Research projects
• Wearable sensors for autonomic responses as a means of communication for persons with developmental disability who lack the ability to express themselves
• Mechanisms of seizure generation and cell death during brain abscess formation, a preventable cause of developmental disability
• Mechanisms of cell death and seizure generation during formation of cystic brain tumors
• The effects on brain cells of propionic acid, a metabolite that causes cerebral dysfunction in an inborn error of metabolism
• The metabolism of glyceraldehyde, a cause of neurodegeneration through formation of advanced glycation end products
• Barriers to proper handling of persons with intellectual disability and harmful sexual behavior