Collaborations
We have a vast network of research partners within and outside our institution, nationally, and internationally.
UMB
- Xuefang Cao: tolerance induction
- Linda Chang: HIV research
- Saurabh Dahiya: CAR T cells
- Daniel Deredge: Hydrogen-proton exchange mass spectrometry
- Helen Dooley: single domain antibodies from sharks (VNARs)
- Allen Doctor: oxygen delivery systems, blood components of blood brain barrier
- Ricardo Feldman: iPS cells
- Dheeraj Gandhi: intra-arterial neurointerventions
- Rao Gullapalli: computational tools for interventional MRI
- Sunjay Kaushal: image-guided delivery to the heart
- Marta Lipinski: traumatic brain injury
- Dirk Mayer: 13C hyperpolarized agents
- Dipanjan Pan: delivery systems including nanoparticles, vesicles, and others
- Alexandros Poulopoulos: CRISPR/Cas9 system
- Mohammad Sajadi: antiviral antibody development
- Graeme Woodworth: brain cancer
Baltimore-Washington Area (outside UMB)
- Wojciech Lesniak, Martin Pomper, JHU: radiolabeling, PET imaging
- Guanshu Liu, JHU: intra-arterial theranostics, molecular MRI
- Mike McMahon, KKI: CEST-based contrast agents
- Ali Fatemi, KKI: leukodystrophies
- Hanzhang Lu, JHU: physiological MRI
- Gregg Semenza, Mihoko Kai, John Laterra, JHU: role of Hif1a in radiation-induced brain injury
- Sanjay Purushotham, UMBC: artifcial intelligence
- Peter Searson, JHU: In vitro BBB models
National
- Sean Savitz, UT, Houston: cell therapy of stroke
- Dileep Yavagal, UMiami: endovascular interventions
- Mike Modo, UPitt: cell delivery to the brain
- Marcin Kortylewski, City of Hope: targeting STAT3 in cancer
- Eric Ahrens, UCSD: 19F MRI
- Edward Neuwelt, OSHU: osmotic BBB opening
- Jiangyang Zhang, NYU: MRI for assessment of white matter damage and repair
International
- Miguel Oliveira, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal: hydrogel-based biomaterials
- Jesus Ruiz-Cabello and Pedro Ramos, BioMAGUNE, San Sebastian, Spain: nanocarriers for intra-arterial delivery
- Jan Gettemans, University of Ghent, Belgium: nanobodies
- Tim Magnus, University of Hamburg, Germany: stroke neuroinfmammation
- Johannes Boltze, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK: small vessel disease
- Jaroslaw Maciaczyk, University of Bonn, Germany: neuromodulation
- Silke Neumann, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand: glial progenitors
- Shen Li, Dalian Municipal Hospital, Dalian, China: stroke
- Luiza Stanaszek, MMRC, PAS, Warsaw, Poland: ALS
- Anna Andrzejewska, MMRC, PAS, Warsaw, Poland: microfluidics and intra-arterial stem cell delivery
- Barbara Lukomska, MMRC, PAS, Warsaw, Poland: mesenchymal stem cells
- Izabela Malysz-Cymborska, Lukasz Kalkowski, Dominika Golubczyk: large animal models
- Marcin Piejko, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland: extracellular matrix
- Michal Zawadzki, Malgorzata Dorobek, Jerzy Walecki: Ministry of Internal Affairs Hospital, Warsaw, Poland: intra-arterial delivery of stem cells to stroke
- Mikolaj Wrobel, Ortopedika, Warsaw, Poland: stem cells for knee disorders
- Michal Jonasz, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland: stem cells for dentistry
- Pawel Michalski, Pawel Kowalczyk, Marcin Roszkowski, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland: stem cells for scoliosis
- Edyta Brzoska, Anna Ciemerych, University of Warsaw, Poland: stem cells for muscle repair
- Renata Grzela, Edward Darzynkiewicz, University of Warsaw, Poland: mRNA
- Webster Kadzatsa, University of Zimbabwe, Harare: neurooncology
- Raphael Guzman, University of Basel: cell therapy of stroke