On January 15th, graduate student Tara Urner successfully defended her PhD thesis. Tara’s research introduced an innovative method for extracting pulsatile hemodynamics in the cerebral microvasculature using the blood flow index derived from diffuse correlation spectroscopy. Her work lays a strong foundation for translating these measurements into the clinic. This defense culminated an illustrious PhD…

In the Buckley Lab’s latest publication in Biomedical Optics Express, Vidisha Goyal et al. demonstrate the reliability of Broadband Absorption Spectroscopy (BAS) to measure water content in the adult human head in a variety of different environments. To date, BAS estimates of water have primarily been focused on in vitro validation studies and in vivo…

Congratulations to Vidisha Goyal for being awarded the American Heart Association (AHA) Predoctoral Fellowship for her proposal entitled “Assessment of Cerebral Edema in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage patients using Broadband Absorption Spectroscopy”! After brain injury, the water content in the brain can increase, leading to devastating consequences as the brain compresses within the confines of the skull. This…