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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

Co-Founder of the Comprehensive Arrhythmia Research and MAnagament (CARMA) Center, a new center dedicated to research and clinical care of patients with atrial arrhythmia.

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 Pro-Test group at UCLA an organization supporting the humane and approprate use of animals for biomedical research.
o Niel and his team with business competion also as webarchive and pdf file
o Feature article on atrial fibrillation project on the College of Engineering web site.
o Labor statistics for engineers, comparing employment and wages for all engineering disciplines.
o National Academy of Sciences Report on Interdisciplinary Research, and a summary article from the Chronicle of Higher Education.
o Night view of the world a terrific image.
o The benefits of chocolate for cardiovascular health.
o The latest on water consumption. Do we drink enough?

Teaching:

Bioengineering 4201 Senior Project (Fall 2009):

Bioengineering/Physiology 6000 (Spring 2009): Physiology for Engineers

Bioengineering/Physiology 6003 (Fall 2008): Cellular Electrophysiology and Biophysics:

Bioengineering/Physiology 6460 (Fall 2009): Electrophysiology and Bioelectricity:

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.

Biosketches

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
Warnock Engineering Building
72 South Central Campus Drive, Room 4602
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