Our research portfolio in the Department of Anesthesia includes a number of studies conducted by our outstanding clinical faculty.
The effective collaboration of these dedicated individuals accounts for our growing success. Check out the ongoing faculty research studies below! To learn more about our research faculty, please select their individual laboratories.
Laboratory Research
The Department of Anesthesia participates in basic sicnece to advance perioperative care.
Basic Science Research
Basic science research topics include:
- Acute pain
- Chronic pain after surgery
- Analgesic pharmacology
- Novel anesthetic drug synthesis
- Effects of drugs on learning and memory
Staff Performers
The department’s group of staff performing basic science research includes:
- Scientists
- Post doctoral fellows
- Scholar/ trainees
- Visiting scholars
- Graduate research assistants
- Research fellows
- Staff
Current Studies
Block Laboratory
The primary goal is to understand the consequences of early general anesthesia in humans on brain structure, brain function, and cognition later during childhood.
Hadlandsmyth Lab
The primary goal of this research is to improve the lives of persons living with chronic pain.
Kaczka Laboratory
Research interests focus on quantifying mechanical heterogeneity in diseases of the respiratory system, such as asthma, COPD, and acute lung injury.
Kitamoto Laboratory
The primary goal is to identify critical modifiers of neurological disorders and reveal how they impact penetrance and expressivity of disease phenotypes.
OBAL Laboratory
The Obal Laboratory focuses on the pharmacogenetics of anesthetics and other perioperative drugs using human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiovascular and neuronal cells and tissues. Our goal is to advance personalized medicine by understanding individual patient responses to perioperative stress and pharmacology, ultimately improving outcomes and tailored treatments.