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Rob MacLeod, Ph.D.

Affiliations:

Associate Director, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute (SCI).

Associate Director, Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute (CVRTI)

Associate Chair, Director of Undergraduate Studies, and Associate Professor of Bioengineering. which is part of the College of Engineering at Utah

Research Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, in the Division of Cardiology, which is part of the School of Medicine.

Co-Director, NIH NCRR Center for Integrative Biomedical Computing


News:

o National Academy of Sciences Report on Interdisciplinary Research, and a summary article from the Chronicle of Higher Education.
o October, 2004: New release of map3d
o Night view of the world a terrific image.
o Tips for getting equations into Powerpoint using Latex.
o The benefits of chocolate for cardiovascular health.
o The latest on water consumption. Do we drink enough?

Teaching:

Bioengineering/Physiology 6000 (Spring 2008): Physiology for Engineers

Bioengineering 6460 Electrophysiology and Bioelectricity (Fall 2007):

Research Interests:

See here for more detailed descriptions and images.
Electrocardiographic Mapping:
The recording and analyzing multi-lead bioelectric data, especially body surface potential mapping (BSPM), heart surface (epicardial) electrograms, and intramural potential distributions.
Cardiac Electrophysiology:
The examination of hyper-acute cardiac ischemia and its effects on membrane resting potential, excitability, recovery, and conduction abnormalities. The detection of local changes in cardiac repolarization and their role in the genesis and maintenance of cardiac rhythm disturbances.
Computational Electrophysiology:
The use of computer simulations of the relationship between body-surface potentials (ECGs) and the electrical activity on the surface of the heart (forward and inverse problems in electrocardiography) to reveal and localize electrocardiographic phenomena in normal and pathological states.
Scientific Visualization:
Development of novel computer graphics tools for the display of multichannel bioelectric data, especially the incorporation of computational tools within the graphics environment for the interactive analysis of large datasets.
Bioelectric Signal Processing:
The application of modern signal processing techniques such as temporal and spatial wavelets, three-dimensional interpolation techniques, and statistical estimation to electrocardiographic data with the goal of better signal characterization and the extraction of physiologically important features and parameters. Software design and implementation of large scale processing and analysis tools for biomedical signals.

Links to group research (past and present)


Links to other materials and topics:

o Bicycle Info and Links
o Bioengineering Department Material
o Conference Information
o Documentation
o Grants and granting agencies
o Literature references: how to find and managing
o Miscellaneous information links
o NIH/NCRR Center for Bioelectric Field Modeling, Simulation, and Visualization
o Materials from talks
o Papers and publications
o People: friends, students, colleagues, and collaborators
o Research groups and Resources
o Research results and images
o SCI web pages
o Personal info and links
o Organizations I support
o Writing information

Rob

Contact Information

Email: macleod@cvrti.utah.edu
Snail Mail:
Dr. Rob MacLeod
University of Utah, SCI Institute
50 South Central Campus Drive, Room 3490
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
Phone: (801) 585-7596
Fax: (801) 585-6513
or University of Utah, CVRTI
95 South 2000 East, Room 207
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-500, U.S.A.
Phone: (801) 587-9511
Fax: (801) 581-3128

Where to find me

  1. SCI/Bioengineering: The Warnock Engineering Building
  2. CVRTI: The Nora Eccles Harrison Bldg

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Last update: Sun Jul 15 17:06:11 2007 by Rob MacLeod