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Wesley B. Baker, PhD
Assistant Professor; Co-Director, Biomedical Optical Devices to Monitor Cerebral Health Frontier Program
Dr. Baker develops point-of-care optical devices and neuro-diagnostics to guide the care of children at risk for brain injury. He also studies the interplay between the delivery of pediatric care and the patient's long-term brain health.
Bio
Dr. Baker is a physicist with specialization in optics in biological tissues. As a researcher in biomedical optics, he aims to develop and translate optical tools for clinical use. He further aims to study the interplay between the delivery of pediatric critical care and the patient’s long-term brain health.
A major focus of Dr. Baker’s research effort has been the development of a new non-invasive optical approach for measuring intracranial pressure. He is interested in formulating new analytical models and paradigms to improve the fidelity of cerebral hemodynamic data based on optical signals, and harnessing large multimodal hemodynamic datasets for the development of advanced predictive models of neurological injuries and outcomes. Such models will aid the development and testing of novel therapies.
Education and Training
BS, Bucknell University (Physics), 2005
MS, University of Pennsylvania (Physics), 2010
PhD, University of Pennsylvania (Physics), 2015
Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania (Neurocritical Care), 2017
Titles and Academic Titles
Assistant Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Co-Director, Biomedical Optical Devices to Monitor Cerebral Health Frontier Program
Director, Wolfson Family Laboratory for Clinical and Biomedical Optics
Professional Memberships
Optical Society of America
Society for Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy
SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics
Publication Highlights
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