{"id":900,"date":"2024-12-09T10:17:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T10:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isott2025.com\/?page_id=900"},"modified":"2025-02-07T08:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T08:25:10","slug":"wesley-b-baker-phd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/isott2025.com\/index.php\/wesley-b-baker-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Wesley B. Baker, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><style>#thegem-divider-6a5004a71d636 {margin-top: 30px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"thegem-divider-6a5004a71d636\" class=\"gem-divider  \" style=\"\" ><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]<div class=\"gem-image gem-wrapbox gem-wrapbox-style-5 gem-wrapbox-position-below  thegem-custom-6a5004a71d663125\"  style=\"\" ><div class=\"gem-wrapbox-inner \" ><img class=\"gem-wrapbox-element img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/isott2025.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Baker1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;]<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><style>#thegem-divider-6a5004a71d8b7 {margin-top: 50px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"thegem-divider-6a5004a71d8b7\" class=\"gem-divider  \" style=\"\" ><\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #5b2b82;\">Wesley B. Baker, PhD<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Assistant Professor, HUB Bldg, Philadelphia<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I am a translational physicist with expertise in diffuse optical techniques to non-invasively evaluate brain function in patients. The aim of my research is to develop, validate, and translate optical neuro-diagnostics that can guide the care of children at risk for brain injury. Diffuse optical neuromonitoring systems are non-invasive devices that provide similar physiologic information to magnetic resonance imaging (e.g., blood flow, blood oxygen content, oxygen metabolism). Importantly, their portability makes them well-suited for use at the bedside. I have extensive experience in developing algorithms to improve the rigor and reproducibility of optical brain measurements. To demonstrate their utility, I collaborate broadly with clinicians.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A major part of my current research effort is focused on non-invasive optical approaches for measuring intracranial pressure (ICP) and cerebral perfusion. I also have great interest in probing cerebral metabolism to better understand the pathophysiology of hydrocephalus, traumatic brain injury, and congenital heart disease. I am the PI of external grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, and the American Heart Association, and I co-lead an internal Frontier program at the Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia, entitled \u201cBiomedical optical devices to monitor cerebral health.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Wesley B. Baker, PhD Assistant Professor, HUB Bldg, Philadelphia I am a translational physicist with expertise in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-900","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isott2025.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isott2025.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isott2025.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isott2025.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isott2025.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/isott2025.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1067,"href":"https:\/\/isott2025.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/900\/revisions\/1067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isott2025.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}