Sophie Persaud
Phase 1 First Year Student
Locations
- Medical Scientist Training Program
Contact Information
Education
BS, Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, 2022
Research Interests
Cardiovascular biomechanics, CFD, patient-specific modeling
Research Experience
Michigan Medicine, Aug 2022-June 2024
Advisor: Francis D. Pagani, MD, PhD
Project: Evaluating infection management strategies for LVAD patients
University of Michigan, Aug 2022-June 2024
Advisor: C. Alberto Figueroa, PhD
Project: Developing a longitudinal canine model to assess the hemodynamics of midaortic syndrome
Wake Forest School of Medicine, Feb 2021-Apr 2022
Advisor: NSF-REU Program
Project: Quantifying the changes in hemodynamics during hemorrhage and REBOA using CFD
Publications
Renaldo AC, Lane MR, Shapiro SR, Mobin F, Jordan JE, Williams TK, Neff LP, Gayzik FS, Rahbar E. Development of a computational fluid dynamic model to investigate the hemodynamic impact of REBOA. Front Physiol. 2022 Oct 13;13:1005073. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.1005073. PMID: 36311232; PMCID: PMC9606623.
Meeting Abstracts
Shapiro SR, Pienta M, Zhou S, Swaminathan S, Chandanabhumma P, Chenoweth C, Hawkins R, Cascino T, Aaronson K, Cowger J, Malani P, Cabrera L, Likosky D, Pagani F. Effectiveness of pump exchange for major device related infection in patients receiving a durable left ventricular assist device. (Poster) 44th Annual Conference of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. April 2024. Prague, Czech Republic.
Renaldo A, Shapiro SR, Williams TK, Neff LP, Jordan JE, FS Gayzik, Rahbar E. Development of a computational platform to investigate hemodynamic impact of endovascular hemorrhage control interventions. (Talk) 44th Annual Conference of the US Shock Society. October 2021. Portland, OR.
Shapiro SR, Renaldo A, Williams TK, Neff LP, Jordan JE, Rahbar E. Quantifying the hemodynamic impact of partial vs. full REBOA during hemorrhagic shock using CFD. (Poster) Annual Conference of the Biomedical Engineering Society. October 2021. Orlando, FL.
Shapiro SR, Cohen Z, Gilman E, Clark W. Mass customization workflow development for facially generated 3D printable face masks. (Poster) Annual Conference of the Biomedical Engineering Society. October 2020. Virtual.
General Interests
Going to concerts & sports events, kickboxing, traveling, film photography, and city life