Jessica Panzer | Screening for Antibodies Against Cerebellar Cells in Patients with Opsoclonus Myoclonus Ataxia Syndrome |
| Colin Quinn | Examining Cognitive Impairment in ALS using MR Spectroscopy |
| Shilpa Rajendra | Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Cryptogenic Epilepsy |
| Jonathan Raser | Cervical Carotid Artery Dissection Is Associated with Styloid Process Length |
^Zeritsky Presentations 2010^^
^Resident^Title^
| Vijayta ‘Geeta’ Bansal | The effects of commonly used antipsychotics on seizure threshold in ICU patients|
| Robert Brown | The use of topiramate in nonconvulsive status epilepticus |
| Nicole Dietz | Alzheimer's Disease-Specific Brain Atrophy Pattern Correlates With Cognitive Function in Parkinson's Disease With Dementia |
| Vera Fridman | Graduating neurology residents' experience with the use of intravenous tPA for acute ischemic stroke: a ten year comparison |
| Jennifer Graves | Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer (RNFL) Thickness by Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) in Multiple Sclerosis (MS): Relation to Visual Function Using Current vs. High-Resolution Technologies | 
| Amir Khan | Comparison of recurrence in the setting of intracranial stenosis after lacunar and non-lacunar stroke |
| Jennifer McGuire | Herpes Simplex Testing in Neonates and Young Infants in the Emergency Department |
| Mijail Serruya|The Role of Parahippocampal Gamma Power Gradients in Memory |
| Christina Szperka | Clinical Outcomes Measures in Friedreich Ataxia - Validating the Modified Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament Examination |
| Katherine Taub | The risk of seizure recurrence in children with intractable epilepsy seizure free on the ketogenic diet |