Medical Student Research Opportunities
Student Spotlight: Charles Chen '28
Congratulations to Charles Chen '28, a current M2 student who recently presented at the Neurocritical Care Society Conference! Under the mentorship of Dr. Charlene Ong, Charles presented his research project, "Quantitative Pupillometry Signatures and Associations with Different Phenotypes of Traumatic Brain Injury" (first author). Charles notes "it is difficult to predict the prognosis of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), though estimates of prognosis are very important for clinical decision making in the neuro ICU setting. Quantitative pupillometry has shown promise for outcome stratification in TBI and as a predictor of neurologic deterioration in other acute brain injuries. However, because TBI can present with a variety of intracranial injuries." Charles and Dr. Ong's lab's aim is to determine which injury types and AI-determined lesion characteristics are associated with lower pupil reactivity and determine a set of clinical and objective characteristics that delineate various phenotypes of TBI, which will allow for better understanding of clinical presentations and outcomes.
