As a post doctoral fellow in the Kumar lab, I harness machine vision to improve the study of complex disease, including migraine, opioid addiction, and neuropathic injury.
Developments in machine learning and machine vision are giving biomedical research a window into animal behavior not previously available. Using machine vision, animals can be observed at high spatial and temporal resolution over extended periods to infer disease-related behavior. I design and apply these techniques to provide reproducible and sharable alternatives to traditional assays in disease models that remain challenging to treat in the clinic, including chronic pain and addiction. Combining this new training with my experience as a geneticist and behavioral pharmacologist I aim to uncover genetic mediators of disease to better understand underlying disease biology, and identify potential therapeutic targets for these at need patient populations.
Outside of the lab I continue to experiment, but within the confines of my kitchen, brewing, fermenting, and preserving whatever oddities I can dream up. I also enjoy relief print making when I find a free weekend.